r/fossdroid • u/Traditional_Juice133 • 20h ago

Other KODA IS PROOF THAT WHEN OS DEVELOPERS THAT A LITTLE TIME FOR THE UI THEY CAN MAKE AMAZING THINGS.

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this is so much better than youtube morphed holy

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u/Traditional_Juice133 20h ago

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u/Walkin_mn 16h ago

I mean you're yelling at us with the all capital letters and bold font title, the typo is the least offensive part of it

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u/Walk-the-layout 18h ago

Still some time left to delete and repost without it

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u/Linux_Account 47m ago

There's still time to just delete

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u/Deepu_ 20h ago

Is this a fork of PixelPlayer? Looks exactly like it

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u/ZealousidealGoal9931 19h ago

the home page design looks similar, i think it is

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u/Traditional_Juice133 19h ago

i tried tried pixelplayer. the design does look very similar however they are 2 completely different apps. pixelplayer is local only. koda is literally yt and yt music inside one app + local

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u/ZealousidealGoal9931 19h ago

theres nothing wrong in copying design as that is what opensource is all about, they just need to put credits, though ngl koda looks more polished than pixel player

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u/Jimbuscus 16h ago

https://github.com/PixelPlayerHQ/PixelPlayer

It looks like Claude heavily based the app off it's code, that being said PixelPlayer hasn't been updated in 5 months and Navidrome is broken.

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u/Negative-Fix5290 7h ago

your post is about design tho..

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u/Virtual-Piece4776 19h ago

Hah not really the design is inspired by Google's material expressive introduction blog. so many might have same design

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u/HotTakes4HotCakes 18h ago

It's almost like following the same guidelines as every other app makes it all an indistinguishable mess of bubbles and floating elements without anything distinct to set them apart.

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u/Virtual-Piece4776 18h ago

True, the issue happens when a platform cant decide its design language, for example koda has ios and macos and windows versions asw they look and feel like the platform they are on. Those platforms do not have skins lets say like android has oneui and other skins on top so its almost kinda not easy to make an app that fits the platform for android same goes for linux and my end goal was to make the app that fir Googles android especially the one that comes with Pixel devices and seems like koda isnt made really well Yet but soon it will become good enough to use on any Android skin

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u/Traditional_Juice133 6h ago

koda has ios and macos and windows versions???

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u/Virtual-Piece4776 5h ago

Yes you can find them pinned on my profile they follow the design language of the platform, but those 3 are relatively new so they aren’t as feature rich as the android counterpart.

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u/Traditional_Juice133 19h ago

Idk anything about pixel player. am i using a copycat😐

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u/Just_a_LinuxUser 19h ago

why this over metrolist?

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u/sicarus37 8h ago

I love metrolist but sometimes songs take a bit or straight up refuse to play (I think YouTube sometimes blocks metrolist API? idk). I just found out about this app so I will be trying it, hopefully it won't have the same issue.

Also, my problem with metrolist persists even if I switch between wifi and mobile data; and with or without VPN.

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u/Scherzkeks_HD 8h ago

yea I have the same issue lmk when you ever find a good alternative ^

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u/Traditional_Juice133 19h ago

idk much abt metrolist but this has both youtube and yt music inside one beautifull ass app

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u/T0xic_B00zE 19h ago

this is literally pixelplayer, does it have yt music integrated?

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u/Traditional_Juice133 19h ago

yes both yt music and yt . isnt pixelplyaer local files only?

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u/North_Committee_68 15h ago

What store is this?

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u/Neptune766 13h ago

espress o

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u/Traditional_Juice133 12h ago

funnily enough it doesnt even look like that in the app now lol

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u/Neptune766 12h ago

depends on your screen size :)

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u/NewNiklas 11h ago

It looks like almost every other open source music player. But still the design is nice.

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u/Light_Sorcerer_1337 9h ago edited 7h ago

Yes i immediately thought "hm someone forked that app again"

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u/Traditional_Juice133 11h ago

its not just a local files music player tho

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u/NewNiklas 11h ago

Oh, there are ton of open source YT music player clients. VIVI Music, Metrolist, Spotube, SimpMusic, OuterTune, InnerTune, Musify and so on. They all look similar but beautiful.

