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projectM - Cross-platform Music Visualization Library. Open-source and Milkdrop-compatible.

26 mentions on Hacker News by 25 people: 4 stories, 22 comments · first 2018-02-09 · latest 2026-07-27

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  1. ▲ 2
    Show HN: SilkDrop – MilkDrop port for web with live editor
    story by usernameis42 · 2026-07-27 · 2 comments
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    ProjectM – Cross-Platform Music Visualization Library
    story by assbuttbuttass · 2025-12-20 · 0 comments
  3. ProjectM is on github too https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm
    comment by stuaxo · 2025-11-15 · in Winamp clone in Swift for macOS
  4. …I can't mention that without shouting out projectM (open-source Milkdrop) that supports WebGL https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm/blob/master/... and one of the OGs, Geisswerks https://www.geisswerks.com/ If you like that, you…
    comment by seanp2k2 · 2024-10-20 · in WebGPU-Based WiFi Simulator
  5. have you looked at the ProjectM: https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm
    comment by foxandmouse · 2024-05-16 · in Winamp has announced that it is "opening up" its source code
  6. You might want to take a look at ProjectM's codebase too: https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm
    comment by geraldog · 2024-01-09 · in Ask HN: Any favorite artistic programming resources?
  7. ProjectM is the spiritual successor to Winamp's visualiser: https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm
    comment by BLKNSLVR · 2023-07-06 · in Show HN: Banger.show – Create colorful visuals for your songs in seconds
  8. …tempo adjust them in VJ software than doing live rendering. Edit: GH Issue discussing rendering: https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm/issues/205
    comment by nzoschke · 2022-10-21 · in ProjectM: LGPL Reimplementation of Ryan Geiss' Milkdrop from Winamp/Kodi
  9. Related. Nice standalone open source music visualizer like winamp https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm
    comment by fbn79 · 2022-09-16 · in Webamp – Winamp 2 in the Browser
  10. Check out projectM, "an open-source project that reimplements the esteemed Winamp Milkdrop": https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm
    comment by abarker · 2022-07-07 · in Astrofox – Turn Audio into Videos
  11. …- Milkdrop is alive and well as projectM (which sometimes comes bundled with VLC, sometimes not?): https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm Which has a ridiculous level of cross-platform compatibility. I can throw up 3 copies of…
    comment by erinaceousjones · 2022-02-09 · in WinAmp Community Update Project
  12. Already done: https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectM https://webamp.org/
    comment by theandrewbailey · 2021-11-29 · in Winamp source code leak
  13. …WinAmp’s Milkdrop visualizer plugin to run standalone on practically every modern platform. [1] https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectM
    comment by tristanc · 2021-11-23 · in Winamp: A fast, flexible, high-fidelity music player for Windows (1998)
  14. …; another is at mywinamp.com ... I see the github repository also links to big collections ( https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectM ). ProjectM does not need a player: it listens to the played audio for the beat etc. But I…
    comment by mdp2021 · 2021-11-23 · in Winamp
  15. Milkdrop was closed source. You might be happy with ProjectM. https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectM
    comment by willis936 · 2021-11-23 · in Winamp
  16. …better. I wanted to do this but wasn't sure how to create the GL context. Started it a while back: https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm/pull/207
    comment by bwooster · 2021-10-24 · in ProjectM – The most advanced open-source music visualizer
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    ProjectM – The most advanced open-source music visualizer
    story by ushakov · 2021-10-23 · 84 comments
  18. …mesh size on windows but if you're running it on linux or android, those options are available too. https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm
    comment by knaik94 · 2021-08-11 · in Show HN: YouTube Musical Spectrum – visualizer for YouTube with musical notes
  19. projectM https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm#readme
    comment by beatrobot · 2021-04-15 · in Butterchurn – A WebGL Implementation of the Milkdrop Visualizer
  20. …linked is Windows only, and proprietary. But Milkdrop is alive in open source cross-platform too. https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm
    comment by codetrotter · 2020-12-03 · in Winamp Skins Collection
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    Propose HN: Milkdrop AI
    story by nuclearsugar · 2020-03-15 · 1 comment
  22. …will certainly be using your curated list as a new starting point for finding my own favourites [1] https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm
    comment by bemused · 2020-02-26 · in Show HN: NestDrop – realtime VJ engine using Milkdrop
  23. …on in ProjectM, the community maintained open source fork of the final milkdrop source release: - https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectM There's even pulseaudio/JACK versions of projectM that allow you to pipe any audio source…
    comment by prg318 · 2020-02-14 · in Unofficial Winamp Web Site
  24. MilkDrop has since long time ago, stopped being maintained. For a modern alternative, projectM ( https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm ) is free software implementation of MilkDrop using OpenGL.
    comment by capableweb · 2020-01-26 · in MilkDrop – Hardware-accelerated music visualization plugin for Winamp
  25. …the open source reimplementation of Milkdrop called projectM, which might be of interest to you. https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm
    comment by codetrotter · 2019-05-20 · in WebGL Fluid Simulation
  26. …not a suitable replacement for MilkDrop visualizations? Comes built into Clementine[2]. [1] https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm [2] https://www.clementine-player.org/
    comment by lnrdgmz · 2018-02-09 · in A Reimplementation of Winamp 2.9 in HTML5 and JavaScript