Petrichor
An offline macOS music player
Free · Open sourceLatest versionMac
About Petrichor
Petrichor An offline music player for macOS
Summary
Features
- Everything you'd expect from an offline music player!
- Supports over 40 audio file formats. See [Supported Formats](#supported-formats) for the complete list.
- Map your music folders and browse your library in an organized view.
- Stream Internet Radio and organize saved stations into collections.
- Synced lyrics of a playing track when available, including ability to download missing lyrics.
- Create, import or export playlists.
- Smart playlists with conditional, negative, and regular-expression rules.
- Manage the play queue interactively using drag and drop.
- Browse music using folder view when needed.
- Pin _anything_ (almost!) to the sidebar for quick access to your favorite music.
- Navigate easily: right-click a track to go to its album, artist, year, etc.
- Native macOS integration with menubar and dock playback controls, plus dark mode support.
- Miniplayer and immersive mode.
- Gapless playback, Crossfade, ReplayGain volume normalization, Equalizer, Spatial Audio, and AirPlay 2 output.
- Last.fm scrobbling support.
- Shortcuts and Automation API support along with Siri.
- Works well with large libraries containing thousands of songs.
Tip: Petrichor relies heavily on tracks having good metadata for all its features to work well.
⌛ Roadmap
- ~~Automatic in-app updates~~ ( v1.0.0 (opens in a new tab) )
- ~~Better file format support (eg; Opus & OGG)~~ ( v.1.2.0 (opens in a new tab))
- ~~Audio Equalizer~~ ( v.1.2.0 (opens in a new tab))
- ~~Miniplayer and full-screen modes~~ ( v.1.6.0 (opens in a new tab))
- ~~Smart playlists with user-configurable conditional filters~~ ( v.1.6.0 (opens in a new tab))
- ~~Spatial Audio & Gapless playback~~ ( v.1.6.0 (opens in a new tab))
- ~~Crossfading support~~ ( v1.7.0 (opens in a new tab))
- ~~AirPlay 2 casting support~~ ( v1.7.0 (opens in a new tab))
- ~~Internet Streaming Radio~~ ( v1.7.0 (opens in a new tab))
- Natural language search and smart playlists using Apple Intelligence
- Audio Enhancements via Apple Audio Units
Description adapted from the project README.
- Version
- 1.7.2
- Updated
- Oct 2, 2026
- Size
- 20 MB
- License
- MIT License
Open source details
- Source code
- Exact source for v1.7.2
- Released
- Oct 2, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 1.7K
- Website
- petrichor.page
Community project. Help and bug reports go to the maintainers on GitHub; AppsXi does not provide support for this app.
License
PermissiveMIT License
Use, change and share it freely, including in closed source apps, as long as the copyright notice stays.
Read the full licenseHow this app was checked
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Signed by Kushal Sunil Pandya (B53W6J5RWK)
Apple Developer ID team B53W6J5RWK
Notarized by Apple
Hardened Runtime on
File matches the hash GitHub published
SHA-256 6de6d3e16bc14d71fdf4b384114209a9b61734956673d3f7a30930e283e6db50
No malware found
ClamAV 1.5.4 on Oct 14, 2026
Install and behavior test in a virtual machine: not run yet
Coming soon for all listings.
Updates itself from the maintainer's own feed
sparkle: https://kushalpandya.github.io/Petrichor/appcast.xml. AppsXi checks each new version too.
Versions
1.7.2checked
Checked Oct 14, 2026 · Mac
DMG · 20 MB
Questions about Petrichor
Is Petrichor free?
Yes. Petrichor is free and open source under the MIT License. AppsXi lists the maintainers' official release and does not charge for it.
Is Petrichor safe to download?
AppsXi downloads every version of Petrichor from the maintainers' official GitHub release and checks it before it is listed. For version 1.7.2 (checked Oct 14, 2026), the Mac download is signed by its developer and notarized by Apple, each file matches the checksum GitHub publishes for the release, byte for byte and a malware scan found nothing.
Does Petrichor run on Apple silicon Macs?
Yes. Petrichor has a native Apple silicon build, and it runs on Intel Macs too.
What does Petrichor need to run?
Petrichor needs macOS Sonoma (14) or later.
Who makes Petrichor?
Petrichor is an open source project by Kushal Pandya on GitHub (kushalpandya/Petrichor). Help and bug reports go to its maintainers there.
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