N-Zik

A multilingual YouTube Music frontend for Android, focused on performance, UI/UX refinements, feature expansion, and long-term support. N-Zik is an open-source fork of Kreate. Note: N-Zik started as a side project. For more mature alternatives, check Metrolist, VIVI Music, or RiPlay. AI Usage: I use generative AI for code (via BMAD Method), reviewed and tested before shipping. ✨ WHY N-ZIK? No ads, background playback, offline caching, customizable UI - free, always. 🎨 Customizable UI - Jetpack Compose interface - Themes: AMOLED, Deep Dark, Crisp Light + tinted accents - 3D Carousel Player, home widgets, unified player and mini-player - Artist profiles, Discovery and moods, collapsible home headers 🫧 Glass Effect (BETA, optional) Disabled on fresh installs. Enable in Settings: native, contour-only or Glass by category, with adjustable quality. May increase rendering work and battery use; reduce quality or disable if needed. Glass credits: Square / Convx Project (GPL-3.0); Kyant0 AndroidLiquidGlass / Backdrop (Apache-2.0). 🎵 Audio Experience - Premium quality via YouTube Music Premium, applied automatically - Synced lyrics with editing and real-time translation - Song recognition (Shazam-like), voice search, audio visualizer - Pro controls: speed, pitch, normalization, crossfade, volume boost, bass boost, reverb - Audio Bar waveform seekbar for precise navigation 💾 Offline, Metadata & Privacy - Smart caching and downloads for tracks and playlists, with selectable download quality - FFmpeg-powered export with full metadata (FFmpeg is a downloadable extension, installed on first use) - In-app metadata editor (AAC/Opus, cover art) - Local listening stats and history - Auto-backup with custom intervals and retention 🔗 Integrations - YouTube sign-in for recommendations and video playback, plus an experimental two-way sync engine - Last.fm scrobbling with Now Playing and love/unlove - MusicBrainz artist and album insights - Discord Rich Presence, including advanced mode with live preview - Invidious integration for alternative YouTube streaming - Playlist import/export: RiPlay, Spotify, YouTube Music, N-Zik 👥 Listen Together - Join or host live listening sessions with other users via code or invite link 🗓️ Rewind - Yearly and monthly listening recaps with auto-generated Rewind playlists 📱 Play Anywhere: Android Auto, Automotive, TV, and Tablets 🛠️ Power User Features - Multi-profile: isolated database and settings per profile - Auto-resume on Bluetooth connect, persistent queue, auto-fill queue - Smart trash, hidden songs, dislike system, parental control - Proxy support, network quality adaptation, log export - Rescue Center, maintenance screen, onboarding, app shortcuts - OTA updates from GitHub, sleep timer, background playback 📦 Available Builds - Release64/Beta64 (`com.nevar.nzik`): Complete build, 64-bit devices only - Release32/Beta32 (`com.nevar.nzik`): Complete build, 32-bit devices only - Minified64 (`com.nevar.nzik`): Lightweight R8 build, for low-end devices (64-bit) - Minified32 (`com.nevar.nzik`): Lightweight R8 build (32-bit) - FOSS (`com.nevar.nzik.foss`): Without auto-updater, for F-Droid (all architectures) - Dev64/Dev32 (`com.nevar.nzik.dev`): Development builds, testing only No build bundles FFmpeg: it is a downloadable extension (installed on first use, managed in Settings → Extensions). Only FOSS is on F-Droid. Historical project credits include ViMusic.