A local music player. Native UI on iced, no embedded browser.
Русский: README.ru.md
Releases: github.com/aevahonin/Nemesis/releases
On-disk library (mp3, flac, wav, ogg/Vorbis, opus, m4a/aac, alac), tabs for queue / albums / artists / tracks / folders / playlists, shuffle, repeat, crossfade, seek, favorites, CUE sheets, covers. Full-screen visualization: spectrum with peak-hold caps, album cover, expand button, cursor auto-hide. Frameless window, dark and light themes, Ru/En.
Normalization: ReplayGain tags with a target loudness (−24…−12 LUFS, default −18) and a clipping-protection toggle. Native format: the app outputs the file’s sample rate and bit depth and does not resample itself. PipeWire or shared WASAPI may still resample downstream. Exclusive mode, DSD, and PEQ are not in this release.
Playlists: create, add tracks, import m3u8 / m3u / pls (old m3u files in CP1251 are decoded too). Search: Enter plays the results starting from the first one.
Data: Linux ~/.nemesis/, Windows %USERPROFILE%\.nemesis\ (library, cover cache, window, settings).
Windows x86_64 smoke: window, scan, play/next/stop, SMTC, theme.
| Linux (x86_64) | Windows 10/11 (x86_64) | |
|---|---|---|
| Scan, queue, shuffle, repeat, crossfade | yes | yes |
| Native PCM format | yes | yes |
| Volume in native format | pactl (sink-input) |
WASAPI session volume |
| ReplayGain normalization, clipping guard | yes | yes |
| Visualization (fullscreen spectrum + cover) | yes | yes |
| Playlists, import m3u/m3u8/pls | yes | yes |
| Media keys without focus | MPRIS (nemesis on D-Bus) |
SMTC |
| OS theme / accent | portal, GNOME, KDE | registry |
| Frameless, transparent window | yes | yes |
| Install | .deb / .rpm / .pkg.tar.zst / tar.gz |
portable zip, no installer (installer soon) |
Use the x86_64 artifact on a typical PC.
sudo dpkg -i nemesis_*_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f # if dependencies are missingYou need PipeWire or PulseAudio and a GPU driver (Vulkan/OpenGL).
sudo dnf install nemesis-*.x86_64.rpmsudo pacman -U nemesis-*-x86_64.pkg.tar.zstNo AUR package yet.
Extract nemesis-*-linux-x86_64.tar.gz at / (it contains usr/bin/nemesis and a .desktop file). Or run the binary from usr/bin/ on a system with a matching glibc.
Unzip nemesis-*-windows-x86_64-portable.zip and run nemesis.exe. No extra DLLs. It does not add itself to the Start menu.
| Build | Status |
|---|---|
| Linux x86_64, glibc ≥ 2.36 (Debian 12, Ubuntu 22.04, Fedora 39+, current Arch) | primary |
| Windows 10/11 x86_64 | primary, portable |
| Linux aarch64, Windows ARM64 | experimental |
Experimental builds have not been run anywhere: the package may not install, the window or audio may not start. For daily use, stick to x86_64.
Still untested (reports welcome if you try):
- a DE / compositor other than GNOME/KDE
- HiDPI, multi-monitor, Windows snap
- headset hardware keys, SMTC/MPRIS from the OS UI
- large libraries, CUE, odd tags
- native format 24-bit / 96 kHz on a given device
- Windows ARM / Linux ARM
Rust, iced 0.14, wgpu, rodio, cpal, Symphonia (flac / alac / mp4 / mp3 / ogg / wav), libopus via audiopus, Lofty, rusqlite (SQLite linked in), rfd (file/folder dialogs), souvlaki (media keys). Audio: ALSA → PipeWire/Pulse on Linux, WASAPI on Windows.
Issues on this repo.
Please include:
- OS and version (e.g. Arch, Ubuntu 24.04, Windows 11 23H2), desktop (GNOME / KDE / other).
- Architecture: x86_64 or ARM.
- Exact release filename (
nemesis_…deb, zip, …). - Version from About.
- What you did, what you expected, what happened. A screenshot for UI bugs.
- Native format on/off, problem file format (flac 16/44.1, etc.).
Windows release has no console, so there is no cmd log. On Linux, paste terminal output if you launched it from a terminal.
Do not attach the whole library or library.db. One file that reproduces the bug (if you can share it) plus steps is enough.