Dopamine is an elegant audio player which tries to make organizing and listening to music as simple and pretty as possible. This version is written using Electron, Angular and Typescript.
Dopamine 3 is a sleek audio player designed to simplify the organization and enjoyment of music. Built with Electron, Angular, and TypeScript, it combines modern technology with intuitive design for seamless functionality.
Key Features:
Modern Interface: A clean, minimal design that prioritizes user experience.
Efficient Organization: Tools to easily manage and categorize your music library.
Enhanced Playback: Smooth animations and transitions for a polished listening experience.
Cross-Platform Support: Works across various operating systems.
Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for music enthusiasts seeking a straightforward, visually appealing solution. Dopamine 3 helps users focus on what matters most—their music—without unnecessary complexity or clutter.
Available for installation via winget.
README
Dopamine
Dopamine is an elegant audio player which tries to make organizing and listening to music as simple and pretty as possible. This version is written using Electron, Angular and Typescript. The original Dopamine (for Windows), which is written in WPF and C#, remains available here.
I recommend using JetBrains Rider or WebStorm to debug this project. The .run folder contains a debugging configuration Debug renderer that allows you to attach to the Dopamine instance that is started when running npm start. Most of the code runs in the Electron renderer. That is why only a renderer configuration is provided for now.
Build prerequisites
rpm: required to build rpm package
libarchive-tools: contains bsdtar, which is required to build pacman package.
Build prerequisites on Ubuntu:
Install Node.js 16
Install your IDE of choice (Rider, WebStorm, Visual Studio Code, ...)
Install rpm (required to build rpm package) and libarchive-tools (contains bsdtar, which is required to build pacman package):
Follow the build instructions below to start or build Dopamine for your platform.
Build prerequisites on Windows:
Download and install Node.js 16 from https://nodejs.org (During the installation, select all features and check the box to install Tools for Native Modules).
After the installation of Node.js, restart computer to ensure that npm is added to the path.
Install your IDE of choice (Rider, WebStorm, Visual Studio Code, ...)
Download the Dopamine source code
Open the "dopamine" folder (the folder containing package.json) in your IDE
Follow the build instructions below to start or build Dopamine for your platform.
Build prerequisites on MacOS:
Install Node.js 16 from https://nodejs.org (During the installation, select all features and check the box to install Tools for Native Modules).
Make sure npm is accessible via the console
Press command + space and search for console
Write npm --v and press enter, this should give you the version number if npm is properly installed.
Install your IDE of choice (Rider, WebStorm, Visual Studio Code, ...)
Download the Dopamine source code
Open the "dopamine" folder (the folder containing package.json) in your IDE
Build instructions
Due to the native dependency better-sqlite3, this project cannot be built for all platforms on GNU/Linux. The GNU/Linux packages must be built on GNU/Linux, the Windows package must be built on Windows and the MacOS package must be built on MacOS.
$ git clone https://github.com/digimezzo/dopamine.git
$ cd dopamine
$ npm install # Install dependencies
$ npm start # Start Dopamine
$ npm run electron:windows # Build for Windows
$ npm run electron:linux # Build for Linux
$ npm run electron:mac # Build for Mac
Pacman installation notes
The pacman package can be installed using this command (replace x.y.z with the correct version number):
$ sudo pacman -U Dopamine-x.y.z.pacman
If you're getting an error concerning a missing package libappindicator-sharp, use this command to perform the installation instead (replace x.y.z with the correct version number):
