BeardedSpice Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   SmartPause

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   SmartPause is a macOS menu bar utility that fixes a small daily annoyance: pressing play/pause opens Apple Music instead of pausing the YouTube tab or Spotify that is actually making sound. macOS sends the media key to whatever it last remembers as "Now Playing";...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Origin

   • Türkiye

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • Türkiye

   

   

   

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   SoundNode

    11 likes

   Soundnode App is an Open-Source project to support Soundcloud for desktop Mac Windows and Linux. It's built with NW.js, Node.js, Angular.js and uses Soundcloud API.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • International

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   • Global

   

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   Discontinued

   From github issue #1176. Written by one of the contributors.weblancaster commented on Jan 9 2023:This project is not maintained.

   SoundNode vs BeardedSpice Comments

   Negative comment by Guest · Mar 2, 2017

   this is a soundcloud app not a media app for utube

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   • SoundNode is Free and Open SourceBeardedSpice is also Free and Open Source
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   StreamCloud

    6 likes

   StreamCloud is a lean and minimal SoundCloud app that brings your SoundCloud stream to your desktop.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

   

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   Cumulus

    4 likes

   A SoundCloud player that lives in your menubar.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

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   Soundbar

    1 like

   Distraction-free SoundCloud music player right on menu bar.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

   

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   Beamhook

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   Hook your Mac's media keys to one app you choose — so Safari, YouTube and Apple Music can't hijack play/pause. Menu-bar app, macOS 14+.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Origin

   • Finland
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • Finland
   • EU

   

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