Gapless
A lightweight GTK4 music player for local audio libraries with an adaptive interface.
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About Gapless
Gapless, previously known as G4Music, is a lightweight music player written in Vala with GTK4 and libadwaita. It plays music from your local library and has a fluent, adaptive interface that fits both desktop windows and smaller screens.
It suits people on GNOME or other Linux desktops who want a quick, simple player for their own files rather than a full library manager or a streaming client. The project is hosted on GNOME's GitLab and published under the GPLv3.
Strengths
- Light and quick to start
- Modern GTK4 and libadwaita interface
- Adaptive layout for different window sizes
Limitations
- Linux only
- Focused on playback rather than library management
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the GPLv3.
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Developer
- Nanling Zheng
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Linux desktop users who want a simple player for local music
- Categories
- Audio tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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