A nice GUI for playing/viewing local media files.

git clone https://github.com/leerob/next-music-player
cd next-music-player
pnpm install

Use the included setup script to create your .env file:

pnpm db:setup

Add local audio files to a top level tracks/ folder (git ignored). One option to download files is yt-dlp. You can provide arguments to download the song metadata, as well as the cover image, too.

yt-dlp -x --audio-format mp3 --add-metadata --embed-thumbnail "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=..."

Then, run the database migrations and seed the database with a songs and playlists:

pnpm db:migrate
pnpm db:seed

Finally, run the Next.js development server:

pnpm dev

You can view your database contents with Drizzle Studio locally:

pnpm db:studio

Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser to see the app in action.

• ✅ Uses MediaSession API to sync track metadata with system controls
• ✅ Press space to play/pause from anywhere in the app
• ✅ View for all tracks
• ✅ Click on song row to play
• ✅ Move between songs in tracklist with up/down or j/k
• ✅ Move between playlists panel and tracklist with h/l
• ✅ Now playing animation in track row
• ✅ Support for both local or remote files
• ✅ Mobile responsiveness
• ✅ Drag on the progress bar to seek song
• ✅ Create a new playlist in the UI
• ✅ Image upload to Vercel Blob for playlist images
• ✅ Add/remove songs to a playist in the UI
• ✅ Basic search over songs
• Persist active song to storage
• Hook up the volume controls