u/jimmeyotoole

X-Post from r/plex but this seemed a relevant place to put it. I also noticed someone just posted a beta to a similar product, but hey, you can try mine now on android or windows right away. It's simple but does exactly what I wanted for years (mostly playlist layout on the left and simple desktop feel/navigation)

Project: Plexify - A spotify feeling windows/android music player for Plex Servers

What it does: Better desktop Plex music player. I don't mind plex amp on mobile but on desktop the UI is a joke. So many clicks to jump in and out of useful context, and no quick jump to playlists. I have a side menu of recent playlists and basic player experience trying to mirror of of how I used Spotify before dropping it. I'd love to see Plex Amp improve but that doesn't seem to be happening so I made this.

AI Disclosure: Claude Code built. I am a software developer wanting to push the limits of what Claude can do and I don't really want to learn dart/flutter at this point.

Technical Overview: One click sign in to plex auth to connect to your server. Once you do, it polls your entire library with 10k tracks this takes ~5-10 seconds or so. This is all cached in a local SQLite file so local searches are super quick. It has a cache for thumbnails, does a little gradient view of your album artwork. On desktop it plays direct, supports multimedia keys or space whilst in the app to play/pause. On mobile it support transcoding by default and moderately gracefully handles the wifi>5g transition.

Links: Source: https://github.com/bomer/plexify/ Release / Download: https://github.com/bomer/plexify/releases Screenshots / Demo: https://github.com/bomer/plexify/raw/main/docs/windows.png?raw=true