Guayadeque Music Player
{{Short description|Free and open source audio player}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Guayadeque
| title = Guayadeque
| logo = Guayadeque icon.svg
| logo_size = 120px
| logo alt = The Guayadeque icon, a g with a music note in the hole of the letter.
| author =
| developer = Juan Rios
| released = {{Start date and age|2008|08|08}}
| programming language = C++{{Cite web |url=http://www.ohloh.net/p/guayadeque |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-09-24 |archive-date=2013-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923063631/http://www.ohloh.net/p/guayadeque |url-status=dead }}
| operating system = Linux
| discontinued = Yes
| latest release version = 0.7.0
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|02|23}}
| language = English, French, Catalan, German, Bulgarian, Czech, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Polish, Greek, Turkish, Serbian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Dutch, Norwegian, Japanese, Italian, Hungarian, Icelandic
| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/anonbeat/guayadeque}}
| genre = Audio player
| license = GPL-3.0-or-later{{cite web |url=https://github.com/anonbeat/guayadeque/blob/master/LICENSE |title=Guayadeque Music Player license |website=GitHub |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601162559/https://github.com/anonbeat/guayadeque/blob/master/LICENSE |archivedate=2021-06-01 }}
| website = {{URL|https://github.com/thothix/guayadeque}}
}}
Guayadeque is a free and open-source audio player with database written in C++ using the WxWidgets toolkit. It uses GStreamer to manage the audio and SQLite for the music metadata database.{{Cite web |last=Hermansen |first=Chris |date=4 June 2019 |title=Why this developer wrote a music player in C++ |url=https://opensource.com/article/19/6/creator-guayadeque-music-player |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=opensource.com}}
History
A Qt rewrite of the program was planned in 2019, but it did not end up happening. On {{date|2023-09-29}}, it was announced on the Guayadeque forums that development had ceased.{{Cite web |title=End of development - Guayadeque Music Player |url=https://www.guayadeque.org/viewtopic.php?p=7003&sid=c8ee26e25aef48134fe9c6c50031dca3#p7003 |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=www.guayadeque.org |archive-date=2024-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301215038/https://www.guayadeque.org/viewtopic.php?p=7003&sid=ffb343e21ef61fefca2196aed75d83d2#p7003 |url-status=usurped }}
A [https://github.com/thothix/guayadeque continuation project] was founded in 2024 by Thiago Barrionuevo, returning Guayadeque to active development.
Features
Guayadeque features a simple and customizable user interface with a large amount of fine-tuning options,{{Cite web |last=Germain |first=Jack |date=3 July 2013 |title=Guayadeque Music Player's an Impressive Featherweight |url=https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/guayadeque-music-players-an-impressive-featherweight-78405.html |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=Linux Insider}} while being lightweight on system resources.{{Cite web |last=Sneddon |first=Joey |date=2010-02-17 |title=Guayadeque Music Player: Light, Unique, Awesome? |url=http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/guayadeque-music-player-light-unique-awesome |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=OMG! Ubuntu |language=en-GB}} It supports a wide variety of audio formats including OGG, FLAC, MP3, WAV, and it also has support for ALSA. The program supports for last.fm, automatic cover art and lyric fetching, a smart playlist feature, VU meters, and the ability to label tracks and edit track tags using MusicBrainz.{{Cite web |last=Hermansen |first=Chris |date=24 June 2016 |title=6 reasons why Guayadeque is a music lover's open source player {{!}} Opensource.com |url=https://opensource.com/life/16/6/what-i-like-about-guayadeque |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=opensource.com |language=en}} It also features a system tray icon allowing which allowed control of the program.
See also
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
{{Commons category|Guayadeque Music Player}}
References
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External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923084658/https://www.guayadeque.org/ |date=2013-09-23 |title=Official website}}
- [http://guayadeque-sandbox.wikidot.com/ Guayadeque Wikidot Page]
- Original project: {{GitHub|anonbeat/guayadeque|guayadeque}}, {{SourceForge|guayadeque|guayadeque}}
- Project continuation: {{GitHub|thothix/guayadeque}}
{{Media player (application software)|free}}
Category:Audio player software for Linux
Category:Free software programmed in C++