Feishin
Ranked 3 of 5 music clients by recommenders
Free desktop music client that people prefer over other clients, though it is heavy on RAM and gapless playback is imperfect.
Free desktop music client that people prefer over other clients, though it is heavy on RAM and gapless playback is imperfect.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Preferred over other clients
“I'm still not quite satisfied with the available clients, I'm using Feishin.”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Fastpotify” “Im a fan of https://github.com/jeffvli/feishin for music duties personally”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team” Works well as a desktop player
“Im a fan of https://github.com/jeffvli/feishin for music duties personally”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team” “happily play it on Feishin on desktop”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “The state of Linux music players in 2026”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Heavy on RAM
“Feishin is also great but it's way heavier on RAM”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “The state of Linux music players in 2026” Gapless playback not perfect
“gapless playback is not working perfectly”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Fastpotify”
Other music clients people recommend
The four most recommended other music clients, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fastpotify | 47 | 35 | 57% | 2 | — | — |
| Finamp | 10 | 2 | 83% | 7 | — | Approved |
| FeishinThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 4 | — | — |
| Gelly | 7 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| Spotifast | 6 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“gapless playback is not working perfectly”
“I'm still not quite satisfied with the available clients, I'm using Feishin.”
“Im a fan of https://github.com/jeffvli/feishin for music duties personally”
“Feishin is also great but it's way heavier on RAM”
“happily play it on Feishin on desktop”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.