# Finamp

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Finamp and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free, open-source Android music player for Jellyfin libraries; people find it works well and covers what they need.

## Why people recommend it

- Works well and reliably (3 comments): "VLC and Finamp both work great as players" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45856746)) "it's far ahead of stable and works well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46514908)) "Finamp works pretty well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48202964))
- Broad feature set (2 comments): "seems to have a lot more of a feature set than me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047664)) "FinAmp now does everything I want it to." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49606294))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Fastpotify](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fastpotify.md): 47 recommend
- [Feishin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/feishin.md): 8 recommend
- [Gelly](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gelly.md): 7 recommend
- [Spotifast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/spotifast.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

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