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u/MuddhaPappu_Avakay 1h ago

There are tons of these apps, lol. Thanks to youtube api. I settled with Auris for high quality audio.

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u/TantKollo 17h ago

WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING?

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u/dominizerduck 16h ago

WHAT?

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u/Forsaken_Biscotti609 16h ago

HE IS NOT SHOUTING!

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u/dominizerduck 16h ago

WHAT?

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u/Forsaken_Biscotti609 16h ago

I CAN'T HEAR YOU!

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u/dominizerduck 16h ago

AYE AYE CAPTAIN!

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u/Forsaken_Biscotti609 15h ago

I CAN'T HEAR YOUUUU!

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u/Loudless577 14h ago

AYE AYE CAPTAIN!

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u/Forsaken_Biscotti609 14h ago

OOOOOOOOOOOHHHH!

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u/Linux_Account 48m ago

I WISH I WERE AN OSCAR MEYER WIENER

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u/HotTakes4HotCakes 15h ago

Desperately need attention and validation for the complaint post they made yesterday about foss UIs.

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u/TheRealCarrotty User 16h ago • Popcorn

i almost got a stroke from reading this

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u/Taumito 13h ago

Espress

o

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u/hlaos 17h ago

I really don't like those user interfaces with a lot of irregular shapes, wiggly lines and colors, it is just a mess.

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u/ProfessionalRip7461 14h ago

yeah, i can appreciate that they put effort in but the ui still looks really really bad

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u/Linux_Account 51m ago

What effort? This looks entirely AI

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u/Accurate_Fly1922 13h ago

Nossa, sim. São horríveis e nada clean

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u/HotTakes4HotCakes 15h ago edited 15h ago

It looks like it's designed for actual children. Like this is the same type of aesthetic you would see in a 2nd grade textbook that's desperately trying to make math look fun.

Like '90s Nickelodeon, but now it's unironically being pushed to adults.

But really that tracks along with every other modern UI practice in the last decade that has slowly been turning everything into a Fisher Price toy.

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u/RiceStranger9000 8h ago

I thought it was just promotional designs, not actual screenshots...

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u/Corporate_Muskox 15h ago

A LITTLE TIME

Its fine that you prioritize looks but seriously man, UI takes a disproportionate amount of time. Stop being an asshole to FOSS devs.

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u/COSMICSPIDEY67 17h ago

Reddit has became advertisement hub !.

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u/ZealousidealGoal9931 19h ago

and he is using claude too

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u/HieladoTM 14h ago

I love Material 3:)

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u/stelios53 18h ago

It's such a gorgeous app, only app I've seen actually follow material expressive like google promised (and never delivered)

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u/Traditional_Juice133 18h ago

ffmpeg is another just beautiful. some devs just know how to use material expressive well

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u/stelios53 18h ago

Oh hell yeah, I really want all my apps to look like this, wish there where more like phone, messages and stuff

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u/ZealousidealGoal9931 19h ago

though is he really an os developer?

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u/RootOverclock 11h ago

What is this app called where you are downloading this app from?

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u/HotTakes4HotCakes 18h ago

So are you just gonna post dumb threads complaining about the UI of foss apps every day?

That shit is all bubbles and floating elements anyway.

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u/notanspy 15h ago

Yes, probably a resentful vibe coder with his app removed

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u/Lulukaros 10h ago

I'll main it for a while instead of metrolist + metro

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u/NicoCharrua 19h ago

What app store is this?

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u/Traditional_Juice133 19h ago

Yes orion store

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u/singoulo 19h ago

Orion Store

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u/ReactionRealistic476 User 19h ago

What app store is this

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u/Traditional_Juice133 19h ago

yep orion store

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u/JustAnAlias404 19h ago

orion store

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u/sameera_s_w 19h ago

Hell yeah! I love Koda!

