# Pear Desktop (open-source media player)

> Pear Desktop is a free, open-source media player for Windows, macOS and Linux. Pear is extension for music player. It has 33,681 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. Its source code is on GitHub at pear-devs/pear-desktop.

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/pear-devs/pear-desktop |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows, BSD |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 33,681 |
| License | MIT (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Media players |
| Latest release | v3.12.0 (Jun 28, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

## Install

### winget (Windows)

```sh
winget install pear-devs.pear-desktop
```

Package page: https://winstall.app/apps/pear-devs.pear-desktop

### AUR (Arch Linux)

Package page: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pear-desktop-bin

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