<div align="center"> <img src="sone.png" alt="SONE" width="150"> <h1>SONE</h1> <p>The native desktop client for <a href="https://tidal.com">TIDAL</a> on Linux. Lossless streaming with bit-perfect ALSA output up to 24-bit/192kHz (MAX) — your DAC, not your browser's resampler.</p>

[!IMPORTANT] Requires an active TIDAL subscription. Not affiliated with TIDAL.

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The Vision

The Linux desktop app TIDAL never built.

SONE finally gives Linux users a first-class streaming client. It delivers the complete, fully-featured experience you expect with seamless library management and a sleek, familiar workflow—and then supercharges it.

We went beyond the basics with direct-to-DAC bit-perfect ALSA output, a resizable-adaptive floating miniplayer, custom themes, Discord Rich Presence, and multi-service scrobbling (Last.fm, Libre.fm, ListenBrainz)—all wrapped in a fast, native Linux app.

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Features
Why SONE?
Installation
Usage
FAQ
Tech Stack
Contributing
Disclaimer
License

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Features

Audio

Lossless FLAC and MQA streaming up to Hi-Res (24-bit/192kHz) with automatic quality fallback
Bit-perfect output — no resampling, no dithering. Your DAC receives the unaltered decoded signal
Exclusive ALSA — bypasses PipeWire/PulseAudio entirely for direct hardware access
Smart DAC matching — automatically detects your hardware's supported formats and sample rates, picking the best fit
Volume normalization (ReplayGain) with automatic context switching between album and track gain
Autoplay — discovers and plays similar tracks when your queue ends

Interface

Custom themes — 12 presets and a full color picker for accent and background with both light/dark mode
Lyrics — synced lyrics display for supported tracks
Miniplayer — compact floating window with album art, playback controls, and resizable-adaptive layout
Full-screen player — maximized view with album art, lyrics option and auto-hiding controls
Queue persistence — picks up where you left off across restarts
MPRIS integration — media keys, shuffle, repeat, seek, and desktop widget support
Scrobbling — track your listening history on Last.fm, Libre.fm, and ListenBrainz with full ISRC and MusicBrainz metadata
Proxy support — route traffic through HTTP, HTTPS, or SOCKS5 proxies
Discord Rich Presence — show what you're listening to with album art, track info, and a direct TIDAL link
System tray with playback controls and minimize-to-tray
Keyboard shortcuts for all common actions with a built-in shortcut overlay

Library

Library management — browse and sort your playlists, albums, artists, and mixes with playlist folder support
Share — share tracks, albums, playlists, artists, and mixes with your friends via a direct TIDAL link
Deep links — open tidal:// URLs directly in SONE

Why SONE?

SONE is a lightweight, native alternative to the official TIDAL web player and Electron-based unofficial clients.

Full audio quality — browsers and Electron apps downsample audio to 48kHz before it leaves the application. SONE is native — it outputs at the source's original sample rate, up to 192kHz (TIDAL's max). Exclusive ALSA mode bypasses the system mixer entirely for bit-perfect output to your DAC.
Familiar interface — a modern UI inspired by the streaming apps you already use
Direct hardware access — GStreamer talks directly to your audio hardware. Lock your DAC to the exact source format, bypassing the system mixer
Lightweight — built with Tauri and Rust. Small binary, low memory footprint
Encrypted at rest — credentials, cache, and settings are encrypted with AES-256-GCM
No telemetry, no tracking — fully open source under GPL-3.0. Your listening data stays on your machine

Installation / Download

OS Packages

Pre-built packages for Ubuntu/Debian (.deb), Fedora (.rpm), openSUSE (.rpm), and Arch Linux (PKGBUILD) are available on the GitHub Releases page.

Flathub

SONE is also officially available on Flathub, making it easy to install on any Linux distribution. You can install it via your software center or by using the CLI:

Install the application

flatpak install flathub io.github.lullabyX.sone

Run the application

flatpak run io.github.lullabyX.sone

Building from source

Rust:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
source "$HOME/.cargo/env"

Node.js 18+ (via nvm, fnm, or your preferred method)

System dependencies:

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sudo apt install -y \
    build-essential curl wget file patchelf \
    libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libgtk-3-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev libssl-dev \
    libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \
    gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-libav \
    libsecret-1-dev

Optional (for exclusive ALSA output):

sudo apt install -y gstreamer1.0-alsa

</details> <details> <summary>Fedora</summary>

sudo dnf install -y \
    gcc gcc-c++ make curl wget file patchelf \
    webkit2gtk4.1-devel gtk3-devel libappindicator-gtk3-devel librsvg2-devel openssl-devel \
    gstreamer1-devel gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel \
    gstreamer1-plugins-base gstreamer1-plugins-good gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free gstreamer1-libav \
    libsecret-devel

Optional (for exclusive ALSA output):

sudo dnf install -y gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools

</details> <details> <summary>Arch Linux</summary>

AUR

SONE is available on the AUR in two variants:

sone — builds from source
sone-bin — pre-built binary, no compilation required

Install with your AUR helper:

yay -S sone       # build from source
# or
yay -S sone-bin   # pre-built binary

Manual Install

sudo pacman -S --needed \
    base-devel curl wget file patchelf \
    webkit2gtk-4.1 gtk3 libayatana-appindicator librsvg openssl \
    gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good gst-plugins-bad gst-libav \
    libsecret

Optional (for exclusive ALSA output):

sudo pacman -S --needed gst-plugin-pipewire alsa-plugins

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Build and run:

git clone https://github.com/lullabyX/sone.git
cd sone
npm install
npm run tauri dev          # Development mode
npm run tauri build        # Release build (produces .deb, .rpm, .AppImage)

Using build scripts:

Docker-based build scripts are provided in build-scripts/build/ to produce distro-specific packages in isolated environments. Requires Docker.

./build-scripts/build/all.sh              # Build all packages in parallel (deb, rpm, pacman)
./build-scripts/build/deb.sh              # Build .deb only (Ubuntu 22.04)
./build-scripts/build/rpm.sh              # Build .rpm only (Fedora)
./build-scripts/build/pacman.sh           # Build pacman package only (Arch)
./build-scripts/build/all.sh --o

Sone

Install / Use

README

The Vision

Features

Audio

Interface

Library

Why SONE?

Installation / Download

OS Packages

Flathub

Building from source

AUR

Manual Install