Beautiful, local, free
 waveform music player.

Playhead is a minimal, waveform-based music player for your local music library. It’s built for people who still keep real music files, organize folders, edit metadata, and want a cleaner way to listen.

No. Playhead is for local music files. It does not stream music, recommend music, or lock you into an online account.

No. No signups, no accounts, no cloud profile. Open the app, import your music folders, and start listening.

Yes. Playhead is designed around local playback. Your library lives on your machine, not in the cloud.

Playhead is built for common local music formats. Format support may expand during beta, so the exact list can change as development continues.

Yes. Playhead has a folder-based mode so you can browse and filter tracks by the folders you imported. Perfect if your music collection is already organized your own way.

Yes. Playhead also has a standard library mode that organizes your music into tracks, artists, and albums.

Yes. Playhead lets you view and modify track metadata, so you can clean up messy titles, artists, albums, and other track details.

Waveforms make music feel more visual and usable. You can see the structure of a track, jump around faster, and understand the energy of a song at a glance.

Kind of. Playhead is not trying to replace pro DJ software. It’s for DJs, collectors, producers, and music enthusiasts who want a fast, beautiful way to browse, preview, and manage local tracks.

Yes. Playhead is open source and MIT licensed.

Yes, the app is open source. Paid builds, donations, or supporter options may come later, but the project itself is MIT licensed.

Not yet. Playhead is currently in beta and still under active development. Expect rough edges, missing features, and fast improvements.

Playhead is designed to be local-first. No accounts, no ads, and no cloud music library. If optional telemetry is included in beta builds, it should be clearly disclosed and easy to disable.

Playhead is currently focused on desktop. Platform support may change as the app develops.

Yes. Contributions, issues, ideas, bug reports, and design feedback are welcome through GitHub.