The best music clients, according to hackers
5 music clients were recommended on Hacker News between November 2025 and November 2026. We rank them by how many separate people recommend each one, and 1 earns the Hacker Approved badge.
Top pick
The most recommended music client with the badge. Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes One comment
Works well and reliably
Free, open-source Android music player for Jellyfin libraries; people find it works well and covers what they need.
All 5 music clients, ranked
Select a column heading to sort. Approval share is recommenders out of everyone who gave an opinion; the tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs. Months counts the months, out of 13, in which someone recommended it.
| Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fastpotify | 47 | 35 | 57% | 2 | — | — |
| 2 | Finamp | 10 | 2 | 83% | 7 | — | Approved |
| 3 | Feishin | 8 | 1 | 89% | 4 | — | — |
| 4 | Gelly | 7 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| 5 | Spotifast | 6 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
How we rank
Rank is the number of separate people who recommend a product in a Hacker News comment over the past year. Someone who praises the same music client in five threads counts once.
The badge goes to music clients that at least 10 people recommend, with recommenders outnumbering critics at least 2 to 1, recommended in at least 4 of the 13 months.
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