GitHub - jaredreich/dorsal: An album-focused iOS/iPadOS music player for Jellyfin. Your digital record shelf and player.
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An album-focused iOS/iPadOS music player for Jellyfin. Your digital record shelf and player. - jaredreich/dorsal

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/63642187

Hey everyone! I’ve spent the last several months building “Dorsal”, an iOS-native music player for Jellyfin with the features that I felt I personally wanted. Designed for those who like to see and listen to their music as an album-focused experience.

I’m interested in getting it in your hands to see what you all think. I have my Jellyfin server set up in a pretty basic way so I’m curious to see if it works well for others too! The code is open-source (MIT-licensed), I have a TestFlight open beta, and it is available on the App Store (it does have a price to support development, developer program fees, etc), so you can get it for free or use and support the production release, up to you! Here are the links:

I’m the solo dev, so I’m happy to try and answer any questions! Thanks everyone!

  • Sickday@kbin.earth
    1·
    3 hours ago

    This looks really nice! Glad to finally see a decent FOSS iOS music client; well done! Is there any chance that you have plans for navidrome support lined up for the future?

    Edit: Didn’t see that you’ve already answered my question.

    • jared@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Thanks! Would you be willing to be a beta tester if I end up getting Navidrome support figured out?

      • Sickday@kbin.earth
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Absolutely. I use navidrome daily but the only client I’m aware of on iOS is substreamer. I’d be happy to try your app once support lands!

    • jared@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      1·
      3 hours ago

      If the iOS version does well and ends up with a lot of usage then I would certainly consider it!

  • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    5 hours ago

    Neat! The UI looks good. Is this app specifically for JellyFin or can it interface with Navidrome?

    • jared@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      6·
      5 hours ago

      Thanks for looking! It is specifically for Jellyfin right now. Though, like 95%+ of the code is not Jellyfin-specific, so I think I would be interested in supporting Navidrome in the future, especially if the way Navidrome’s SDK returns music data is at least somewhat similar. Do you strictly use Navidrome? Maybe I should put Navidrome on my home server and play around a bit to get an understanding.

      • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        4 hours ago

        Do you strictly use Navidrome

        Yes, I only use Navidrome. Navidrome is a very popular media library server. It might garner a wider user base if Dorsal was compatible. I’m not a dev, and I’m not trying to rewrite your app. Just throwing it out there.

        • jared@lemmy.caOPEnglish
          1·
          3 hours ago

          Understood, thanks, appreciate the question for sure. I think I will definitely investigate Navidrome and try it out on my home server and see what it takes to pull music from there as well!

  • crank0271@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    5 hours ago

    This looks really cool. Thanks for creating it and sharing, Jared. Looking forward to testing it out.