Flatsonar

Amberol

by Emmanuele Bassi

Plays music, and nothing else

Broad permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0-or-later v2026.1
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About

Amberol is a music player with no delusions of grandeur. If you just want to play music available on your local system then Amberol is the music player you are looking for.

Current features:

  • adaptive UI
  • UI recoloring using the album art
  • drag and drop support to queue songs
  • shuffle and repeat
  • MPRIS integration

Permissions

1 permission weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to your music folder
    --filesystem=xdg-music:ro

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

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