JuK

Screenshot of JuK
Original author(s)	Scott Wheeler
Developer(s)	Michael Pyne
Initial release	February 3, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-02-03)
Stable release	23.08.2[1] / 12 October 2023; 6 months ago (12 October 2023)
Preview release	None [±]
Repository	invent.kde.org/multimedia/juk
Written in	C++
Operating system	Unix-like, Microsoft Windows
Available in	Various[2]
Type	Audio player
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Website	juk.kde.org www.kde.org/applications/multimedia/juk/

JuK is a free software audio player by KDE, the default player since K Desktop Environment 3.2.^[3] JuK supports collections of MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and FLAC audio files.

JuK was started by Scott Wheeler in 2000, and was originally called QTagger; however, it was not until 2002 that the application was moved into KDE CVS, where it has grown into a mature audio application. It was first officially part of KDE in KDE 3.2.^[4]

Features

Though an able music player, JuK is primarily an audio jukebox application, with a strong focus on management of music,^[5] as shown by features such as:

• Collection list and multiple user defined playlists.
• Ability to scan directories to automatically import playlists (.m3u files) and music files on start up.
• Dynamic Search Playlists that are automatically updated as fields in the collection change.
• A Tree View mode where playlists are automatically generated for sets of albums, artists and genres.
• Playlist history to indicate which files have been played and when.
• Inline search for filtering the list of visible items.
• The ability to guess tag information from the file name or using MusicBrainz online lookup.
• File renamer that can rename files based on the tag content.
• ID3v1, ID3v2 and Ogg Vorbis tag reading and editing support (via TagLib).