Relisten
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 21 of 38 music players by recommenders
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.
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.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: 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 carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, 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
Free, open-source platform
“We've been operating our FOSS platform for 12 years”
Comment from 15 Apr 2026 in “Rare concert records going on Internet Archive” “tons of free tunes on relisten.net”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir has died at age 78” Hours of listening enjoyment
“Just wanted to say how much I appreciate Relisten.”
Comment from 15 Apr 2026 in “Rare concert records going on Internet Archive” “hours of musical joy Relisten has given me”
Comment from 18 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Auto-Layouting ASCII Diagrams” Easy to open and listen
“Most days I'd listen to one or two shows from today in history on relisten.net/today.”
Comment from 3 May 2026 in “For thirty years I programmed with Phish on, every day” “Open up https://relisten.net/ and keep jamming, you'll probably be fine.”
Comment from 3 May 2026 in “For thirty years I programmed with Phish on, every day” Valued archival community project
“Clearly this tape stash is worthy of similar treatment.”
Comment from 14 Apr 2026 in “Rare concert records going on Internet Archive” “Thats why projects like Relisten exist”
Comment from 14 Apr 2026 in “Rare concert records going on Internet Archive”
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 | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLC media player | 172 | 83 | 67% | 12 | 20 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| mpv media player | 82 | 12 | 87% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Infuse video player | 78 | 11 | 88% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Kodi | 64 | 38 | 63% | 12 | 15 yrs3 owners | — |
| RelistenThis page | 10 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Open up https://relisten.net/ and keep jamming, you'll probably be fine.”
“Most days I'd listen to one or two shows from today in history on relisten.net/today.”
“Relisten or phish.in if you don't mind taper auds.”
“Just wanted to say how much I appreciate Relisten.”
“We've been operating our FOSS platform for 12 years”
“Thats why projects like Relisten exist”
“Clearly this tape stash is worthy of similar treatment.”
“hours of musical joy Relisten has given me”
“tons of free tunes on relisten.net”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.