--- title: Play Local Music With File-Manager Simplicity | daily.dev description: SonicTree is a minimalist Linux music player that presents audio files through a file-explorer tree structure rather than metadata-based categorization. It... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/play-local-music-with-file-manager-simplicity-etx6f6uyy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Play Local Music With File-Manager Simplicity | daily.dev og:description: SonicTree is a minimalist Linux music player that presents audio files through a file-explorer tree structure rather than metadata-based categorization. It... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/play-local-music-with-file-manager-simplicity-etx6f6uyy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eTX6F6Uyy.png og:image:alt: Play Local Music With File-Manager Simplicity og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Play Local Music With File-Manager Simplicity **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SonicTree is a minimalist Linux music player that presents audio files through a file-explorer tree structure rather than metadata-based categorization. It suits users who organize music in custom folder hierarchies. The player is lightweight (~50 MB RAM, 0.2–0.5% CPU), supports gapless playback, and handles MP3, WAV, M4A, and OPUS formats, though FLAC playback was found to be broken. The interface looks dated by modern standards and has some visual glitches, but basic keyboard shortcuts and playback controls work as expected. Available as an AppImage from SourceForge. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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