loafdaddy@portfolio:~$ cadence

loafdaddy@portfolio:~$ cadence

~/projects/cadence

Cadence.

activev0.1.21· Rust

Cadence is a lightweight GTK4 music library for local files. Wayland-first, Flatpak-friendly, no Electron — built to feel like it could ship with Fedora Workstation.

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highlights

  • Recursive library scan + live folder watching
  • SQLite + FTS5 search (artists, albums, songs, genres, years, folders)
  • Library home, Artists, Albums, Songs, Playlists, Favourites
  • Compact playback dock + optional Now Playing overlay
  • ️ GStreamer playback with queue, shuffle, and repeat
  • ️ Album artwork cache
  • ️ Organise as Artist / Album or Artist / Singles
  • ️ MPRIS media keys (play / pause / next / previous)
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