It's fast, and light.
Not “fast enough”. Actually fast. We designed it from the ground-up to be fast. Nothing should get in the way of you and your music.
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lighter than Spotify at idle
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faster to open
Own your music.
Stream a song. Like it? Download it. It's a file on your disk now. No DRM, no expiry, no “this content is no longer available.” You could even use it outside of Dunce if we let you down.
No tracks in library
Download one and Dunce keeps it here.
Tools for audiophileseveryone.
You don't have to be an audio engineer to make your music sound great. Dunce's built in audio controls are opinionated by default, but extremely customizable.
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Bring your own <API />.
Plug in a private instance (or use public ones) and stream instantly. No middlemen, no ads, no monthly fee to listen to your music.
Discord.
Music is social to the core. Dunce lets your share your activity through Discord, so it's right there in your ecosystem. No additional headaches to set up.
Exotic
exoticlol. • ogle/engine
https://dunce.app/
https://player.dunce.app/
Listening to Dunce
The Troubles
glaive & kurtains
Last.fm integration.
Connect Last.fm once and Dunce keeps your listening history alive. Scrobbles sync in the background, favorites stay visible, and your music taste gets a clean little paper trail.
Last.fm
Now scrobbling
The Troubles
glaive & kurtains
God Save The Three
Listening now
Scrobbles this week
It beats Spotify in quality, performance, and the fact that it won't enshittify your experience next quarter. It beats foobar2000 in not looking like it was designed before you were born.
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| Spotify | |||
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| Dunce |
fb2kIt's not optimized for audiophiles, or playlist curators, or any single niche. It's built to adapt to whatever you throw at it.
Free. Not “free trial.” Not “free with ads.” Download it and it's yours.
See it in action.
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From the same team behind Dunce Lyrics.