# Relisten

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

9 people recommended Relisten in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

5 of the 9 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Rare concert records going on Internet Archive”.

**Verdict:** A free, open-source website for listening to archived live concert recordings, which people say has given them hours of enjoyment. No critics raised complaints.

Summary written by Claude from 9 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 8 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Hours of listening enjoyment (2 comments in the sample): "Just wanted to say how much I appreciate Relisten." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47774753)) "hours of musical joy Relisten has given me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47056772))
- Easy to open and listen (2 comments in the sample): "Most days I’d listen to one or two shows from today in history on relisten.net/today." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47998731)) "Open up https://relisten.net/ and keep jamming, you'll probably be fine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47998869))
- Valued archival community project (2 comments in the sample): "Clearly this tape stash is worthy of similar treatment." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47772702)) "Thats why projects like Relisten exist" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47772767))
- Free, open-source platform (1 comment in the sample): "We've been operating our FOSS platform for 12 years" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47773043))

## Other music players people recommend

- [VLC media player](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vlc-media-player/): 139 recommend, 31 mixed, 79 criticize
- [mpv media player](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mpv/): 68 recommend, 11 mixed, 11 criticize
- [Infuse video player](https://hackerapproved.com/p/infuse/): 61 recommend, 14 mixed, 9 criticize
- [Winamp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/winamp/): 53 recommend, 6 mixed, 6 criticize

## 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, "Relisten", https://hackerapproved.com/p/relisten/ (9 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.