Primuse: Self-Hosted Music

Primuse: Self-Hosted Music

NAS, Audiobooks & Radio

21 ratings
57 reviews
Free

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Released
April 12, 2026
Updated
October 19, 2026

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Consolidate all your music sources, from local files and NAS drives to cloud storage and streaming services, into a single, intuitive interface. Enjoy audiophile-grade playback with advanced features and smart discovery tools.

✓Unified playback from NAS, cloud, local files, and streaming
✓Audiophile-grade playback with lossless decoding
✓Spatial audio and real-time spectrum visualizer
✓Smart discovery and playlist generation
✓Powerful search including lyrics and Pinyin
✓DLNA receiver functionality
✓Offline downloads and smart caching
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What's New in Primuse

1.12.0

October 19, 2026

1.12.0 • Reduced interruptions during scans, tag reading and artwork loading, with better responsiveness in large libraries, playlists and the player. • Added AMLL word-synced lyrics, romanization generation and Baidu Translate with your own credentials. Adjust translation text size independently. • Generate missing podcast and audiobook transcripts on device, with built-in intelligent services or your own cloud credentials. Read bilingually and adjust transcript timing. • Import several playlist files or links together and add songs to more music servers. Copy playlists, including Apple Music playlists, by matching tracks already on your server. • Organize podcasts with folders, tags and filters. Subscribed episodes no longer enter music statistics or recommendations. • Sleep timers support custom durations, a stop-at time and finishing the current track when the timer expires. • Export a selected song segment as audio and jump straight to the highlight. • Sync edited tags, artwork, ratings and theme colors through iCloud. Rescans reuse previously read tags. • Improved background batch downloads, offline audiobooks, chapter search, cross-device resume and Ting Reader intro/outro skipping. • Full-screen effects gain four motion-intensity levels and automatic rotation, with word highlights that follow the singing. • Apple Music listening now counts toward statistics and Recently Played, with Last.fm and ListenBrainz scrobbling. • Create ringtones from clips. Improved edge-to-edge artwork, player customization, widgets, CarPlay previews and Apple Watch queue sync, plus transitions between local and Apple Music tracks. Upgrading from 1.10.2: this series changes the library structure to reduce memory use with very large libraries. Background processing after updating may temporarily affect responsiveness.

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User reviews

its so good!!

Ive been trying out free and opensourced apps in github, almost every open source apps had problems like crashing, features that are essential for me that are missing, Primeuse literally hits every checkmark i have in mind!

- always on top player island
- lyrics grabber
- nice and modern UI
- smooth and doesnt crash

Cant believe this is free!!
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Response from developer

Thank you so much for the kind words! I’m really happy Primuse ticks all the boxes for you. Your support means a lot to me, and I’ll keep working to make it even better! ❤️

真的非常好用,简洁大气

功能完善,我已经卸载网易云了哈哈哈哈,没有广告,纯粹音乐播放器真的太完美了,而且内存占用也不大,很喜欢😘试了好几个播放本地播放器,这个目前为止真的是最好用的,不花里胡哨,功能方面也满足日常使用,真要给个大大的赞,太强了👍(此处省略很多字的彩虹屁…)希望作者大大越来越好,开发的产品也越来越好

Response from developer

哈哈哈,十分感谢

功能很好,但太卡了

功能很好。我直接导入歌曲。600首左右。纯本地的。滑动很卡。

Response from developer

抱歉,这两天集中优化这个问题,1.11.4会好很多

一点小建议

1、能否增加支持联通云盘?
2、在APPle TV上使用,关机再开机播放时,打开app点击正在播放的音乐继续播放,或者是切换播放另外一首歌曲,APP会没有任何提示的自动关闭,然后再次打开APP点击播放音乐,就正常了,音乐是通过SMB协议连接的华为家庭存储。

Response from developer

三大运营商要求都太高了,之前申请过移动云盘,要求100w1年以上公司,电信要联系商务付费,联通直接放弃了,我等下看看要啥条件 2.第二个看起来像硬盘休眠导致的,看下tv版本是多少版本,如果是1.11.3之前的更新一下就好了,如果是最新版本出现的问题就通过诊断报告中的联系作者联系我一下,我再查下。apple store的评论经常会被吞掉或者很久之后才出现,可能看不到你的反馈

Music everday

This is an app I open and use every day. It’s excellent.

Response from developer

Thank you so much!I’ll keep working to make it even better! 😊

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FAQ

What music sources does Primuse support?

Primuse supports major NAS platforms, universal protocols like WebDAV and SMB, self-hosted media servers, cloud drives, S3-compatible storage, and mainstream streaming services. It also integrates with on-device iPhone music.

What audio formats can Primuse play?

Primuse offers native lossless decoding for formats including FLAC, ALAC, WAV, and DSD. It also features a Hi-Res badge for high-resolution tracks and supports gapless playback.

Does Primuse offer offline playback?

Yes, Primuse allows one-tap offline downloads for any track. It also supports range-fetch streaming, enabling seeking without waiting for a full download, and features smart LRU cache eviction.

How does Primuse handle music discovery?

Primuse includes features like song radio, similar song suggestions based on metadata and listener data, and smart playlists with advanced rule-based grouping. It also generates an auto-created year-end music report.

Can Primuse display lyrics?

Yes, Primuse provides word-level synced lyrics with optional system translation. It also supports one-tap cover and lyric write-back to NAS sidecars for cross-device sharing.

What devices is Primuse available on?

Primuse is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. It also offers Apple Watch independent widget and remote control functionality, along with Home Screen widgets and Dynamic Island Live Activity.

Does Primuse have ads?

No, Primuse does not contain advertisements. It is a completely ad-free experience for users.

How often is Primuse updated?

Primuse was last updated on July 11, 2026, with version 1.6.3. This indicates a relatively frequent update cycle for new features and improvements.