The free Hi‑Res music player.
For Windows, macOS and Linux.
Bit-perfect playback, native DSD, live radio, podcasts, Navidrome and Jellyfin servers, network players: the essentials of an audiophile player, free and open source, on Windows, macOS and Linux. No account, no ads.
Your sources in one click
This computer, your Navidrome or your Jellyfin: the sidebar switches between them without stopping playback.
Radio and podcasts within reach
The Online listening section gathers your podcasts, pinned shows and favourite stations.
Pick up where you left off
The last track you played, at the saved position, with the rest of the queue.
Live radio in the player
Logo, station and current song, a “LIVE” band, and the audio chain always in view.
Album covers shown are property of their respective rights holders. RustMusic is a local file player: no music content is included. You must legally own the files in your library.
One minute
to see it all
Home, library, artist pages, bit-perfect chain: a tour of RustMusic in under a minute.
Your files deserve
a player that matches.
No subscription. No ads. No compromise. Your files, played with the quality they deserve.
Hi-Res Audio
FLAC, ALAC, WAV and AIFF in high resolution, sent to the DAC at their original sample rate in exclusive mode.
Fast and light
A native audio engine written in Rust and a light interface: the app stays responsive, even with a large library.
Smart library
Parallel import and incremental scans: only new or changed files are read again.
A polished interface
Light or dark theme, your own accent color, mini and micro player, customizable shortcuts.
Statistics
Formats, quality, most played artists and genres, in charts.
Browse by genre
Cover mosaics, filters, sorting. Explore your music differently.
Multi-profiles
Independent Netflix-style profiles. Each user has their own playlists, favorites and libraries.
Multi-libraries
Manage multiple separate sources. NAS, external drives, local folders: everything organized.
Covers and tags online
Covers, artist portraits and tags completed from Deezer and MusicBrainz in one click.
Turn on the radio.
Start a podcast.
Thousands of live stations from around the world and every public podcast, in the same player as your library.
NPR
United States · Live
A pause that misses nothing.
Pause the radio: it keeps coming in, up to 30 minutes, and picks up where you left it. Logo, station and current song show in the player, and Previous and Next move between favorite stations.
- 1
The Daily
Resume · 38 min - 2
Crime Junkie
Playing while downloading
- 3
Dateline NBC
New episode
- 4
Up First
New episode
- 5
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
New episode
The chart for every country.
“Top podcasts” follows the Apple chart for the chosen country. An episode starts within seconds, while it downloads, and picks up where you left off.
Examples taken from Radio Browser and the Apple Podcasts charts (October 2026). Logos and artwork belong to their owners; RustMusic is not affiliated with any of these stations or shows.
Your music, on your server too.
Navidrome, Jellyfin, any Subsonic server and the DLNA servers on NAS drives become sources, each with its own libraries, playlists, liked songs and history.
- Instant playback, in original quality (bit-perfect possible, DSD included) or as MP3 transcoded by the server
- “Keep offline” an album or playlist: it stays playable with the server off
- Playlists, likes and plays synced with the server
- Your password is never stored
Sources
Your listens on Last.fm and ListenBrainz.
Link your Last.fm account in one click, without giving your password: every track you play joins your profile, and ListenBrainz too if you like.
- Browser sign-in: you click “Allow” on Last.fm, and your password never goes through RustMusic
- A track counts at half or after 4 minutes, and the track now playing shows on your profile
- Offline, listens wait and are sent later
- One account per profile, and both services at once
- Now playing
One More Time
Daft Punk
- Sent
Nude
Radiohead
- Sent
Rolling In The Deep
Adele
- Waiting
Levitating
Dua Lipa
- Sent
Money For Nothing
Dire Straits
The exact sound,
bit for bit
In exclusive mode, RustMusic bypasses the system mixer and sends your lossless files to your DAC untouched, at their original sample rate. A "Bit-perfect" badge in the player confirms it.
WASAPI exclusive
WindowsExclusive ownership of the DAC on Windows: the mixer is bypassed and the file's native format is sent directly. True bit-perfect output, with no hidden resampling.
Native DSD (DoP)
DoPYour DSD/SACD files are passed as-is to a compatible DAC, which decodes them natively in 1-bit. The DAC displays "DSD": no more PCM conversion.
Gapless chaining
The engine keeps the DAC locked between DSD tracks: an album's songs chain instantly, with no click, no gap and no re-sync.
All your files. No compromise.
From MP3 to DSD, all your formats. And bit-perfect playback for your lossless files.
Playlists that
build themselves.
Write your rules, RustMusic applies them live. 24 built-in fields + any tag from your files, nested groups, sort and limit, eight ready-made recipes to get started.
- 24 library fields + any tag actually present in your files
- Nested groups with AND/OR for complex rules
- The number of matching tracks updates live as you type
- 8 ready-made recipes (top plays, never played, favorite genres…)
Your metadata,
clean and no compromise.
RustMusic writes MP3, FLAC, DSF and DFF tags, covers included, without losing anything. Complete your albums from MusicBrainz or Deezer, review, then write.
- A table-based workshop: multi-editing, items to check fixed in one click, undo (Ctrl+Z)
- Complete online from MusicBrainz or Deezer: the right edition first, then only the fields you want
- Nothing lost: unedited blocks copied identically (frames, cover art, MusicBrainz IDs)
- Atomic and safe writes: on SMB NAS or locally, no corruption risk
HD cover found + genre & composer suggested
via Deezer's public API: no account required
Your music,
all around the house.
Send your files to network players, Sonos speakers and AirPlay devices, or let your amplifiers draw on your library through the built-in DLNA server.
- UPnP/DLNA players (WiiM, Sonos, network amplifiers): the file goes out as is, without conversion, in hi-res if the device supports it
- AirPlay: RustMusic plays and sends the sound in CD quality, with its queue, gapless playback and Replay Gain
- Built-in DLNA server: artists, albums and folders with cover art, pause and seek from the amplifier, even with a VPN active
- A "Network" button in the player turns everything on or off with one click. Off by default
Works with
Your amplifier, controlled from RustMusic.
Onkyo, Pioneer, Integra, Denon, Marantz and Yamaha amplifiers on the network are found automatically. A remote slides out from the edge of the window: source, volume, listening modes, zone 2 and browsing the amplifier's services.
- A display styled like an amplifier's front panel: source, listening mode and volume, live
- The amplifier's actual inputs as tiles, bass, treble and zone 2
- NET and USB browsing as in the amplifier's app, with cover art and playback controls
Amplifier services
Free as in freedom, not just free of charge.
RustMusic is released under the GNU GPL v3. Its code is public, and this licence gives you four freedoms.
Use
For any purpose, at home or at work, with no account and no limits.
Study
The code is open: anyone can check how RustMusic reads your files and what it does on your computer.
Modify
Fix a bug, add a translation or adapt the player to your needs.
Share
Redistribute RustMusic, as is or modified, under the same licence.
A modified version must stay under the GPL, with its code public: RustMusic cannot be folded into closed-source software.
Free, no ads, no subscription.
Thanks to you.
No investors, no advertising, no data sold: RustMusic is kept alive only by the support of the people who use it.
A word from the developer
Hi, I'm David, from LaRevueGeek. I build RustMusic on my own, in my spare time. Every bit of support, even €3, gives me time to fix the bugs you report, to test, and to add what you ask for.
Next goal
Signed installers
Without a signature, Windows shows a warning and macOS blocks RustMusic at install time ("RustMusic is damaged"). Goal: about €300 for one year of Apple Developer membership (€99) and a Windows code-signing certificate. Your donations go there first.
What your support pays for
3,406 downloads, zero spent on advertising.