Rocksky
Music scrobbling and discovery on the AT Protocol
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HN · launched May 16, 2026 · 117 upvotes (top 8%) · 1 view
Niche: music discovery and streaming platforms · 162 launches, 12 in the last 7 days ▼ -37% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Marketplace
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 162 launches in music discovery and streaming platforms →
Could you build this?
Yes Scrobbling music and writing records into the open AT Protocol ecosystem uses standard AT Protocol client libraries and third-party music metadata APIs.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Last.fm, ListenBrainz, MultiScrobbler, Maloja
Concerns raised: V2 API documentation and authentication needs substantial work, Skips scrobbles when metadata matching fails - unreliable by design, Unclear product description and value proposition, Public scrobbling times reveal user location/schedule privacy concerns, Recommendation engine not yet as sophisticated as Last.fm's
Feature requests: Scrobble time offset option for privacy, Save failed scrobble attempts instead of skipping silently, Full ListenBrainz API compatibility beyond basic auth/submit, Single Dockerfile for simplified installation
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 2595 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #209 of 2596 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 198 days after the earliest competitor.
- A modern Music Player Daemon based on Rockbox firmware · hn · 2026-05-09 · 123 upvotes · similarity 0.65
- mygo-music · github · 2026-11-04 · 954 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- 🎵 MusicArena - the arena for AI music-making 🎵 · yc · 2026-09-28 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.63
- sonar-midi-audio-sequencer · github · 2026-11-10 · 101 upvotes · similarity 0.62
- spotish · github · 2026-11-08 · 69 upvotes · similarity 0.62
- plainscore · github · 2026-10-25 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- AI_MUSIC_CREATOR · github · 2026-10-23 · 36 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- music-learning · github · 2026-10-24 · 23 upvotes · similarity 0.60
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