Retro Music
Retro Music is a free, open-source music player for Android. Material You Design Music player for Android. It has 5,338 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
github.com/RetroMusicPlayer/RetroMusicPlayer (opens in a new tab)
- Android
- Jetpack Compose
- Music players
- Actively maintained
About Retro Music
Retro Music Player Included Features Base 3 themes (Clearly White, Kinda Dark and Just Black) Material You support on Android 12+ Gapless playback Crossfade playback Choose from 10+ now playing themes Android auto support Wallpaper accent picker on Android 8.1+ Home screen widgets Lock screen playback controls Sleep timer Easy drag to sort playlist & play queue Tag editor Create, edit and import playlists Browse and play your music by songs, albums, artists, playlists and genre Smart Auto Playlists - Recently played, most played and history
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Retro Music from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
- Relies on a non-free network service
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is Retro Music?
Retro Music is a free, open-source music player for Android. Material You Design Music player for Android. It has 5,338 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
Is Retro Music free and open source?
Yes. Retro Music's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-only license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid flags these anti-features on its latest build: relies on a non-free network service.
How do I install Retro Music?
You can install Retro Music from F-Droid (package code.name.monkey.retromusic) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v7.0.3).
Is Retro Music still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 29, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Aug 16, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.