What it looks like
Android · your own server
Chough keeps your music as files on your own server — tagged, with cover art and synced lyrics — and plays it like a proper music app. No catalogue, no recommendations, nobody else's library mixed into yours.
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Three things, and deliberately not much else.
Every track is a file in your own storage. There is no shared catalogue and nothing crosses between accounts — your library is only ever yours.
Songs first. Playlists, artists, favourites, a real queue, synced lyrics, offline downloads, and native controls on the lock screen.
Adding music happens on your own device, from public sources you point it at. The server stores what you send it and nothing else.
Four steps, once.
The button above. It is a direct download — about 62 MB.
Android will warn that your browser is trying to install an unknown app. Allow it for that one install; you can switch the permission back off afterwards.
Open Chough and sign in. There is no server address to type — the app knows where to find its library.
Settings → App version → Check for updates downloads and
installs the newest build. You do not need to come back to this page.