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Development logNovember 12, 2026

LofiVinyl 0.6.2: collect your favorite CDs as records

My Garion CD now has a place on the turntable. Bring favorite albums into a record collection, choose a sleeve and lower the needle to listen.

The Garion album imported from CD, with its sleeve and record on the LofiVinyl turntable

App developmentNovember 11, 2026

LofiWriter is on Product Hunt: a focused writing desk with a little record player

Meet LofiWriter on Product Hunt: fiction writing, local manuscripts, optional CRT themes and offline music. Try the free Mac Lite edition or Windows demo.

An amber manuscript, heading list and small record player side by side in LofiWriter

Development logNovember 9, 2026

Refining LofiVinyl's record noise and warmth

I replaced the surface noise with a real CC0 blank-groove recording and added warmth control to Android.

LofiVinyl music playback screen with a record and tonearm

Development logNovember 9, 2026

Starting the Android version of LofiVinyl

I set up a separate Flutter workspace and checked music import, playback and mobile controls.

LofiVinyl Android fullscreen desk and turntable

Development logNovember 9, 2026

Separating LofiVinyl's distribution editions

I separated features, libraries and notices so each distribution channel describes the edition people actually install.

Apps

macOS

LofiVinyl

Collect local albums and chosen YouTube links as records. Design sleeves, cue with the needle and listen on a fullscreen desk or in the mini player.

Available

Android

LofiVinyl (Android Version)

An Android turntable for your own music. Build albums, design their sleeves, move the needle and keep listening when the screen is off.

Available

Windows · macOS

LofiWriter

Write fiction, blog drafts and notes in local files. Navigate by heading, keep snapshots and choose the screen, music and typing sounds that suit your work.

Available

macOS

LofiTerminal

Run commands with your existing shell configuration. Use up to eight tabs and output search, with separate controls for CRT effects, music and typing sounds.

Available