Any active forks of ViMusic/ViTune?

I was recently using this fork before it was recently archived. It seems that every dev who puts their hand on it quickly backtracks (understandably so) that it became almost like a curse. Anyways, is anybody aware of a fork that it is still actively developed and maintained? Thanks.

P.S. I know there are other open source apps with a similar function, but I am looking specifically for the unique design which ViMusic has for its UI.

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sonalder@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 325d

Not a fork but a similar app that is supported is OuterTune

Andy3153@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 324d (2 replies)

ah yes the vimusic - > rimusic - > kreate pipeline

i started using metrolist when rimusic went unmaintained but i still keep kreate around. for now it's the vimusic fork that's being maintained

Stzyxh@feddit.org · 2 pts · 323d (1 reply)

same for me, i also use Metrolist

Catalyst_A@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 317d

Thanks for the recommendation! Just tried it after you mentioned metrolist and it's working perfectly. Kreate kept crashing and stopping.

technohacker@programming.dev · 4 pts · 325d (3 replies)

I've been using Kreate for a while, seems to be a fork of RiMusic

MeowWeHaveAProblem@toast.ooo · 4 pts · 324d (2 replies)

Thats what I have been using. Its based off RiMusic which was based off ViMusic.

https://github.com/knighthat/Kreate

Just adding a note. People should be able to backup your music in ViMusic or RiMusic and restore in Create. They seem to use the same database. Though I havent tried directly from ViMusic to Kreate. I went from ViMusic to RiMusic to Kreate.

Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 324d (1 reply)

Tested it out of curiosity. Restoring a vimusic backup crashes the app.

MeowWeHaveAProblem@toast.ooo · 2 pts · 324d

Thanks for testing that! I thought it might work but I was wrong. Guess people will have to do one to RiMusic first then Kreate. Hopfully that still works..

asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev · 3 pts · 325d

Not a fork but I've been using OuterTune.

viral.vegabond@piefed.social · 2 pts · 325d (6 replies)

Harmony music has been working well for me

Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 325d (5 replies)

Seems like this is the closest project to be still functioning. Thank you.

Amaterasu@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 324d (3 replies)

Is this a fork of RiMusic? RiMusic was good for me because could play my local songs.

viral.vegabond@piefed.social · 1 pts · 324d (2 replies)

If it helps, Metro works good for local music

Amaterasu@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 324d (1 reply)

It does but is not maintained for quite a while now

viral.vegabond@piefed.social · 1 pts · 324d

Ah, well that's a bummer 😕

viral.vegabond@piefed.social · 1 pts · 324d

👍

olivier@lemmy.fait.ch · 2 pts · 325d

Is RiMusic dead?

beyoublahaj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 324d (4 replies)

Not what youre looking after but- I use newpipe as a peertube client, but since it supports youtube as well you can search yt music specifically and download a track in up to a 128kps .m4a of 160kps .opus file. I then use vlc for android to play em, and it works just fine :3 You may find a offline music player with a ui similar to vi as well!

Some minor gripes is that these files seemingly dont come with metadata, and you cant download a whole playlist or album at a time, both being huge bummers :/

Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 324d (3 replies)

That's what I used to do before opting for online streaming.

Some minor gripes is that these files seemingly dont come with metadata, and you cant download a whole playlist or album at a time, both being huge bummers :/

I'm pretty sure yt-dlp can do this. Why not try Seal on F-droid.

beyoublahaj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 269d (2 replies)

Thank you for the reccomendation, Seal has been amazing! Sorry i wasn't that helpful when you needed it ^^`

Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 269d

It's alright! I'm glad you're enjoying it. Also, new developers stepped up to maintain vimusic.

beyoublahaj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 62d

Note for people seeing this: Seal looks unmaintained but i have been informed of a similar app called ytdlnis

isgleas@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 325d (2 replies)
Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 325d (1 reply)

Yes, it is archived.

isgleas@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 325d

gasp