# Dopamine (open-source media player)

> Dopamine is a free, open-source media player for Windows, macOS and Linux. The audio player that keeps it simple. It has 2,380 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at digimezzo/dopamine.

Dopamine is an elegant audio player which tries to make organizing and listening to music as simple and pretty as possible. This version is written using Electron, Angular and Typescript and works on Windows, Linux and Mac.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/digimezzo/dopamine |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 2,380 |
| License | GPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Website | https://digimezzo.github.io/site/ |
| Official | no |
| Category | Media players |
| Latest release | v3.0.11 (Sep 26, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 5, 2026 |

## Install

### Snap (Linux)

```sh
snap install dopamine
```

Package page: https://snapcraft.io/dopamine

### AUR (Arch Linux)

Package page: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dopamine-official

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