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WaveFlow

Local-first music player with a Spotify-inspired UI.

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

Overview

WaveFlow is a music player, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its Winget manifest, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: offline use, casting to other devices (Chromecast, DLNA…), lyrics display, playlists and equaliser.

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
  • “Local-first music player with a Spotify-inspired UI.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
  • “Local music player for Linux, macOS and Windows.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Daily Mix, Mood Radio, WaveFlow Wrapped, DLNA casting, synced lyrics, Hi-Res.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Daily Mix, Mood Radio, WaveFlow Wrapped, DLNA casting, synced lyrics, Hi-Res.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Features include smart playlists, BPM analysis, LRCLIB lyrics fetch, Last.fm scrobbling, Discord Rich Presence, DLNA streaming, a 6-band equalizer, A-B loop, sleep timer, mood radio, year-in-review Wrapped, and more.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
  • “Features include smart playlists, BPM analysis, LRCLIB lyrics fetch, Last.fm scrobbling, Discord Rich Presence, DLNA streaming, a 6-band equalizer, A-B loop, sleep timer, mood radio, year-in-review Wrapped, and more.” — Winget, 10 November 2026

At a glance

WaveFlow is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

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
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 9 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Manifeste Winget (MIT)

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