Openwhyd

Like Pinterest, but for Music. Discover, collect and play music from Youtube, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Deezer and other streaming platforms.

Openwhyd is a music curation service freely available at openwhyd.org. It was designed for music lovers who enjoy taking their time to find the best tracks and videos for their collection, including:

• music videos, bootlegs and specific live performances,
• fresh tracks from new and/or local artists,
• DJ sets and rare remixes,
• or any song that can be found and streamed online, and may not be found on Spotify, Apple Music or other music services.

Initially known as "Whyd", the development of this product started in 2012. It became open-source in 2016. Read the full story from Whyd to Openwhyd.

Features

• Playlists: made of tracks from various sources: Youtube, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Deezer...
• Button: Add a track from any web page, in a few clicks, using our Google Chrome extension and bookmarklet
• Radio: Subscribe to music curators based on your musical taste, and listen to their latest discoveries
• Fame: Get a following by creating awesome playlists, and being featured in the "Hot Tracks" ranking
• Search: Add descriptions to your track, to make them easier to find when you need them
• Integration: Embed your playlists on your blog or website, so your visitors can listen to it directly.

A question, a problem? Check out our FAQ and/or chat with our community of music lovers.

Development

Tech stack

• Back-end: Node.js + MongoDB + Express
• Front-end: HTML + CSS + jQuery
• Streaming: PlayemJS

Setup and usage

You just need Docker and git installed on your computer:

$ git clone https://github.com/openwhyd/openwhyd.git
$ cd openwhyd
$ docker compose up --build --detach
$ open localhost:8080
$ docker compose down --rmi local --remove-orphans # to stop the server and database + clean-up

More info about Setup and Usage: INSTALL.md.

The project is open to contributions. Check out our FAQ for more info.

Contributors

These are the wonderful people whose time and sweat have made Openwhyd's heart beat since 2012! (emoji key):

Gilles Poupardin	Jie Meng-Grard	Adrien Joly	loickm	Tony Hymes	Damien Romito	Camille Betinyani
Claire Marion	Julien Tanay	Adrien Candiotti	Constance Betinyani	Alberto Fantappie	Mathilde Vercelletto	Henri Lieutaud
Franois Burra	Grey Vugrin	Marin le Maignan	Nicolas Leger	Serdar Sever	Stanislas Chble	Pia Mancini
Maurice Svay	Jnac Cambr	Felix Aknin	Patrick Rainier Juen	Brandon Okeke	namanbiyani	compiuta
Salayna Doukoure	wen-chan	Agathe Vaisse	Valre	Jeff Hsr	Dheeru Pennepalli	has12zen
Jordan NOURRY	Julien Topu

This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind are welcome!

To update that list, please propose a PR after running npx all-contributors-cli add or contact us.

Backers

Support us with a monthly donation and help us keep Openwhyd alive. [Become a backer]

Sponsors

Become a sponsor and get your logo on our README on Github with a link to your site. [Become a sponsor]