Openwhyd

💎 Like Pinterest, but for Music. Discover, collect and play music from Youtube, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Deezer and other streaming platforms.

Openwhyd is a music curation service freely available at openwhyd.org. It was designed for music lovers who enjoy taking their time to find the best tracks and videos for their collection, 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, and may not be found on Spotify, Apple Music or other music services.

Initially known as "Whyd", the development of this product started in 2012. It became open-source in 2016. Read the full story from Whyd to Openwhyd.

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 FAQ and/or chat with our community of music lovers.

Development

Tech stack

Back-end: Node.js + MongoDB + Express
Front-end: HTML + CSS + jQuery
Streaming: PlayemJS

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 --build --detach
$ open localhost:8080
$ docker compose down --rmi local --remove-orphans # to stop the server and database + clean-up

More info about Setup and Usage: INSTALL.md.

🤗 The project is open to contributions. Check out our FAQ for more info.

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 💻	_compiuta 🐛 💻
_{Salayna Doukoure} 💻	_wen-chan 💻	_{Agathe Vaisse} 💻	_Valère 💻	_{Jeff Hsr} 🖋	_{Dheeru Pennepalli} 💻	_has12zen 💻
_{Jordan NOURRY} 💻 🧑‍🏫 📢	_{Julien Topçu} 💻 🧑‍🏫 📢