Strawberry (macOS-focused fork)

This repository is a macOS-focused fork of upstream Strawberry.

The goal of this fork is to make Strawberry build cleanly and repeatably on macOS, with:

Homebrew dependency installation via Brewfile
local Homebrew formulas (tap) for missing dependencies
build / deploy / signing / notarization helper scripts under build_tools/
Sparkle feed configuration knobs so you can publish your own updates

Upstream vs this fork (macOS distribution)

Upstream Strawberry is where ongoing development happens:

Upstream: https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry

This fork’s source (the code you are building here):

Fork: https://gitea.dryark.com/dryark/strawberry

This fork is intended for people who want to:

build from source on macOS without guesswork
produce signed + notarized binaries themselves (and optionally distribute them)

General safety note: whether you use upstream builds, your own builds, or someone else’s, only install software from sources you trust and prefer signed + notarized releases.

Quick start (macOS)

Install Homebrew dependencies:

./build_tools/macos/install_brew_deps.sh

Build:

./build_tools/macos/build_app.sh --release --clean
open ./cmake-build-macos-release/strawberry.app

Build + deploy + sign + notarize (+ DMG):

./build_tools/macos/build_sign_notarize.sh --run --release --clean --deploy --dmg \
  --identity "Developer ID Application: Your Name (TEAMID)" \
  --notary-profile "<profile-name>"

Features

Play and organize your music collection
Supports formats: WAV, FLAC, WavPack, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, MPC, TrueAudio, AIFF, MP4, MP3, ASF, and Monkey’s Audio
Audio CD playback
Bit-perfect playback on Linux
Native desktop notifications
Advanced playlist management
Smart and dynamic playlists
Loudness analysis and EBU R128 normalization
Editing tags and fetching missing tags via MusicBrainz
Album art from: Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Discogs, Musixmatch, Deezer, Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify
Lyrics from: Genius, Musixmatch, ChartLyrics, lyrics.ovh, lololyrics, songlyrics, azlyrics, elyrics, letras, LyricFind and lrclib.net
Audio analyzer and equalizer
Transfer music to USB, MTP and iPod devices
Scrobbling to Last.fm and ListenBrainz
Streaming from Subsonic-compatible servers
Unofficial integrations: Tidal, Spotify, and Qobuz
Discord Rich Presence

✅ Tested on Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows.

⚙️ Requirements

To build Strawberry from source, you’ll need:

Dependencies:

CMake ≥= 3.13
C/C++ compiler (GCC, Clang, or MSVC)
pkg-config or pkgconf
Boost
GLib
Qt ≥= 6.4 (Core, Concurrent, Gui, Widgets, Network, SQL, D-Bus)
SQLite ≥= 3.9
ALSA (Linux only)
GStreamer
TagLib ≥= 1.12
ICU
KDSingleApplication ≥= 1.1.0

Dependencies for optional features:

Fingerprinting & tagging: Chromaprint
Moodbar: FFTW3
PulseAudio integration: PulseAudio
Audio CD support: libcdio
MTP devices: libmtp
iPod Classic: libgpod
EBU R128 normalization: libebur128
Discord presence: RapidJSON

Also install GStreamer plugins base, good, and optionally bad, ugly and libav for full codec support.

🔧 Build from Source

Get the code (this fork):

git clone --recursive https://gitea.dryark.com/dryark/strawberry

Build and install:

cd strawberry
cmake -S . -B build
cmake --build build --parallel $(nproc)
sudo cmake --install build

For building on Windows with Visual Studio 2022, see: 👉 https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry-msvc

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