# vanilla-music/vanilla

Vanilla Music Player for Android

Repository: https://github.com/vanilla-music/vanilla
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vanilla-music-vanilla
Language: Java
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2024-07-15T07:14:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5093, "days_push": 779, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1349, forks 307 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:27.920683+00:00)

## What it is
Vanilla Music is a GPLv3-licensed local music player app for Android supporting MP3, OGG, FLAC, and PCM playback. It offers playlists, library grouping, filesystem browsing, ReplayGain, headset/Bluetooth controls, and a plugin system.

## Use cases
- play local music files on android
- flac player for android
- music player with replaygain support
- offline music player without ads
- browse music by folder on android
- scrobble plays to last.fm
- lightweight open-source music player

## When to choose
- you want a free, ad-free, open-source local music player on Android
- you need FLAC/OGG/PCM playback with ReplayGain
- you prefer filesystem browsing over cloud streaming
- you want F-Droid distribution and plugin extensibility

## When to avoid
- you need streaming services like Spotify integration
- you want the app from Google Play (it was removed in 2024)
- you need iOS or desktop support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, plugin-system
- domain: media, android-tools, entertainment
- platform: -
- tags: music-player, offline-music, replaygain, lastfm-scrobbling, f-droid, open-source-android-app, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- vanilla-music/vanilla (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:27.920683+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 2026-08-30T04:42:23.658956+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vanilla-music/vanilla (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:27.920683+00:00, sha 1b17d20a86a1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.