A real music player for Mac

Everyone else rents their music. You never deleted your folder. Give it a real player.

No subscription. No account. No algorithm deciding what's next — you do.

Get Niguna $9.99
Full refund within 14 days · macOS 14.0+ · Apple Silicon & Intel
Niguna — playing a track with LED meters and a full playlist

You don't need more music.
You need your music.

My music
My playlists
My choice
Offline
No subscription
No algorithm
Forever mine
What it does

The player Winamp people have been missing on the Mac

Niguna with classic VU meters and a playlist
The look

Watch your music, don't just list it

Classic VU needles, LED meters, spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope — one click apart. Gapless playback, BPM detection, bitrate at a glance.

10-band equalizer with presets
The sound

Real sound tools, not toy sliders

Full 10-band EQ with savable presets. A compressor with four characters. Loudness compensation that keeps music full at low volume. Silence trimming that skips dead air automatically.

Playback modes — auto-stop, repeat, shuffle
The library

Playlists that behave like yours

Multiple playlists in tabs — save, load, rename, drag & drop. Auto-stop after a track. A built-in MP3 tag editor, so fixing a title never means another app.

Compact mode — just the controls
The Mac part

Native, fast, out of your way

Built for the Mac from the ground up — opens instantly, sips resources. Collapse to a compact deck. Full keyboard control, menu bar integration, custom fades.

Processing chain — compressor styles and loudness compensation
The chain

A signal chain, not a single knob

Loudness normalization keeps levels consistent across your whole library. The compressor has four distinct characters — gentle, warm, radio, punch. Tone compensation keeps the low end from disappearing at quiet volumes.

Full specification

Everything inside, spelled out

Playback
Gapless playback — albums flow with zero gap
Auto-stop after track
Repeat track / repeat playlist / shuffle
Silence trimming — configurable threshold & limit
Custom fades for play, pause, stop, track change
Resume playback on startup
Keep playing when window is closed
BPM detection per track
Sound engine
10-band equalizer, 31 Hz – 16 kHz
EQ presets + save your own
Compressor: gentle, warm, radio, punch
Loudness normalization across tracks
Loudness compensation — full sound at low volume
Peak limiter always guarding the output
Balance / pan control
Output device selection
Library & playlists
Multiple playlists in tabs
Save / load / rename playlists (M3U8)
Drag & drop from Finder and inside the list
Built-in MP3 tag editor — full field set
Search inside a playlist
Legacy encoding repair for old MP3 tags
Undo for removed tracks
Formats: MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, CAF
Interface & Mac integration
4 visualizations: VU, LED, spectrum, scope
Compact mode — player only, playlist hidden
Keyboard: volume, seek, play/pause, next/prev
Media keys & Now Playing integration
Menu bar controls
Adjustable playlist font size
Always-on-top option
Native Swift app — instant launch, tiny footprint
License & requirements
One-time purchase — no subscription
Use on up to 5 Macs
Deactivate / move between Macs anytime
Works fully offline after activation
macOS 14.0 Sonoma or later
Apple Silicon & Intel
What people say

From people who listen for a living

★★★★★

Highly recommended for audiophiles and pros alike

Niguna nails the thing every other Mac player gets wrong: it just sounds right. Clean, honest output with none of the digital harshness I kept running into elsewhere. The EQ and processing are genuinely useful, not decoration — you can hear each move. It's fast, it stays out of the way, and it treats my files like they matter. This is the player I'd been waiting for on the Mac.

Roman · sound producer
★★★★★

Finally, a Mac player that sounds right

I'm demanding and stubbornly critical about anything to do with music. I've been on the Mac for nine years and love the machine — but macOS never had a decent music player. I tried VLC and the built-in options; everything was either clunky or sounded flat. Niguna fixes that. It sounds noticeably warmer and more natural than anything I'd used before, handles MP3, M4A and FLAC without a hitch, and the equalizer is gentle and precise while barely touching the CPU. A pleasant, old-school interface — and no ads. Nothing but upsides. I recommend it to every Mac user.

V. Rotkovich · musician & sound producer

Pay once.
Own it forever.

That's the whole model. No monthly bill, no locked "premium" tier, no account to manage. Your license works on up to five of your Macs — and if it's not for you, there's a full refund within 14 days.

One-time purchase
$9.99
License key delivered instantly by email
Full version — nothing locked
Up to 5 of your Macs
Full refund within 14 days
Get Niguna $9.99
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Questions

Before you ask

What do I need to run Niguna?

A Mac running macOS 14.0 Sonoma or later. Works on Apple Silicon and Intel.

What audio formats does it support?

MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, and CAF.

Do I need an internet connection?

No — Niguna plays entirely from your local files. Internet is needed once, to activate your license after purchase. After that, it plays anywhere.

How many Macs can I use my license on?

Up to 5 activations per license. Moving to a new Mac? Deactivate on the old one right inside the app — the seat frees up instantly.

What if it's not for me?

Full refund within 14 days of purchase. Email nizinlabs@gmail.com and we'll take care of it.

macOS says it "can't verify the developer" — what do I do?

That's a standard prompt for apps sold outside the App Store. Right-click (or Control-click) Niguna and choose Open — macOS asks you to confirm once, and from then on it opens normally with a double-click. You only ever do this once.