Why RE-KORD

Music became a rental service

Streaming, monthly subscriptions, libraries that vanish, geo-blocked catalogs, compressed audio quality, algorithms that decide what you hear. Over the last decade, music shifted from something you own to something you rent — that stops working the moment you stop paying, or the service shuts down.

Yet many of us still have hundreds or thousands of audio files: legally purchased albums, our own productions, downloaded podcasts, royalty-free music. Files that live on a hard drive and deserve a serious player — not yet another minimal app that barely does play and stop.

"RE-KORD is not a cloud service: it's a home for your music."

What was missing

Local music players exist. But they almost all choose between two extremes: either minimal and featureless, or bloated and slow. What was missing was a tool that:

• Indexes the library intelligently (artists, genres, moods).
• Handles metadata, artwork and synced LRC lyrics from a single interface.
• Downloads music directly into the library without external tools.
• Runs as a server on the local network, reachable from any device.
• Is fun enough to want to use every day — thanks to Plectr and the visualizer suite.
• Is completely free and open source, with no hidden monetization.

Three principles

Disclaimer: use only music you own

RE-KORD is designed for legal libraries: royalty-free music, your own productions, legally purchased tracks, downloadable podcasts, content you have the right to use. The built-in downloader (yt-dlp) exists to make saving freely distributable content easier — not to circumvent copyright.

Creiv and RE-KORD contributors are not responsible for what users download, import or manage. Each user is solely responsible for compliance with copyright law.

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