Unstream
Find your favorite music on alternative platforms, directly support the artists you love, and move off streaming.
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Unstream searches 17+ platforms to find where your favorite artists sell music, accept patronage, or share music for free outside the streaming ecosystem. It shows artist payout percentages so you can make informed choices about where your money goes.
Mission, vision, and values
Mission: To deepen the connection between fans and artists so appreciation turns into lasting support.
Vision: A world where more people support the arts and where more artists are sustainably supported.
Values: Unwavering respect for artists · Patience · Curiosity · Transparency
Operating principles:
- Artists first, supporters second
- Build for connection, not just transaction
- Solve from first principles; don't be afraid to be scrappy
- No ego in the face of conflict
How it works
Search for any artist, album, or track. Unstream checks platforms like Bandcamp, Mirlo, Faircamp, Patreon, Qobuz, and more, then shows you verified links grouped by category:
- Music Marketplaces - Buy music directly (Bandcamp, Mirlo, Ampwall, Qobuz, Jam.coop, Discogs)
- Patronage - Support artists directly (Patreon, Buy Me a Coffee, Ko-fi)
- Decentralized - Community alternatives (Bandwagon, Faircamp)
- Library Services - Free access through your library (Hoopla, Freegal)
- Official & Social - Artist websites, social links (Instagram, YouTube, Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, and more)
Search uses a two-phase approach: fast platform results appear in ~1-2 seconds, then MusicBrainz enrichment adds official websites, social profiles, and release verification in the background. Multi-artist queries (e.g. "Artist feat. Artist2") are split, searched in parallel, and deduplicated. On Bandcamp Fridays, results highlight which platforms pay artists 100% of the purchase price.
Artist profiles
Artists can claim and verify their Unstream profile to customize their page with a photo, bio, featured release embed, social links, and direct support options. Verified profiles appear in the Artist Index.
Claimed artists get access to an analytics dashboard showing search appearances, page views, and link clicks by platform over configurable time periods.
To claim a profile, search for your artist name and click "Is this you?" on your result card. You'll sign in with an emailed link, then prove the profile is yours by adding a verification link to your website (or ask for a manual review).
For fans
Sign in (free) to:
- Save artists and track your support — keep a list of artists you want to support, mark the ones you've bought from, and sync it with the Apple app.
- Share your list — claim a username to publish it at
unstream.stream/u/yourname.
- Get release alerts — email when an artist you saved puts out something new, plus private calendar (.ics) and RSS feeds of upcoming releases.
- Connect your Bandcamp collection — import what you've bought, so your dashboard shows it alongside the artists you've saved.
For developers
Platforms
unstream.stream/platforms lists every platform Unstream searches, grouped by how you support the artist, with the artist's payout on each. Payout sources are in the FAQ.
Apps
- Web - unstream.stream (free, no account needed)
- macOS menu bar app - Detects what's playing in Spotify, Apple Music, or any browser-based player and shows support options. Includes a global keyboard shortcut, saved artist support list, release alerts for new music on Bandcamp, Mirlo, Faircamp and other stores, ListenBrainz scrobbling, and social sharing.
- Chrome extension - Chrome Web Store - Detects playback on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, YouTube Music, SoundCloud, and Bandcamp, plus about 20 more players including Tidal, Deezer, Amazon Music, Qobuz, Audius, and Mixcloud.
- Firefox extension - Mozilla Add-ons
- iOS Shortcut - Share from Spotify or Apple Music to search on Unstream
All apps are free with no paywall. If Unstream is useful to you, you can support its development.
Project structure
unstream/
├── apps/
│ ├── web/ # React + Vite web app (SPA)
│ │ ├── src/ # Components, pages, services, types
│ │ ├── public/ # Static assets (icons, robots.txt, generated sitemap and feeds)
│ │ └── tests/ # Unit and integration tests (Vitest)
│ ├── mac/ # Universal Apple app - macOS + iOS (SwiftUI)
│ └── extension/ # Browser extension (Chrome + Firefox)
├── api/
│ ├── functions/ # Serverless API: search, accounts, catalogue, alerts, admin, v1 API
│ ├── edge/ # Edge functions: release pages, crawler renders, link previews
│ ├── shared/ # Code shared by functions, edge functions and the web app
│ ├── lib/ # Email, Sentry, reserved usernames
│ └── search/ # Bandcamp probe and enrichment (the other files here are unused)
├── supabase/migrations/ # Database schema, applied automatically on merge
├── scripts/ # Data generation (artist list, artist data, sitemap, social posts, feeds)
├── data/
│ └── artists/ # Pre-generated artist SEO data (JSON)
└── docs/ # Engineering history, specs, postmortems, OpenAPI spec
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