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Nuclear

Nuclear is a music player, available on Windows and Linux: playlists, lyrics display, plugins and add-ons.

  • Completely free
  • Windows and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Nuclear is a music player, available on Windows and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: playlists, lyrics display, plugins and add-ons.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Nuclear is a free, open-source music player without ads or tracking.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Search for any song or artist, build playlists, and start listening.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Plugins add new music sources, lyrics, and metadata providers, and themes change how the player looks.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Nuclear can be extended with a powerful plugin API, and has a plugin store.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Nuclear is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (AGPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Nuclear finds and plays music from many sources in one place. Search for any song, album, or artist, build playlists, and start listening, with no ads and no tracking. Plugins add new music sources, lyrics, and metadata providers, and themes change how the player looks. Nuclear also shows synced lyrics, keeps your favorites and listening history, and can be controlled remotely from your phone.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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