Software · Media players & centers

butt

Icecast and Shoutcast streaming client.

Limited free plan
Windows, macOS and Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Limited free planconfirmed by Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), Flathub
Excerpt from danielnoethen.de, read on 10 November 2026
to zeno.fm and start streaming. step 1 – create your zeno. fm account before configuring butt, you'll need a free account with zeno.fm. 👉 create your zeno.fm account here you can view available plans and pricing at zeno.fm/pricing. discount information: users can get 50% off the first year Open the page
License: GPL-2.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), Flathub
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows, macOS and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub, Unspecified source · macOS: Unspecified source · Windows: Unspecified source
Publisher: Daniel Nöthen
Latest version: 1.47.0 (5 July 2026)
Latest activity: 13 July 2026

At a glance

butt offers a limited free plan; advanced features or heavier use are paid.

Its licence (GPL-2.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Plans and conditions

Free plan: basic features are free; others are reserved for paid plans.
Paid subscriptions offered by the publisher.

Strengths

Open source code
No credit card asked
Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

Limited free plan

About

butt (broadcast using this tool) is an easy to use, multi OS streaming tool. It supports SHOUTcast, Icecast, WebRTC and runs on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows (64 Bit only since version 0.1.20). The main purpose of butt is to stream live audio data from your computers Mic or Line input to a Shoutcast, Icecast or WebRTC server. If you want you can also record your session.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (limits, free status, commercial use) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) — 9 November 2026
Last technical check: 8 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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