Openwhyd

Discover, collect and play music from Youtube, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Deezer and other streaming platforms.

Openwhyd is:

• an independent music curation service freely available at openwhyd.org;
• a community of music lovers who enjoy taking their time to find the best tracks and videos for their collection;
• a collaborative / open-source project maintained by passionate volunteers. You too can contribute!

Openwhyd.org

Music libraries like Spotify and Apple Music make it easy to play and collect music that is released officially by music labels.

Openwhyd, on the other hand, allows music lovers to discover, play and collect any musical gem that is available on the most popular streaming platforms, 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.

Free to use at openwhyd.org, and on your iPhone.

Demo video:

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 Roadmap and our FAQ.

Communication

We strive to keep Openwhyd up and running for our community of music lovers. We occasionally feature tasty playlists on @open_whyd (Twitter) and on our Facebook page.

In order to attract users and contributors, Adrien Joly regularly promotes the project and helps developers who want to get involved. Here is a list of talks he gave to present Openwhyd:

• Le développement durable appliqué au code, de Whyd à Openwhyd (Nov 15, 2018, CTO Pizza Live)
• Openwhyd, a startup product given to its community of users (Oct 16, 2018, GitHub Universe Meetup @ Algolia)
• Présentation d'Openwhyd, app web de curation musicale ouverte aux contributeurs (Oct 25, 2017, Meetup Node.js Paris)

💪 You want to get involved? Check out our Support Openwhyd section for more info.

Development

Status

Initially known as whyd.com, the development of this product started in 2012, and was lead by Adrien Joly. It became open-source in 2016. Read the full story from Whyd to Openwhyd.

Since 2016, Adrien Joly has been taking care of Openwhyd's domain name, infrastructure and data on his spare time.

The project is open to contributions. Check out our Support Openwhyd section for more info. Beginners are welcome too! 🤗

Tech stack

• Node.js + Express + MongoDB
• HTML + CSS + jQuery
• PlayemJS for streaming tracks continuously

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
$ open localhost:8080

More info about Setup and Usage: INSTALL.md.

If you want to run it directly with docker-compose, checkout Openwhyd on Docker Hub.

If you want to deploy Openwhyd to a server, you can follow our guide: How to deploy on DigitalOcean.

Support Openwhyd

There are several ways you can help Openwhyd! 💓

• If you're a developer, you can contribute to our current challenges. (beginners are welcome too!)

• If you're a user, you can join and start discussions in our Facebook group, donate, and/or show Openwhyd to your friends.

• If you have other skills you'd like to contribute to Openwhyd, come say hi!

Thank you in advance for your kindness! 🤗

Contributors

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

Gilles Poupardin 📢 🤔 💵	Jie Meng-Gérard 💻 🚇 💵	Adrien Joly 💻 📖 ⚠️ 💬	loickm 🎨 💻	Tony Hymes 📢 📝 📋 💬	Damien Romito 💻 🔌	Camille Betinyani 🎨
Claire Marion 🎨 📝 🤔	Julien Tanay 🚇 🔧 💻	Adrien Candiotti 🚇 💻 🤔	Constance Betinyani 📝 🔍	Alberto Fantappie 🔍 📋	Mathilde Vercelletto 📖 💵	Henri Lieutaud 🤔
François Burra 🤔	Grey Vugrin 💻 🐛 🔧	Marin le Maignan 💻 🐛 🤔	Nicolas Leger 🚇 💻	Serdar Sever 💻 🐛	Stanislas Châble 💻 🐛	Pia Mancini 🔍
Maurice Svay 💻 🐛 🎨	Jénaïc Cambré 💬	Felix Aknin 💬	Patrick Rainier Juen 💻 🚇 ✅	Brandon Okeke 💻	namanbiyani 💻

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

Sorry if we forgot anyone... If you would like to appear on that list (or ask for an update), please let us know, or propose a PR after running npm run add-contrib (as explained there).

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]