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Does anyone know a good desktop client for Soundcloud (are there any)? If not complete feature support then at least a player which can integrate and play Soundcloud account songs.

I found jamcloud, but it runs using Adobe AIR and Adobe AIR is no longer supported for Linux, furthermore if possible I want to avoid using Wine to run Adobe AIR.

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  • There is CloudDeck which supports Linux, however that too uses Adobe Air
    – coversnail
    Apr 18, 2012 at 17:11
  • I'll try it but obviously will still be waiting for native client Thanks :)
    – wisemonkey
    Apr 18, 2012 at 18:01
  • Have you tried running the soundcloud mobile site as a pinned desktop application in Chrome etc ?
    – Nemo
    Jul 15, 2012 at 10:26
  • It's been a while since you asked this question. From the fact that there is no accepted answer, can I deduce that none of the proposed solutions ultimately worked? Either way, if you or anyone else has a solution, I'd still be interested.
    – Christian
    Nov 10, 2013 at 17:43

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You can try Tomahawk. There exists a Soundcloud Content Resolver. Tomahawk is abandoned.

tomahawk soundcloud resolver

tomahawk soundcloud playing track screenshot

You could install Tomahawk from a PPA for Ubuntu.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tomahawk/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tomahawk

Rhythmbox has also a Soundcloud plugin

Rhythmbox with Soundcloud plugin screenshot


For the Nuvola Player exists a feature request for soundcloud integration. You could mark the "bug" so that is affecting you.


Soundnode - An opensource SoundCloud app for desktop

Soundnode image


Harmony - An opensource app for desktop, which supports Soundcloud, Spotify etc.

Harmony image


Cumulus - An opensource SoundCloud player that lives in your menubar.

Cumulus image


Auryo - An opensource SoundCloud client for your desktop.

Auryo image

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    Hey Tomahawk is pretty awesome (though I didn't find a way to sign in to my soundcloud account) Neither did I saw so many options as in screen shot (maybe in newer version they removed few options). For now creating web app with frogger seems to be working (for sign in). I will read about Tomahawk some more I'm liking the concept a lot.
    – wisemonkey
    Aug 11, 2012 at 4:28
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    Thanks for the overview. Rhythmbox works decently in Gnome, although it's very basic (e.g. you can't arrange tracks into playlists..) I found Auryo (auryo.com) which looks quite promising, but there are currently some issues due to some new Soundcloud APIs and the developer said on his Twitter account that is rewriting the software. May 21, 2020 at 16:27
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You could try fogger to create a Webapp for the unity desktop:

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/fogger-aims-to-bring-integrated-web-apps-to-ubuntu

You can write userspace scripts that allow nice integration with the desktop. There's already pre-packaged scripts available for Facebook and Wunderlist. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/?s=fogger

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  • Thanks I'll give it a try in a day or 2 and update here :)
    – wisemonkey
    Jul 28, 2012 at 20:13
  • This works properly, Thanks. I liked Tomahawk more though (if I don't find a way to sign in to Tomahawk, this is best possible solution)
    – wisemonkey
    Aug 11, 2012 at 4:25
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Clementine supports Soundcloud since version 1.1 (October 2012)

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    I tried it. When I click the Soundcloud Login button in the app, it takes me to a page on soundcloud.com with a message like "This client provider is not supported". I could not get it to play anything from Soundcloud.
    – Rolf
    Jan 30, 2018 at 15:38
  • It's a reported issue.
    – Jaime M.
    Jan 31, 2018 at 14:50
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Yes there is, Soundnode App now support Linux besides Mac and Windows.

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  • It might be me, but the install script is not working (even when i manually set the OS), and what was in the zip-file is broken for me
    – x13
    Sep 27, 2016 at 16:10
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There's a command line interface program written in Ruby: http://soundcli.elephly.net/

It's able to connect to your SoundCloud account and stream your own music, playlist, favs. And, of course, you can play other's music.

Thing is: you can't browse. You have to specify the song you want to play URL.

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There is a Firefox app for Soundcloud, which partly integrate into your environment.

It is fairly limited (no way to play your stream for the moment, no sound menu integration - it must be that it was developed for phones and features are missing on the desktop) but at least it is lightweight and you can lock it to the launcher.

It is available on the Marketplace.

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In chrome browser you can open sound cloud page, when go to options (3 wertical lines in the corner), select "More tools" > "Create application shortcut..". You will get shortcut tha opens directly sound cloud. I use it that way. Works great.

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I managed to play Sountdrack tracks in VLC. I copied this SoundCloud Plugin into /.local/share/vlc/lua/extensions/. Then I just pasted the URL in Media->Open Network Stream. It worked

I haven't tried it without the plugin.

It uses much less CPU than the browser, but when it reaches the end of the track, it just stops. I couldn't get this particular setup to load playlists. If I paste the URL for a playlist, it just plays the first song.

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