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Petrichor

Free, open-source macOS music player for playing and browsing your own offline music library.

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About Petrichor

Petrichor is a native macOS music player for people who keep their own collection of audio files rather than streaming. You point it at your music folders and it builds a library from the track tags that you can browse by artist, album artist, composer, genre, decade or year. A Discover view borrows ideas from streaming apps, such as recently played, most loved and never-played tracks, but draws only on music you already own. It reads more than 40 audio formats, including FLAC, ALAC, DSD, Opus and WavPack, and shows bit depth and sample rate from the file itself. Extras include internet radio, a multi-band equalizer with stereo widening, gapless playback, a mini player and a full-window now-playing view with lyrics. It never edits your files, has no analytics, and keeps online extras such as lyrics and scrobbling off until you turn them on. Petrichor is free, MIT-licensed and made by one developer; it needs macOS 14 or later.

Best for: Mac users with a local music collection who want a modern, private player instead of Apple Music.

Pros and cons

What works

  • Plays 46 file extensions, including lossless and DSD formats
  • Never modifies your audio files and has no analytics
  • Free and open source, with no paid tier
  • Discover view brings streaming-style suggestions to your own library

Why people leave

  • Mac only, and needs macOS 14 or later
  • No streaming catalogue or sync with phones
  • Built by a single developer in spare time, and its audio engine is still in beta

Top Petrichor alternatives

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  1. 1foobar2000 logo
    foobar2000

    Free, highly customisable player for Windows and Mac with very broad format support.

    72.5
  2. 2Swinsian logo
    Swinsian

    Paid Mac player built for large local libraries, with strong tag editing and smart playlists.

    68.8
  3. 3Do
    Doppler (music player)

    Polished paid Mac and iOS player for owned music, if you also want your library on your phone.

    64.8
  4. 4VOX logo
    VOX

    Mac player with hi-res and lossless playback that adds optional cloud storage for your library.

    61.8
  5. 5Strawberry logo
    Strawberry

    Open-source library player that also runs on Windows and Linux, with tag editing and scrobbling.

    59.4

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Petrichor: common questions

Is Petrichor free?

Yes. Petrichor is free, open-source software.

Is Petrichor open source?

Yes. The source code is on GitHub at kushalpandya/Petrichor.

What platforms does Petrichor run on?

Petrichor is available for macOS.

What are the best alternatives to Petrichor?

The highest-ranked Petrichor alternatives right now are foobar2000, Swinsian and Doppler (music player). See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.

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