de.nerdbear.bearwave CC0-1.0 MIT BearWave

KDE-focused desktop internet radio app

BearWave is designed for fast station browsing, simple playback controls, favorites, resume support, tray behavior, and clean Plasma integration without turning into a heavy media suite.

Features:

Internet radio via the Radio Browser API with local JSON caching
Station pages for Top, Germany, Netherlands, and quick world/genre filters
Local search and filtering by name, genre, and country
Sorting by name, bitrate, and votes
Favorites with persistent local storage
Playback metadata display when streams provide it
Resume support for last station and volume
MPRIS integration for Plasma media controls and media keys
System tray integration for background playback
Desktop notifications for song/track changes with local cover art caching

de.nerdbear.bearwave.desktop https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spalencsar/bearwave/main/screenshots/screen01.png Main window displaying radio categories https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spalencsar/bearwave/main/screenshots/screen02.png Station browser and search filters https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spalencsar/bearwave/main/screenshots/screen03.png The About dialog showing application info https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spalencsar/bearwave/main/screenshots/screen04.png Application view https://github.com/spalencsar/bearwave https://github.com/spalencsar/bearwave/issues Sebastian (spalencsar) bearwave

Fixed NotificationManager crash (segfault)
Migrated to modern QtMultimedia engine from legacy Phonon
Added Flatpak manifest and build support
Added debounced online search