Openwhyd (formerly @Whyd) is an open-source and non-profit platform to collect, play and share music tracks from all over the web. (YouTube, SoundCloud...)
Joined May 2016
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10 Dec 2025
Once again, @digitalocean decided to sponsor Openwhyd by covering one year of hosting and backup costs! 🥳
To thank them, we wrote the story of Whyd/Openwhyd and how DigitalOcean has helped us grow since 2013. 🫶
opencollective.com/openwhyd/…
Never stop jamming! 🔥
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8 Jun 2025
Openwhyd cannot afford to send notification emails anymore. Please share your preference on what alternative we should pick, in the poll below:
facebook.com/groups/openwhyd…
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16 Apr 2025
Spotify is down?!
That's a great opportunity to discover music hand-picked by our community of music lovers, on Openwhyd!
openwhyd.org/hot
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Openwhyd 🎶 retweeted
8 Dec 2024
Here's how to add a SoundCloud track to your Openwhyd library
youtube.com/watch?v=0E_c8kF-…
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7 Dec 2024
Good news! 🎉
We fixed SoundCloud tracks support on openwhyd.org:
- they can be played
- they can be added by pasting their URL to openwhyd’s search bar
Let us know if you find any glitch on these two use cases!
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20 Nov 2024
We are lucky to have @DigitalOcean as sponsors for hosting openwhyd.org! 🤗
Developers, here's how to deploy Openwhyd on your own droplet: github.com/openwhyd/openwhyd…
If you are looking for web hosting, we'd be happy to share our experience. 👌
#DOForOpensource
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12 Sep 2024
Yes: to make new friends or meet your significant other, « hobby apps » > dating apps or social networks! ❤️🎶💪
theguardian.com/technology/a…
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Openwhyd 🎶 retweeted
13 Apr 2024
💡 #DOforOpenSource Highlight!
@open_whyd is a platform where music lovers can discover and collect music gems from various sources such as YouTube, Soundcloud, Deezer, and more.
Learn how to install Openwhyd on your DigitalOcean droplet 🔗 bit.ly/49sfrI4
ALT Homepage of Openwhyd.org. The heading reads 'Openwhyd: The community of music lovers' with the subtext 'Discover and collect music gems from Youtube, Soundcloud, Deezer and more'
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6 Apr 2024
« I greatly appreciate the effort and consideration the devs have obviously put into this software, and making it available totally free. Everyone should donate a little in support of their work and effort. »
Thank you, Tammy! Your words mean a lot! 🥰🤗
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10 Dec 2023
We are lucky to have @DigitalOcean as sponsors for the hosting of openwhyd.org for one more year! 🤗
Developers, here's how to install Openwhyd on your own droplet: github.com/openwhyd/openw…
If you are looking for web hosting, we'd be happy to share our experience. 👌
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1 Nov 2023
Don’t lose access to your Openwhyd account!
We’re about to improve Openwhyd’s security by delegating user authentication to an external service. account, if necessary.
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1 Nov 2023
As a result: Facebook login may not be supported initially, and you may have to (re)activate your account thru the email address associated to your Openwhyd account.
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1 Nov 2023
=> As suggested on your home/feed page, backup your tracks (just in case) and change the email address associated with your Openwhyd account, if necessary.
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21 Sep 2023
Openwhyd.org is back online! 🙌
We're still investigating the reasons of this interruption of service, hoping to prevent from happening again.
Thank you again for your understanding.
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21 Sep 2023
Openwhyd.org is down. 😓 We're investigating with our hosting partner, and hope to fix this problem soon.
Thanks for your patience and understanding! 🙏
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29 Dec 2022
We are delighted to learn that @DigitalOcean sponsors the hosting of openwhyd.org for one more year! 🤗
Developers, here's how to install Openwhyd on your own droplet: github.com/openwhyd/openwhyd…
If you are looking for web hosting, we'd be happy to share our experience. 👌
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Openwhyd 🎶 retweeted
24 Nov 2022
1. une selection musicale 🎧 qualitative et variée
2. une description 📝 pour quasiment chaque musique
3. partagée via des playlists sur @open_whyd 🏆
4 ... et pour couronner le tout, ça vient d'une médiathèque du département où j'ai grandi: le Var ! 😍
openwhyd.org/u/6050a33908ced…
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Openwhyd 🎶 retweeted
Using @open_whyd since a few days to store/share YouTube music. 🎶
My user page is openwhyd.org/u/631ab1163cb9c…. 🔗
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26 Mar 2022
Openwhyd’s lead developer Adrien published a story on how he wrote automated tests to prevent bugs while maintaining its aging Node.js codebase.
If you are a developer, you may enjoy reading it!
Writing Automated Tests on a Legacy Node.js Back-end bit.ly/3uoovLE authored by @adrienjoly, reviewed by @dylans
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28 Jan 2022
Thank you @DigitalOcean for your ongoing support of Openwhyd through sponsorship. Our community of music lovers is grateful for the hosting of their collection of favorite tracks from all over the web! 👨🎤
For those who want to try it, here's our ref code: m.do.co/c/9b3bc46c43f2
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