Kaiku (v2)

Kaiku (v2) is a desktop music player for local audio files built with Electron, React, and TypeScript.

Features

• A music library to manage all your local files.
• Fast search across entire library
• Column based UI layout: Artists, Albums, Songs, Playlist
• Adapts to different screen sizes
• Theme support: Dark/light mode available

Audio Format Support

The player should support main audio formats (mp3, ogg, flac, etc...)

Results might differ depending on the file format. Open an issue if needed 😊

Status

• ✅ Works with properly tagged audio files
• ✅ Tested on macOS (Apple Silicon compatible)
• ⚠️ Work in progress - doing the bare minimum to suit my needs
• 🚧 No downloadable releases yet - clone and build/run locally
• 💬 Feel free to open an issue if you're interested

Why building it

It's 2025, kids probably don't know what an mp3 is and there are great online services. So...?

Well, I like to manage my music.

Quick start

git clone git@github.com:AoDev/kaiku.git
cd kaiku
npm install
npm run dev

For more details about development, check DEVELOPMENT.md