Linux music player

Ethereal Waves music player for Linux

Ethereal Waves is a local music player built with libcosmic for the interface and GStreamer for audio playback.

It is designed for browsing and playing personal music libraries and managing playlists. Ethereal Waves currently supports MP3, M4A, Ogg, Opus, FLAC, and WAV audio files.

View source on GitHub Read the changelog Raw release notes

Why people visit this page

What makes Ethereal Waves different

  • Focused on local audio playback instead of streaming services
  • Built for Linux and the COSMIC desktop ecosystem
  • Offers list and grid views for browsing music libraries
  • Includes playlist tools, drag and drop support, and keyboard shortcuts
  • Actively evolving with changelog entries and roadmap items

Supported audio formats

  • MP3
  • M4A
  • Ogg
  • Opus
  • FLAC
  • WAV

Screenshots

Ethereal Waves interface preview

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Ethereal Waves music player list view in light mode List view · light
Ethereal Waves music player list view in dark mode List view · dark
Ethereal Waves music player grid view in light mode Grid view · light
Ethereal Waves music player grid view in dark mode Grid view · dark

Install and build

Getting started with Ethereal Waves

The project currently documents a just-based build workflow for Linux development and installation.

Run development mode

just run-dev

Install build tooling

sudo apt install just

Build and install

just build-release
sudo just install

Roadmap

Current development status

  • Done Gapless playback
  • Done Crossfading between tracks
  • Done Grid view
  • Done More column options in list view
  • Done Import and export .m3u playlists
  • In progress MPRIS support improvements
  • Done Condensed responsive layout
  • Done Drag and drop support
  • Done Playlist duplicate management
  • Done Partial library updates for new tracks

Keyboard shortcuts

Common Ethereal Waves keybindings

  • Ctrl + UPartial library update
  • Ctrl + Shift + UFull library update
  • Ctrl + QQuit
  • Ctrl + NNew playlist
  • F2Rename playlist
  • Ctrl + UpMove playlist up
  • Ctrl + DownMove playlist down
  • Ctrl + =Zoom in
  • Ctrl + -Zoom out
  • PageUpScroll up
  • PageDownScroll down
  • Ctrl + ,Settings
  • Ctrl + ASelect all
  • Ctrl + clickSelect
  • Shift + clickSelect range
  • F1Track info
  • mToggle mute
  • -Volume down
  • =Volume up and unmute