Huibq/keep-alive
Keep Alive
Keep Alive is a cross-platform music streaming framework that aggregates free online music from multiple source providers through an extensible plugin system. It is designed to stream high-quality audio up to 320kbps across desktop and mobile applications by loading external plugins that handle source fetching and playback control.
The project distinguishes itself with a plugin-based architecture that decouples music source fetching from the player, allowing third-party music players to integrate and access tracks through interchangeable source links. A dynamic plugin registry enables runtime discovery and hot-swappable streaming, while an event-driven playback pipeline routes music through event handlers for buffering, decoding, and state management. The system also includes a stream quality negotiator that automatically probes plugin endpoints to select the highest available bitrate.
The framework provides a lightweight state machine for managing player states during idle, buffering, playing, and paused transitions, and includes a cross-platform audio bridge that unifies desktop and mobile audio output behind a common interface. Documentation and installation details are available through the repository.
Features
- Event-Driven - Implements an event-driven playback pipeline that routes music through handlers for buffering, decoding, and state management.
- Music Streaming Aggregators - Aggregates music streams from multiple online sources through interchangeable plugins for integration into desktop and mobile apps.
- Cross-Platform Audio Engines - Provides a cross-platform audio abstraction layer that unifies desktop and mobile audio output for streaming.
- Music Plugin Development - Streams high-quality music up to 320kbps by integrating plugin-based source links into compatible apps.
- Music Source Integrations - Integrates with third-party music players through plugin-based source links for accessing and playing music.
- Dynamic - Ships a dynamic plugin registry that discovers and loads music source plugins at runtime for hot-swappable streaming.
- Plugin-Based Source Abstractions - Decouples music source fetching from the player by loading external plugins that provide track URLs and metadata.
- Music Streaming - Streams high-quality audio up to 320kbps for online listening through third-party music players.
- Stream Quality Negotiators - Automatically probes plugin endpoints to deliver the highest available audio quality up to 320kbps.
- Desktop Music Clients - Streams free online tracks in desktop music players by fetching them through plugin-based source links.
- High-Fidelity Music Streaming Applications - Delivers music up to 320kbps through plugin-based source links for compatible applications.
- Mobile Music Streaming Frameworks - Streams free online music in mobile apps by accessing tracks through plugin-based source links.
- Stream Quality Negotiations - Automatically probes plugin endpoints to select the highest available bitrate up to 320kbps for streaming.
- Lightweight State Machines - Provides a lightweight state machine for managing player states with minimal overhead during playback transitions.
- Backend API Services - Service for maintaining uptime and availability of music source endpoints.
