I got tired of bloated music apps, so I spent the last few months building an open, self-host, streaming music client for Android. Meet starl :3

Why I built it

Most of the open-source alternatives to popular music apps were bloated, abandoned, buggy, or just too visually complex and noisy. Sometimes when developers stopped updating, everything stops all together. So?

• It's offline, works on background
• It's super customizable
• Respects privacy, nothing gets tracked
• Can import content from other platforms
• Has a public server, but also a self-host executable ready to connect
• No ads, you control your recommendations (you can even turn off, export or clear all statistics)
• Create customizable mixes based on your queue or current music
• Visually simple and cute
• NoAiCode (The code is mine, the documentation is partially AI, no excuses.)

This uses my custom license called PFF (Pure Freedom Forever). Just states the project is yours, is free forever. It's in the website in case you want to investigate.

Links

• Official Website: https://starl.pages.dev
• Source Code (GitHub): https://github.com/everm4iva/starl

I'd love to hear your thoughts, feature requests, or any bugs you run into! I'm actively working on it.