Familiar Player vs MiuXiK

Familiar is a self-hosted music player that understands the sound of your music, not just its metadata. Ask for "something that sounds like rain on a window" and it actually works. Point Familiar at your own home server (macOS Docker, Linux, Synology, OpenMediaVault — whatever you run). Nothing leaves your network. No cloud accounts, no subscriptions, no tracking. • AI chat and playlist creation — Powered by the Claude API using your own key. Describe a mood, a setting, a vibe; Familiar pulls from your library. • Semantic audio search — CLAP embeddings let you match by how music sounds, not just artist or genre. • Deep feature analysis — BPM, key, energy, brightness, danceability, valence, instrumentalness, and more, extracted on your server. • Ambient mode — continuous drone plus ghostly snippets from your library, tuned to the current key. • Community analysis cache — opt in to share anonymized audio fingerprints so others skip hours of analysis, and benefit from theirs. • Smart playlists — rules-based playlists that update automatically as your library changes. • Offline playback, lock-screen controls, synced lyrics (LRCLIB), Last.fm scrobbling. • Works with FLAC, ALAC, MP3, AAC, Ogg, Opus. Familiar is open-source (MIT) and requires you to run your own backend. Setup guides for Docker, macOS, and common NAS platforms are on GitHub.

MiuXiK is the music player that respects your library. No subscriptions, no streaming middleman, no account — just the music you already own, played beautifully. YOUR MUSIC, YOUR WAY Drag albums straight onto MiuXiK from Finder on your Mac, AirDrop songs to your phone and pick them up with one tap on "Add music", use the Files app, or choose files right inside MiuXiK. Your albums show up with their covers, ready to play. YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE IS YOUR CLOUD Keep your collection in your own Google Drive? Sign in (optional) and stream it, or save songs to your phone for offline listening. Your files never touch our servers — we don't have any. A REAL PLAYER - Background playback with lock-screen and notification controls - Playlists, favorites, and a queue you can reorder - Smart shuffle and a gorgeous Cover Flow view - Spinning vinyl Now Playing screen - Pick your own accent color TRULY FREE No ads. No account. No tracking. No "premium" upsell. MiuXiK is built by one person who thinks your music player should just play your music. BILINGUAL Full English and Spanish, switchable anytime — or it simply follows your phone. Questions or ideas? hello@miuxik.com