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24 alternatives to Shortwave

A collaborative musical platform designed for live events

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Shortwave launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Plink▲227

   A multiplayer music experience

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2MA
   Musikcube, a terminal-based music player, library, and streaming server▲340

   2017 · musikcube.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Wave▲73

   A fast, minimalistic gesture-based music player app

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4PC
   Playlistful – Collaborative playlists for parties▲45

   2014 · playlistful.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Sndtst▲124

   8-bit video game music

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   An open source music grid you can play around and create short music▲9

   2020 · music-grid.surge.sh · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Musikcube▲107

   A fully functional terminal-based music player

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   KRFT 1.5.0▲110

   A modular instrument for music production

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Soundwave▲66

   Seamlessly track the songs you play on mobile and desktop

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Playlistful▲87

    Collaborative playlists for parties!

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11AC
    A curated library of free music for content creators▲239

    2018 · cchound.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Koel▲127

    A personal music streaming server that works

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13UH
    Upbeat, HN for music - Node + Redis + Angular + Soundcloud▲77

    2013 · upbeatapp.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Platform▲106

    A desk for musicians

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15TJ
    Teoria.js - Music theory for JavaScript▲77

    2013 · saebekassebil.github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Indie Shuffle▲69

    Music discovery and exploration on web, iOS and Android

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Beatwave▲95

    Create great music simply by tapping

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18CA
    CloudPlay - A music player for YouTube, SoundCloud, and more▲54

    2012 · cloudplay.fm · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Shortwave▲63

    Anonymously speak your mind and get the pulse around you

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Huzza▲101

    A live-streaming platform for musicians

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21BA
    Blynde – A new way to listen music on Youtube (user:demo, pwd:123456)▲118

    2013 · blynde.com · its alternatives →

22. 22MA
    Muzoti – Algorithmic Music with Web Audio/Midi and VueJS▲93

    2018 · muzoti.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    shortwave▲106

    Short-range anonymous messaging (Secret meets Firechat)

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Collaborative Playlists▲80

    Create playlists from your favorite music sources.

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →