Fooyin
Shares rank 25 of 30 music players by recommenders
Snappy, themeable Qt music player for Linux that people say fills a gap and is modeled after foobar2000.
7 people recommended Fooyin in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
6 of the 7 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “The state of Linux music players in 2026”.
Summary written by Claude from 5 comments.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- mixed feelings
- 0
- warn against or regret it
- 0
The record
Recommended in 3 of 12 months
In 2 different threads.
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
- Recommended in 2 threadsNeeds 5 or more, not met.
- 6 of its 7 recommenders came from one threadNeeds half or less, not met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
Other music players people recommend
The four most recommended other music players, 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 | Mixed | Criticize | Approval | Months | Had for | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLC media player | 139 | 31 | 79 | 64% | 12 | — | — |
| mpv media player | 68 | 11 | 11 | 86% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Infuse video player | 61 | 14 | 9 | 87% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Winamp | 53 | 6 | 6 | 90% | 11 | — | Approved |
| FooyinThis page | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
Also compared with Kodi, foobar2000, iTunes and Plexamp.
What people said
5 of the 7 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“you may say is "modeled" after foobar2000”
“Exactly why i made my comment! Thank you! Will check it out!”
“very performant music player. Built on QtWidgets, so it's very snappy and themeable.”
“fooyin fills that hole in my heart”
“mostly does what I want it to”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 3 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.