# ImAiiR/QobuzDownloaderX

QBDLX is a program that downloads streams directly from Qobuz

Repository: https://github.com/ImAiiR/QobuzDownloaderX
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/qobuzdownloaderx
Language: C#
License Family: other
Topics: music, qobuz
Last push: 2026-04-20T15:44:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 78, release rhythm 66, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2497, "days_push": 135, "days_rel": 226, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 29}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1226, forks 169 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:03.184631+00:00)

## What it is
QobuzDownloaderX (QBDLX) is a desktop GUI application that downloads music streams directly from the Qobuz streaming platform using its API. It requires a paid Qobuz account and dynamically extracts app credentials from Qobuz's public web player JavaScript.

## Use cases
- download music from qobuz
- rip flac files from qobuz streaming
- download hi-res albums from qobuz with paid account
- batch download tracks and albums from qobuz
- save qobuz streams as local audio files

## When to choose
- you have a paid Qobuz subscription and want to download purchased/streamable music locally
- you want a GUI tool rather than command-line scripts
- you need hi-res FLAC downloads from Qobuz

## When to avoid
- you only have a free Qobuz account - downloads will not work
- you want to bypass region restrictions - the tool explicitly does not support this
- you need a tool for other streaming services like Tidal or Deezer
- you need a legally endorsed Qobuz client - it is unofficial and unendorsed by Qobuz

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, web-scraping, file-upload
- domain: media, desktop-applications
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: music-downloader, qobuz, streaming, hi-res-audio, csharp, flac, audio, automation, desktop

## Member repositories
- ImAiiR/QobuzDownloaderX (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:03.184631+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:15:17.511173+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ImAiiR/QobuzDownloaderX (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:03.184631+00:00, sha 840bfb1592f0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.