Private music playerYour music, simple. Beautiful.
ZenHoot turns local files and remote libraries into one calm, fast player with lyrics, metadata, and themes. Your files stay yours — nothing is uploaded, nothing is streamed from us.
- Free foreverCore player, no account
- $19 oncePlus licence, nothing to renew
- Windows · Linux · AndroidDesktop and phone, one library
The real interface, running in your browser. Click around — the sidebar, library views, player, queue and settings all work.
Built for serious listening.
ZenHoot keeps the interface quiet and the collection easy to reach.
Library without ceremony
Bring folders and remote sources together, then move from artist to album to track without losing your place. Search, smart playlists and batch metadata edits are all one keystroke away.
Local filesRemote serversDesktop and AndroidOffline downloads
Context while you listen
Synced lyrics and rich metadata sit beside playback instead of sending you to another app.
Themes that fit the room
Twenty-plus looks, from focused dark modes to light palettes — plus one that follows your wallpaper.
Send it to the speakers
Chromecast, Sonos and DLNA renderers are discovered on your network and controlled from the player bar.
Tuned to your ears
A real equalizer, gapless-friendly playback, a sleep timer, and media keys that behave.
Nothing leaves your machine
No accounts to listen, no library upload, no tracking of what you play. The only thing we ever check is whether your licence is valid.
Simple pricingStart free. Upgrade once.
Use the full core player today, or unlock the premium layer with a single payment.
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Everything you need to listen to a collection you already own.
- Local folders and remote libraries
- Up to 25 playlists
- Ten core themes, light and dark
- Cast to Chromecast, Sonos and DLNA
- Equalizer, sleep timer, offline downloads
- Lyrics, artwork and tagging — no account needed
Download ZenHootOne-time upgrade
ZenHoot Plus$19 one-time
A permanent unlock for deeper personalisation and richer track context.
Everything in Free, plus:
- Adaptive theme — ZenHoot recolours itself to your wallpaper, live
- Eleven more themes, from Obsidian Rose to Vintage Vinyl
- Unlimited playlists
- Up to 10 activated devices
- Yours permanently — no subscription
Licence includes: Custom themes, unlimited playlists.
Get ZenHoot Plus- How activation works
- After checkout, your account area shows an activation key. Paste it into ZenHoot once per device and Plus turns on — offline afterwards.
- Downgrades keep your data
- If a licence ever lapses, your playlists stay put. Extra ones become read-only rather than being deleted.
- We never see your card
- Payment is handled by Stripe. Billing, receipts and cancellation live in their portal, reachable from your account.
Questions, answered.
Is Plus a subscription?
No. Plus is $19 once and the licence is perpetual — there is nothing to renew and nothing to cancel.
How many devices can I use?
Up to 10 devices can be active at once. You can see every activated device in your account area and deactivate one to free a slot — handy when you replace a machine.
Do I need an API key for lyrics or artwork?
No. Lyrics, artwork and identification all work out of the box, on every tier. If you ever want faster lookups on a very large library, Settings takes your own keys — but nothing here waits on you having them.
Can I play music stored on my NAS or another computer?
Yes. ZenHoot Server is a free, self-hosted companion you run on the machine that holds the music; every copy of ZenHoot you own can then browse and play that library over your own network. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed. See how to set one up.
Does ZenHoot replace or move my files?
No. Your music stays exactly where it is. ZenHoot reads it, organises it, and plays it — metadata edits are the only writes, and only when you ask for them.
What happens if the licence server is down?
Nothing, for a while. ZenHoot keeps a signed entitlement locally and holds a grace window if it cannot check in, so an outage on our side never downgrades a device you already paid for.
Can I buy from the EU?
Not currently. ZenHoot is sold in USD outside the EU; payments that look EU-based are declined at the card level. See our refunds and payments page for the details.
Bring your collection home.
Free to download, free to keep. Upgrade whenever it earns it.
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