# Orpheus

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Orpheus and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 1 years (3 owners).

**Verdict:** People recommend Orpheus as a browser-based private music tracker with an active userbase. Critics say its depth has declined compared with earlier years.

## Why people recommend it

- Convenient browser access, nothing to install (2 comments): "Orpheus and Redacted existed but it's kind of hard to beat the convenience of streaming" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46270404)) "It runs in your browser so nothing to install or tinker with." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48086017))

## What people warn about

- Quality has declined over time (2 comments): "the depth is still not what what’s was 9 years on" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46270528)) "it's just not the same, gets worse abd worse with each generation" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48933513))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Renoise](https://hackerapproved.com/p/renoise.md): 9 recommend
- [FastTracker II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fasttracker-ii.md): 8 recommend
- [ScreamTracker](https://hackerapproved.com/p/screamtracker.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://orpheus.network/)

## Cite as

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