Shortwave

Shortwave is an internet radio player that provides access to a station database with over 50,000 stations.

Getting in Touch

If you have any questions regarding the use or development of Shortwave, want to discuss design or simply hang out, please join us on our #shortwave:gnome.org matrix room.

Installation

The recommended way of installing Shortwave is using the Flatpak package. If you don't have Flatpak installed yet, you can get it from here. You can install stable builds of Shortwave from Flathub by using this command:

flatpak install https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave.flatpakref

Or by clicking this button:

<a href="https://flathub.org/apps/details/de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave"><img src="https://flathub.org/api/badge?svg&locale=en" width="240"/></a>

Nightly Builds

Development builds of Shortwave are available from the gnome-nightly Flatpak repository:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists gnome-nightly https://nightly.gnome.org/gnome-nightly.flatpakrepo
flatpak install gnome-nightly de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave.Devel

FAQ

• Why is it called 'Shortwave'?

  Shortwave signals have a very long range because of their very good reflection properties. Due to their long range, they can be received almost anywhere in the world. The same applies to Internet radio stations, which can also be received almost anywhere in the world. That's why we decided to call the project 'Shortwave', because internet radio stations and shortwave radio stations share many characteristics.

  If you want to know more about the naming process, you should read this blog post

• Why I cannot edit stations anymore?

  The edit feature is disabled because of vandalism. I cannot change this. More information here and here.

• Is Shortwave compatible with Linux phones?

  Yes! We use the awesome libadwaita library to make the interface adaptive. The easiest way to get it on your phone is using the Flatpak package. Flathub provides aarch64 packages.

• Which database does Shortwave use?

  radio-browser.info. It's a community database, everybody can contribute information.

• How I can get debug information?

  Run Shortwave using RUST_BACKTRACE=1 RUST_LOG=shortwave=debug flatpak run de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave (.Devel).

Translations

Translation of this project takes place on the GNOME translation platform, Damned Lies. For further information on how to join a language team, or even to create one, please see GNOME Translation Project wiki page.

Building

Building with Flatpak + GNOME Builder

To build the development version of Shortwave and hack on the code see the general guide for building GNOME apps with Flatpak and GNOME Builder.

Building it manually

1. git clone https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Shortwave.git
2. cd Shortwave
3. meson --prefix=/usr build
4. ninja -C build
5. sudo ninja -C build install

To learn more about the required dependencies, please check the Flatpak manifest.

Code Of Conduct

We follow the GNOME Code of Conduct. All communications in project spaces are expected to follow it.