nights and weekends over the last week or so I have begun working on plyr.fm, an audio streaming platform on atproto.

this was motivated by

• my love of making/listening to music
• the fact soundcloud did not seem to quickly give me my raw audio files back the way i uploaded them
• spotify's grip but skeletons (artist pay, leadership choices etc)
• the desire to make compelling atproto apps for all people

disclaimers:

• audio and cover art you upload is stored in public blob
• records are currently posted at fm.plyr.track (and now .like)
• this is an EARLY solo project with likely many blindspots

if you're interested in getting hands-on involved with contributions, please DM @plyr.fm, i would like to post the code on tangled soon

-nate

EDIT:

the code is here

(living) tentative roadmap

• authed users can upload and listen to audio (✓ 11/5/2025)
• authed users can like/save songs into a list (✓ 11/11/2025)
• track detail page / visually support albums (✓ 11/11/2025)
  1. general atproto record design for playlists and likes
• basic moderation for cover art (implemented but not on)
• basic copyright matching for uploaded material (^same)
• data control portal section
  1. export all tracks (✓ 11/27/2025)
  2. delete all data (optionally PDS records too) (✓ 11/29/2025)
• (opt-in) comments on track detail page (✓ 11/29/2025)

i am very open to constructive suggestions of any kind!