Gelly
Ranked 4 of 5 music clients by recommenders
A native Linux music client for Jellyfin, written in Rust and GTK, that people say is fast and avoids Electron.
A native Linux music client for Jellyfin, written in Rust and GTK, that people say is fast and avoids Electron.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
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 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
Native app, not Electron or web
“I've even been working on a native Linux client written in Rust and Gtk [1] which has been an absolute blast.”
Comment from 4 Nov 2025 on Hacker News “I wanted a nice native client for Linux instead of using the web app so I wrote one in Rust.”
Comment from 6 Jan 2026 in “How Spotify Made Me Self Host” “Most existing clients are electron or web based and I wanted something native.”
Comment from 14 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)” - Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2026)”
Rust and GTK codebase
“I've even been working on a native Linux client written in Rust and Gtk [1] which has been an absolute blast.”
Comment from 4 Nov 2025 on Hacker News “I wanted a nice native client for Linux instead of using the web app so I wrote one in Rust.”
Comment from 6 Jan 2026 in “How Spotify Made Me Self Host” “Helpful to look at a big rust project too as I’m learning rust.”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2026)” Fun, impressive project to use
“I've even been working on a native Linux client written in Rust and Gtk [1] which has been an absolute blast.”
Comment from 4 Nov 2025 on Hacker News “I wanted a native application focused on music, not video. Thus Gelly. It's been really fun to work on.”
Comment from 10 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)” “This is pretty darn awesome.”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2026)”
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 |
| Feishin | 8 | 1 | 89% | 4 | — | — |
| GellyThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| Spotifast | 6 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Very nice, ran well in a VM on my home NAS.”
“This is pretty darn awesome.”
“Helpful to look at a big rust project too as I’m learning rust.”
“its fast and doesn't use Electron or some other cross platform toolkit”
“I wanted a nice native client for Linux instead of using the web app so I wrote one in Rust.”
“Most existing clients are electron or web based and I wanted something native.”
“I wanted a native application focused on music, not video. Thus Gelly. It's been really fun to work on.”
“I've even been working on a native Linux client written in Rust and Gtk [1] which has been an absolute blast.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.