Monochrome is a music platform that enables users to stream, organize, and manage their music collections and playlists. The service supports a range of playback features, including shuffle play, infinite radio, and mix options. Users can interact with tracks and albums by playing, queuing, liking, pinning, and downloading, as well as accessing track information and lyrics when available.
Playlist management is a central aspect of Monochrome, with support for creating, editing, and importing playlists from various formats such as CSV, JSPF, XSPF, XML, and M3U/M3U8. The platform also allows users to import playlists from external services like Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music, with guidance provided for exporting playlists from these services into compatible formats. Playlists can be exported as CSV or JSON files, and there are options for strict album matching and metadata handling. Users can make playlists public and share them via links.
fm to display recent activity and top statistics. The platform includes a sleep timer, keyboard shortcuts for playback control, and a visualizer with a photosensitivity warning. Users can also participate in listening parties, enabling real-time group listening sessions with chat and host controls, although this feature may be temporarily unavailable at times.
The service provides options for playing local audio files, with support for basic metadata reading of FLAC and MP3 tags, and recommends using Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge for this functionality. Theme customization is available, allowing users to apply or upload themes and define custom CSS styles. Monochrome can be configured with custom database and authentication backends using PocketBase and Appwrite. The platform is accessed via the web, and users can sign up or sign in to create and manage their profiles.
In the Music & audio space, Monochrome takes a focused approach. It focuses on providing free access to high-resolution music and videos for streaming and download. Monochrome is a consumer product aimed at music enthusiasts. Monochrome costs nothing to use. Monochrome is available on the web.
Monochrome first shipped in 2025. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 4.5k stars and 566 commits in the last 90 days. Among its 5 catalogued features are music streaming, hi-Res downloads, and playlist import/export.
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