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Days Between v2.0 — update on the Relisten/Nugs free desktop app

Days Between v2.0 — update on the Relisten/Nugs free desktop app

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Posted here a while back about a desktop app I was building. Wanted to circle back — v2.0 just shipped, with a bunch added since.

The bigger things since the original post:

  • setlist.fm play counts. Click any song on an artist page → real count of times played, not just the number Relisten has recordings of. Cached weekly per artist.
  • "I Was There" tracking. Mark attended shows on either Relisten or Nugs side. Songs you've heard live get a 🎧 marker on the artist page.
  • Songs tabs on every artist — sortable Most Played / Rarities, click any song for debut / last played / longest gap / top venues.
  • Personalized Show of the Day based on what you've listened to and attended, with a small chip explaining why it picked that show.
  • v2.0 itself was a polish + distribution pass — proper installers for all platforms, screenshots in the README, better first-run experience, friendlier error messages.

Download: https://github.com/DeceasedCranium/days-between/releases/tag/v2.0.0
Repo + screenshots: https://github.com/DeceasedCranium/days-between

Curious what people think — especially anyone who tried the earlier build. What's missing? What's annoying? What would be useful?

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u/Hans_Krebs_ — 8 days ago

Update on Days Between (the Relisten/Nugs desktop app): v2.0 — setlist.fm play counts, "I was there" tracking, multi-source library

while back I posted about a desktop app I was building. A lot's changed since. v2.0 just shipped. Figured I'd share what's stood up and ask what's still rough.

What it is, briefly: an Electron desktop app that combines Relisten's free taper archive, your Nugs.net subscription, and live Mixlr webcasts into one library. No accounts, no telemetry, all your data lives on your machine.

What's new since the original post

Setlist Intelligence. Click any song on an artist page — say, Bertha — and the app pulls authoritative play counts live from setlist.fm. The number you knew was the right one. Turns out it's way more than the count Relisten alone has recordings of. Same flow for Phish, D&C, anyone setlist.fm has data on. Cached for 7 days so I'm not hammering their API.

"I Was There" tracking, cross-source. Mark any show — Relisten or Nugs — as attended. Every song you've heard live gets a 🎧 indicator on the artist page. After a few entries you start to see which songs you've actually heard vs which ones you've just played a lot.

Personalized Show of the Day. Welcome page picks a daily show based on artists you actually care about (blends attendance × listening history × pinned artists). Small chip explains why — "Because you've played Phish 47×" / "You attended Dead & Co 3×" / "Pinned: Goose". Toggle back to global trending whenever.

Songs tabs everywhere. Every Relisten and Nugs artist page now has a 🎵 Songs tab — sortable Most Played / 🦄 Rarities, click any song for a stats card with debut date, last played, longest gap between plays, longest run of consecutive shows containing it, top venues, and the highest-rated shows where it appeared. Click any of those to play the show.

Local archival. ⬇ button on any release downloads the full setlist + cover art to disk for offline listening. Persistent progress pill, sequential downloads with human-cadence delays.

Five-band EQ, Chromecast, Last.fm scrobbling, glass UI, eight themes — the basics, done well.

What v2.0 specifically added beyond all that

A polish + distribution pass — first-run experience, About panel, real screenshots in the README, friendly error messages instead of raw HTTP codes, a bunch of audit fixes (Clear History was lying, Last.fm scrobbles silently failing when sessions were revoked), real installers across all platforms, debug-gated console so it's not screaming logs at you. The work was less about new features than making it ready to share with friends without embarrassment.

Screenshots + download

Screenshots and feature tour: README
Installers: v2.0 release page — Linux (.AppImage / .deb), macOS (Apple Silicon), Windows.

Binaries are unsigned (paid code-signing certs aren't worth it for a hobby project), so:

  • macOS: right-click → Open → Open the first time, to bypass Gatekeeper
  • Windows: SmartScreen will warn → "More info" → "Run anyway"
  • Linux: AppImage is one file, chmod +x and double-click

What I'd love feedback on

  • Any feature you wish were there
  • Whether the setlist.fm play counts feel useful or gimmicky once you've poked at them for a week
  • Edge cases — niche bands, weird show formats, anything that breaks
  • Whether the "For You" Show of the Day picks feel useful after a few days of normal usage
  • Bugs (there will be bugs — please tell me)

Disclaimers

Not affiliated with Relisten, Nugs.net, or setlist.fm — independent personal-use app. Nugs requires your own active subscription; the app authenticates with your credentials and doesn't bypass any paywall. Source is on GitHub, MIT licensed.

Mostly — thanks. The original post got some generous comments and a bunch of the v1 → v2 improvements came directly from things people flagged. Looking forward to round two.

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u/Hans_Krebs_ — 13 days ago