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Ive tried to find some other post about it, here on Lemmy, but haven't found it, and the funkwhale Lemmy forum is actually dead. So I have signed up for a pod, could log in, on the web, but not the original funkwhale app. So is funkwhale dead? Are there any alternatives? Or have I misunderstood how to get started with it? (I'm a newbie)

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[–] MinFapper@startrek.website 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's dead. The main dev announced they've ceased development and shut down the main instance.

[–] FriedRice@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not aware of any that do federation, but in terms of a self-hosted music streaming service, I'm aware of these:

[–] wisdomchicken@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

do you have a link by any change to where the dev is saying that? it seems very likely considering the lack of activity, but cant find anything on his profile or blog

[–] deadsuperhero@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

To my knowledge, the project isn't dead...but, it has been moving at a horribly slow pace for a very long time.

Funkwhale is a pretty cool project, but it's one of those things where the ActivityPub implementation really was bolted on well after the core experience was defined and developed. It was meant to be a Grooveshark clone, while a lot of people were hoping to use it in a more social way, like SoundCloud.

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

its git repository shows activity as recent as 4 days, so i don't think it is dead. But in federating software, death only exists when all instances running the software dies.

https://dev.funkwhale.audio/funkwhale/funkwhale

[–] gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I run a pod and have about 100 active users a month, it's not dead but there isn't really a large community either, most people, even here on Lemmy don't even know it exists.

[–] FriedRice@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yir. And i tried to connect with gravitywell. Even signed up.

[–] FriedRice@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

What are the thoughts on Harmony Music?