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Petrichor: Offline macOS Music Player with Metadata Emphasis

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kushalpandya

10mo ago· 2 min readenCode

Summary

Petrichor is an offline music player for macOS that relies heavily on good metadata for its features to work well. It is currently in alpha/beta stage and can be installed through the developer's personal Homebrew tap. Troubleshooting may be required for running the app due to not being notarized using a paid Apple developer account.

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Petrichor relies heavily on tracks having good metadata for all its features to work well.
While Petrichor is still in alpha/beta stage, it is available to install through my personal Homebrew tap.
If you're unable to the app, that is because app is not notarized using paid Apple developer account, you can still run it by bypassing G
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An offline macOS music player. Contribute to kushalpandya/Petrichor development by creating an account on GitHub.

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