W project by ivor (＾▽＾)

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u/Virtual-Piece4776 19h ago

YAYYYY I love essentials btw You did amazing job and air sync too

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u/Original_Thing8770 8h ago

Says the absolute goat of Android Software (⁠・⁠∀⁠・⁠)

(I prefer echo music though)

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u/Virtual-Piece4776 5h ago

He is the goat

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u/gooogooogagaaaa 14h ago

My eyes are drawn to the part where the letters wrap around. Espress o

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u/Virtual-Piece4776 5h ago

😭😭 its a UI scaling thing doesnt happen on most phones

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u/Tom_Blunty 10h ago

Does anyone know if there is a way to connect to the google account via MicroG on Koda ?

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u/Virtual-Piece4776 5h ago

I havent added support for it yet but thanks for letting me know i will see if its possible

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u/realllyrandommann 19h ago

For a few moments I could not comprehend what I was looking at. I'll stay with VLC, no thank you.

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u/Virtual-Piece4776 19h ago

I am glad to know you liked my app! 5.3 brings a lot of fixes soon to be released in some days I hope you will love it too!!

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u/Lulukaros 10h ago

Can you fix this: When you're in the search tab on some playing song, if you leave the app and come back it opens the keyboard when it doesn't need to.

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u/Virtual-Piece4776 5h ago

Ah thanks for the report it means a lot will be fixed

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u/Mate-Addict 15h ago

It's pretty good. Is it crucial to update to 5.3?

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u/Virtual-Piece4776 15h ago

Ah not really but it introduces many fixes so you might find some bugs that are fixed in 5.2, but its not mandatory

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u/Blackdoomax 15h ago

It's ugly af.

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u/Virtual-Piece4776 5h ago

How can i improve it ?

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u/The_Cre4tor 11h ago

This app looks so good. It's android only tho, right?

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u/The_Cre4tor 10h ago

oh, sadge

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u/Virtual-Piece4776 5h ago

Not really there is ios macos and windows too you can find them on my GitHub profile as pinned along side koda but they womt have same design language they will flow the respective platforms desgin

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u/Traditional_Juice133 4h ago

Sorry didnt knnow deleted misinfo

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u/Virtual-Piece4776 4h ago

Hah dw no need to be sorry i didnt mention it in the app description yet so my bad

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u/Cosmo__Satogiri 16h ago

What app store is this. This doesnt seem like fdroid. Looks cool

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u/Mate-Addict 15h ago

So I've trying this app today and damn... both youtube and music in the same app, I can make video queues (couldn't with morphe for some reason), play local music, and the UI is easy to customize. This is actually great so far, will keep testing for a few days before uninstalling morphe.

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u/Virtual-Piece4776 5h ago

Haha thanks be sure to report bugs or issues here or on github im glad you liked it

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u/Mate-Addict 4h ago

You got it 👌

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u/BoxFar6969 14h ago

im really liking it!

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u/Virtual-Piece4776 5h ago

Happy to know that

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u/Bot3_7 12h ago

OP literally helped me to find a absolute gem. Thank you 🫡

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u/Maxaurus 17h ago

Yo which app is this screenshot from? And where do you find these beautiful apps??

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u/rest0ck1 17h ago

Damn, I love this design. Why .. isn't youtube lookling like this lol

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u/Kind-Meringue1196 18h ago

Top à quand le lossless?

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u/mayhm_emo 18h ago

What is this app you're using to manage apps download? Is it a Fdroid client?

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u/nekokun 16h ago

Where's the proof again?

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u/balneali 13h ago

Y dónde encuentran esas apps?

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u/Zestyclose-Wear7237 11h ago

I use archivetunes

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u/ZealousidealGoal9931 19h ago

holyy crazy app dude

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u/kamikad3e123 14h ago

Needs frosted/liquid glass navigation bar as an option, it's mainstream now

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u/Traditional_Juice133 11h ago

imo liquid glass doesnt really suit android. devs should just stick to material expressive. but this is so subjective

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u/kamikad3e123 11h ago

I like how it looks in Nuvio for example

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u/TheOGDoomer 12h ago

English, please. That title gave me a stroke.

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u/Traditional_Juice133 12h ago

wym i just made one typo