Original author(s) | Scott Wheeler |
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Developer(s) | Michael Pyne |
Initial release | February 3, 2004 |
Stable release | 23.08.2
[1]
/ 12 October 2023 |
Preview release | None [±] |
Repository | |
Written in | C++ |
Operating system | Unix-like, Microsoft Windows |
Available in | Various [2] |
Type | Audio player |
License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
Website |
juk www |
JuK is a free software audio player by KDE, the default player since K Desktop Environment 3.2. [3] JuK supports collections of MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and FLAC audio files.
JuK was started by Scott Wheeler in 2000, and was originally called QTagger; however, it was not until 2002 that the application was moved into KDE CVS, where it has grown into a mature audio application. It was first officially part of KDE in KDE 3.2. [4]
Though an able music player, JuK is primarily an audio jukebox application, with a strong focus on management of music, [5] as shown by features such as: