Pineapple Music

Rust · Native audio · Reverse engineering · 2026

A playful Rust experiment exploring a native Windows alternative for Apple Music. The prototype, also called Cadence, is unfinished: account login, cloud library access and subscriber playback are unavailable.

Status: EARLY PROTOTYPE

AI-generated project artwork: a pineapple beside a cut apple on a yellow background. This is an illustration, not an application screenshot.

Problem

I wanted to explore a faster, more comfortable Windows music interface and understand how native playback and Apple Music integration could fit together.

Approach

Built a Rust desktop prototype with a native audio pipeline and local persistence, alongside research into the installed Apple Music components. Service integration is still an unresolved part of the experiment.

Features

Native audio prototype — Local audio playback and public catalog previews have been exercised in the prototype.
Rust desktop interface — An egui/eframe shell with SQLite persistence and a Symphonia, Rodio and CPAL audio stack.
Unfinished account integration — Login, cloud library access and full subscriber playback do not work yet. This is not a complete Apple Music client.

Outcome

An ongoing hobby prototype and native-integration investigation. There is no finished replacement app or subscription-playback claim.

Stack

Rust, egui / eframe, Symphonia, Rodio, CPAL / WASAPI, SQLite

Links

GitHub

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