Being an eye candy music widget (or controller).
That’s the only focus of Sunamu, and it does its job pretty well.
Sunamu is an intriguing tool. It is not a music player but lets you display the music you’re playing and control it.
I’m not a fan of having a floating widget on my primary workspace, but Sunamu’s minimal yet elegant approach changed my mind!
So, I will walk you through its features, installation, configuration tweaks, and my experience with it.
Sunamu: An Open-Source Music Controller
best music players available for Linux.Additionally, it supports Windows. So, if you are streaming something through the Microsoft Edge browser on Windows, it should work well.
You can check the compatibility list on its GitHub page to learn more about the supported players and browsers.
Fortunately, you do not have to be limited by what it offers by default. It provides an easy way to tweak the config file (learn more about it on its GitHub page). This makes it possible for newbies to tweak some settings and have fun.
I’ll mention a few tips about it in the later section of this article.
Features of Sunamu
how to use AppImage or install deb packages and rpm packages, if you are new to Linux.Interestingly, Sunamu is one of the few open-source music tools that provide direct support for ARM-based machines.
Visit their GitHub releases page to download packages or build it from the source.
Let me show you a quick installation method for a Debian-based distro via the terminal. Just follow the given instructions, and you’ll be good to go:
First, let’s download the .deb package using wget command as follows:
wget https://github.com/NyaomiDEV/Sunamu/releases/download/v2.0.0/sunamu_2.0.0_amd64.debOnce you are done downloading the package, use the given command for installation:
sudo dpkg -i sunamu_2.0.0_amd64.debnano ~/.config/sunamu/config.json5Make changes in the electron section as given below (to enable colors and disable lyrics):
electron: {
type: 'electron',
widgetMode: true,
colors: true,
font: '',
theme: 'default',
showLyrics: false,
}Here’s what the final config file should look like:
Amberol, this is the second Music-related app I have liked recently.If you try it, don’t forget to share your experience in the comment section.
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