# Feishin

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Feishin and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free desktop music client that people prefer over other clients, though it is heavy on RAM and gapless playback is imperfect.

## Why people recommend it

- Preferred over other clients (2 comments): "I'm still not quite satisfied with the available clients, I'm using Feishin." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49518900)) "Im a fan of https://github.com/jeffvli/feishin for music duties personally" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48991384))
- Works well as a desktop player (2 comments): "Im a fan of https://github.com/jeffvli/feishin for music duties personally" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48991384)) "happily play it on Feishin on desktop" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46777110))

## What people warn about

- Heavy on RAM (1 comments): "Feishin is also great but it's way heavier on RAM" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46777524))
- Gapless playback not perfect (1 comments): "gapless playback is not working perfectly" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49518901))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Fastpotify](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fastpotify.md): 47 recommend
- [Finamp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/finamp.md): 10 recommend
- [Gelly](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gelly.md): 7 recommend
- [Spotifast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/spotifast.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Feishin", https://hackerapproved.com/p/feishin/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).