Rune

The player that blends classic design with modern technology.

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Introduction

Rune Player is a music player that offers audio analysis and recommendation features. It introduces a new, modern music management paradigm to enhance your experience.

Motivation

Rune is a UX experiment inspired by the question: What if Zune[^1] had continued to evolve? Using a modern tech stack (Flutter + Rust), Rune captures the essence of Zune, drawing from the design highlights of various Windows products since the Windows XP era, including Windows Mobile and Windows Media Center[^1].

The motivation behind Rune is to provide a modernized audio listening and management experience. With the rise of streaming services, localized music players have become less common, and many well-known media players have stagnated. Rune aims to offer a clean, consistent, and efficient audio playback experience.

Unique Features

• Distinctive Design: Rune boasts a unique design style.
• Audio Analysis and Recommendations: Users can analyze their entire music library to receive recommendations based on tracks, albums, or playlists.

• Dynamic "Mix" Feature: Users can create dynamic playlists based on customizable rules, such as:

  • "Similar to this album"
  • "Top 100 most played tracks"
  • "Tracks similar to my favorites"
  • "Playlists including specific artists"

  These mixes automatically update as users listen to and add new tracks.

Installation and Running

Rune is still in the early stages of development and does not provide pre-compiled binaries. However, you can set up a development environment by following the compiling instructions.

Contributing

We're thrilled you're interested in contributing. Before you dive in, please take a moment to review these key points to ensure smooth collaboration. For detailed instructions, please refer to the full Contributing Guide.

• Language Requirement: To facilitate clear communication across all developers, all contributions, including issues and pull requests, must be submitted in English. If you are not confident in your English proficiency, consider using a language model for assistance.
• Feature Requests: As Rune is in the early stages of development, we are currently not accepting feature requests.
• Feature Implementation: If you have a feature proposal, please reach out to the development team for a preliminary discussion to ensure it aligns with Rune's vision.
• Documentation: Collaboration is conducted exclusively in English. While we do not accept pull requests for translating the README or other development documentation, contributions for translating Rune itself are welcome.

Acknowledgments

We extend our gratitude to the open-source project Meyda for enabling the audio analysis functionality. We also thank the countless developers in the Rust and Flutter ecosystems for making Rune possible.

License

This project is licensed under the MPL License.

[^1]: All mentioned Microsoft products are trademarks of Microsoft. This project is not affiliated with Microsoft, and the founders of this project are not Microsoft employees.