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VCMusic

VCMusic is a music player, available on Linux: playlists.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

VCMusic is a music player, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing: playlists.

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
  • “a simple and lightweight music player for Linux.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Easy playlist creation.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

Its licence (GPL-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
  • Commercial use allowed

About

VCMusic is a simple and lightweight music player designed for smooth music playback and easy music management. It is written in the Crystal programming language and uses an Adwaita-based user interface. Features Audio and video playback (video as audio). Easy playlist creation. Volume boost up to 1000%. Supports soft pause and play. Supports 432 Hz playback mode. Experimental audio visualizer. Supports play queue management. Simple and clean user interface. Supports opening files with VCMusic. Supports MPRIS controls. Supports background playback. Supports Multi-algorithm search.

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) —
  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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