Credits
Bòcan stands on the shoulders of giants. The code below is what makes the app possible. If you ever meet one of these maintainers in a pub, buy them a pint.
| Project | Licence | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| FFmpeg | LGPL 2.1+ (built by the project from source, without GPL or non-free parts) (source) | Decoding for OGG/Opus/WavPack/APE/DSD. |
| TagLib | LGPL 2.1 / MPL 1.1 | Reading and writing audio file tags. |
| Chromaprint / fpcalc | LGPL 2.1 (built by the project from source) (source) | Acoustic fingerprinting for AcoustID lookups. |
| GRDB | MIT | SQLite database layer. |
| Sparkle | MIT | Update mechanism. |
| swift-snapshot-testing | MIT | UI snapshot testing. |
| SwiftSonic | MIT | Subsonic / Navidrome / Airsonic API client. |
Inspirations
iTunes 9, Winamp 5, Foobar2000, Cog, Audirvana, Swinsian, Vox. We took notes from all of them. Mostly the good ones.
The name
Bòcan is Scottish Gaelic for a sprite or a hobgoblin, a small spirit said to live in the hearth. It seemed appropriate for something that lives quietly in your menu bar and plays you music.
People
Built by Chris Funderburg at Cloud Cauldron.
Full third-party notices
The complete NOTICES.md with full licence text is included in
every release and viewable
on GitHub.
It also gives the exact source and the build recipe for the FFmpeg and
Chromaprint libraries inside the app.