# LinTunes

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an mp3 library manager and player for linux. Absolutely no guarantees, if it wrecks your itunes library or wipes your
harddrive that's on you (maybe just have your LLM of choice review the
software for bugs and vulns?).

## Features

- can import an  iTunes 12 (untested on other versions) library, including
  smart playlists (auto-updating, editable, marked with a ❧)
- runs on several machines off one Syncthing-synced library (see below)







## How it works

- Your music files are never moved or rewritten (except when you edit tags).
- The library lives as **plain JSON files** (`library.json` + one file per
  playlist) in a directory you choose — designed to be synced with
  [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net); sync conflicts are merged automatically
  on startup (play counts take the max, edits take the newest, playlists
  take the union).
- Playback via Qt Multimedia/FFmpeg (mp3, m4a, flac). Media keys work
  through MPRIS. Scrobbling to last.fm is optional (Edit → Preferences).


## Why

I have been a mac user for ~34 years. I gave up daily driving mac os in 2020. I figured Apple 

but my music library
even some tracks I got from napster all the way back in 2000 (I have since
paid for!!)


## Quickstart

```sh
pip install -e .          # PyQt6, mutagen, numpy, requests
# one-time import from iTunes (XML from iTunes 12.x: File > Library > Export Library)
lintunes --import-xml "iTunes Library.xml" \
         --music-root "/path/to/iTunes Media" \
         --data-dir /path/to/library-data --save-config
lintunes                  # run the app
```


### Running it

The `lintunes` command only exists after `pip install -e .`, and it lives in
`~/.local/bin`, so that has to be on your `PATH` (it is by default on most
distros). If `lintunes` isn't found, you can always run it straight from this
checkout without installing — from the project directory:

```sh
python3 -m lintunes.main   # same thing the desktop launcher runs
```

Fedora/Debian note: you need the FFmpeg codecs for Qt Multimedia
(`qt6-qtmultimedia` with ffmpeg, usually via RPM Fusion / regular apt).

LinTunes looks best with **Century Gothic** installed (`~/.local/share/fonts/`);
if it's missing, you'll be asked to pick a font on first run.

The desktop launcher runs `lintunes` with no `--data-dir`, so it always uses
whatever is saved in `~/.config/lintunes/config.json`. Point that config wherever
you want and the dock icon follows.

## Running on a second machine (Syncthing)

Keep the data dir (which holds `library.json`, the playlists, and
`preferences.json`) **inside** your Syncthing-shared music folder, so the music
and the library travel together. Track paths are stored *relative to the data
dir*, so the library resolves correctly no matter where each machine mounts the
shared folder — you never edit anything inside the library to move it.

`~/.config/lintunes/config.json` is **per-machine** (it is *not* synced), so on a
new machine you just tell LinTunes where the synced folder landed:

```sh
# 1. get the code
git clone ssh://git@git.autonomic.zone:2222/trav/lintunes.git
cd lintunes && pip install -e .

# 2. let Syncthing finish replicating the music folder, then point the config at
#    THIS machine's paths and launch — no re-import, the data is already synced:
lintunes --data-dir  "/path/to/synced/music/lintunes" \
         --music-root "/path/to/synced/music/iTunes Media" \
         --save-config

# 3. install the launcher + icon, then pin it (see "App icon" below)
bash packaging/install-desktop.sh
```

(Step 2 just writes `data_dir` + `music_root` into `~/.config/lintunes/config.json`
— you can also create that file by hand. After it's saved, every launch, including
the dock icon, uses the synced library automatically.)

## Keys

Space play/pause · ←/→ previous/next · Ctrl+B column browser ·
Ctrl+I get info · Ctrl+, preferences · Ctrl+C/Ctrl+X/Ctrl+V copy/cut/paste tracks ·
double-click sidebar art for a big art window

## App icon

`packaging/install-desktop.sh` installs the launcher entry and icon for your
user (lets you pin LinTunes to the GNOME dash). The icon is just a file —
replace `packaging/lintunes.png` (256×256 PNG) and re-run the script to use
your own. GNOME caches icons, so if the old one lingers, log out and back in.

Unpinning from the dash does **not** uninstall LinTunes — it's still in the
GNOME app grid (open Activities and search "LinTunes"). Right-click it there →
**Pin to Dash** to get it back.

## Development

```sh
python3 -m pytest tests/
```

`spec.md` is the original design brief; `tasks*.md` track what's built.