Hello everyone, you can download Shortwave for Ubuntu and experience one of the best open-source desktop radio players available for Linux.
We’ll cover why Shortwave might become your goto radio player on Ubuntu 24.04. With its new GTK4 interface, updated icons, fresh theme, and improved stability, it offers a seamless experience. Thanks to a complete rewrite in Rust by developer Felix Häcker, the app now loads almost instantly. Give it a try, and let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
How to install Shortwave on Ubuntu
To install Shortwave on your Ubuntu system, follow these simple steps:
- Choose where you want to download Shortwave from:
- 🌐 Download from GitHub (AppImage and source code)
- 📦 Download from Flathub (Flatpak package)
- 🐧 Download from Snapcraft (Snap package)
- Once downloaded, follow the installation instructions for your chosen format. After installation, launch Shortwave from your applications menu.
How to install Shortwave Using the Command Line
- Open your terminal.
- To install Shortwave via Snap, use this command:
sudo snap install shortwave
- Alternatively, to install Shortwave via Flatpak, use this command:
flatpak install flathub de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave
- Once installed, you can launch Shortwave from your applications menu or by typing:
shortwave
What Is Shortwave?
Shortwave is an open-source radio player for Linux that comes with a modern UI interface for the user and it allows you to listen to radio stations, online. It uses a community-powered database for the Internet stations it loads up. Shortwave is a successor of the popular radio app for Linux that was once known as Gradio. Gradio hasn’t been updated in years but who cares, all the best features and of course the lead developer himself has moved on to Shortwave as one of his main projects.
Shortwave Features:
- Listen to thousands of radio stations worldwide
- Dark-mode available
- Link to copy the stream url
- Improved keyboard navigation
- Inhibit sleep/hibernate mode during audio playback
- Supports streaming/casting the radio stations to supported devices (Chromecast support)
- Identifies the song playing on the radio station
- Supports importing from Gradio
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