captbaritone/webamp is a Frontend project on GitHub, written primarily in TypeScript. It has 11.3k stars. Winamp 2 reimplemented for the browser
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A reimplementation of Winamp in HTML5 and JavaScript with full skin support.
As seen on TechCrunch, Motherboard, Gizmodo, Hacker News (1, 2, 3, 4), and elsewhere.
Check out this Twitter thread for an illustrated list of features. Works in modern versions of Edge, Firefox, Safari and Chrome. IE is not supported.
Read the docs
The Webamp Documentation site contains detailed instructions showing how to add Webamp to your site and customize it to meet your needs.
About This Repository
Webamp uses a monorepo approach, so in addition to the Webamp NPM module, this repository contains code for a few closely related projects and some pieces of Webamp which are published as standalone modules:
packages/webamp: The Webamp NPM module
packages/webamp-demo: The demo site which lives at webamp.org
packages/webamp-docs: The documentation site for Webamp the NPM library which lives at docs.webamp.org
packages/ani-cursor: An NPM module for rendering animiated .ani cursors as CSS animations
packages/skin-database: The server component of https://skins.webamp.org which also runs our Twitter bot, and a Discord bot for our community chat
packages/winamp-eqf: An NPM module for parsing and constructing Winamp equalizer preset files (.eqf)
packages/webamp-modern: A prototype exploring rendering "modern" Winamp skins in the browser
examples: A few examples showing how to use the NPM module
Community
Join our community chat on Discord: https://discord.gg/fBTDMqR
Related communites:
Winamp Community Update Pack - "New plug-ins to add additional features to Winamp as well as replacement plug-ins to provide better implementations of some of the plug-ins natively included with Winamp". (Forum / Discord server)
In the Wild
An incomplete list of websites using Webamp:
Internet Archive - The Internet Archive lets you preview winamp skins and listen to audio tracks using Webamp
Winampify.io - An online Spotify client using Webamp
Webamp Desktop - An Electron app version of Webamp
98.js.org - A Windows 98 clone in JavaScript (GitHub)
winxp.now.sh - A Windows XP clone in JavaScript with React (GitHub)
Try Andy's Desk - A quirky Windows themed desktop experience.
www.dkdomino.zone - Someone's personal music player
Bamp - A web app for a tool that converts winamp skins to/from a format that streamlines skin design. (GitHub)
Thanks
Butterchurn, the amazing Milkdrop 2 WebGL implementation. Built and integrated into Webamp by: jberg
Research and feature prototyping: @PAEz
Beta feedback, catching many small UI inconsistencies: LuigiHann
Beta feedback and insider answers to obscure Winamp questions: Darren Owen
Donating the webamp NPM module name: Dave Eddy
Thank you to Justin Frankel and everyone at Nullsoft
for Winamp which inspired so many of us.
License
While the Winamp name, interface, and, sample audio file are surely property of
Nullsoft, the code within this project is released under the MIT
License. That being said, if you do anything interesting with
this code, please let me know. I'd love to see it.
Development
This repository uses Turborepo for efficient monorepo management. Turborepo provides intelligent caching and parallel execution of tasks across all packages.
Quick Start
# Install dependencies
pnpm install
# Build all packages (automatically handles dependencies)
npx turbo build
# Build library bundles for packages that need them
npx turbo build-library
# Run all tests
npx turbo test
# Lint and type-check all packages
npx turbo lint type-check
# Work on a specific package and its dependencies
npx turbo dev --filter="webamp"
Package Dependencies
The monorepo dependency graph is automatically managed by Turborepo:
ani-cursor and winamp-eqf are standalone packages built with TypeScript
webamp depends on both ani-cursor and winamp-eqf for workspace linking
All packages are built in the correct topological order
Builds are cached and only rebuild what has changed
Available Tasks
build - Main build output (Vite for demos, TypeScript compilation for libraries)
build-library - Library bundles for NPM publishing (only applies to webamp)
test - Run unit tests with Jest
type-check - TypeScript type checking without emitting files
lint - ESLint code quality checks
dev - Development server (for packages that support it)
For more details on individual packages, see their respective README files.
The most recent commit recorded on captbaritone/webamp was 4 months ago, based on the GitHub push timestamp. The repository has 809 forks — one of the better signals of community interest.
Is captbaritone/webamp open source?
Yes — captbaritone/webamp ships under the MIT license, which makes its source code freely readable (and, depending on license terms, forkable and reusable). Source: github.com/captbaritone/webamp.
What license does captbaritone/webamp use?
captbaritone/webamp is released under the MIT license. Always verify the LICENSE file directly on GitHub for the authoritative terms — license strings can be edited out of sync with a project's actual stance.
What topics is captbaritone/webamp associated with?
GitHub's repository topics for captbaritone/webamp: "html5", "javascript", "port", "reimplementation", "webaudio-api", "winamp". TopGit's editorial category is Frontend.
Where can I see captbaritone/webamp in action?
The project maintains a homepage at https://webamp.org. The README tab on this page also usually contains screenshots and a quickstart.
Where do I read more about captbaritone/webamp?
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Is webamp worth your time?
ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity can all read this page. Ask one of them what it makes of webamp.
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