# Fooyin

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/fooyin/

7 people recommended Fooyin in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 2 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

6 of the 7 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “The state of Linux music players in 2026”.

**Verdict:** Snappy, themeable Qt music player for Linux that people say fills a gap and is modeled after foobar2000.

Summary written by Claude from 5 comments.

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- [Infuse video player](https://hackerapproved.com/p/infuse/): 61 recommend, 14 mixed, 9 criticize
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## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Fooyin", https://hackerapproved.com/p/fooyin/ (7 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.