Goodvibes is a lightweight internet radio player for GNU/Linux. Save your favorite stations, play it, that’s it.
There is no function to search radio stations, you’ll have to enter the URL of the audio stream by yourself. Not very user-friendly, I know, but doing better than that is not simple.
Features
The main interface is quite stripped-down, but there’s a couple settings and features waiting for those who dare to open the Preferences window!
multimedia keys support - ie. the
<Play/Pause>
,<Previous>
and<Next>
keys that are present on most keyboards.notifications - ie. information that pops up when the song change.
do not suspend - ie. prevent the system from suspending while a radio is playing.
autoplay - ie. start playing the last radio when you start the application.
MPRIS2 support - ie. integration with modern desktops.
And for those of you who live mainly in a terminal and avoid graphical user interfaces, you should know that you can build Goodvibes without GUI, and control it via the command-line client provided.
Under the hood
Goodvibes is free software, released under the GPLv3.
It relies on various free and open-source libraries. The core building blocks are provided by GLib, the HTTP bits are handled by LibSoup, the audio part is left to GStreamer and FFmpeg, and the graphical user interface is written with GTK.
Development takes place on GitLab, and this is where you should head if you want to get in touch. Arnaud R is the main author, and is the one writing these lines right now.
Translation happens on Weblate. If you want to contribute to the translation effort, don’t be shy, get involved!
Documentation is hosted by Read the Docs on this very page (don’t click, you’re already there).
Artwork is made by Hector Lahminèwskï. Feel free to visit his homepage Lahminewski Lab and get in touch.