JRJosh Reed GitHub
02 / Mobile · AutomotiveNear release

Headroom

A player for your
music server.

Headroom plays music from Jellyfin, Emby, Plex, OpenSubsonic, and Audiobookshelf on iOS and Android.

  • Browse your server’s music library
  • CarPlay and Android Auto
  • Rust parametric EQ and dual-player crossfade
Mobile audioRust DSPCarPlay
Headroom website
Home and equalizeriOS screenshots
Headroom home screen showing recently played music, genre collections, and playback controlsHeadroom parametric equalizer filter editor

Recently played music, genre browsing, and parametric EQ controls.

Development

Technical details

01

Rust equalizer

The parametric equalizer processes audio in Rust. The filter editor lets you adjust the EQ from the app.

02

Crossfade and playback

Crossfade overlaps tracks using two players. Playback also handles queues, saved state, and interruptions.

03

CarPlay and Android Auto

Browse music and control playback from the car’s display.

Headroom music browsing in Apple CarPlay
Headroom’s CarPlay interface.

Project screenshot