Tributary is a GTK4 reimagining of Rhythmbox music player

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Tributary is a GTK4 reimagining of Rhythmbox music player

Ever wondered what a GTK4/libadwaita version of Linux music player Rhythmbox might look like? A new app in development imagines just that. Tributary is billed a "high-performance, Rhythmbox-style media manager written in pure Rust with GTK4 and libadwaita". It's more than a way to play local audio files, too. Tributary can access and stream music from Jellyfin, Plex, DAAP/iTunes shares, internet radio stations and Subsonic/Navidrome setups as well – all from a UI that looks uncannily like a real GTK4 Rhythmbox. Explaining his decision to create 'yet another music player' (no longer a historical meme either, as a glut of [...]

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Categories: News, Music Players, Rhythmbox, Tributary
Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/tributary-music-player-gtk4 Apr 14, 2026, 05:41 PM