Dopamine
Dopamine is a free, open-source media player for Windows, macOS and Linux. The audio player that keeps it simple. It has 2,415 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at digimezzo/dopamine.
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About Dopamine
Dopamine is an elegant audio player which tries to make organizing and listening to music as simple and pretty as possible. This version is written using Electron, Angular and Typescript and works on Windows, Linux and Mac.
Install Dopamine
Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.
snap install dopamineAUR (Arch Linux)
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Is Dopamine free and open source?
Yes. Dopamine's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Dopamine?
Snap: snap install dopamine and the AUR package dopamine-official. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v3.0.11).
Is Dopamine still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 17, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.