Is this the most useful thing you’ll ever find? Maybe it is! OK, probably not, but it sure is fun! WinAmp JS is also open source, so if you feel like digging around in the source code on GitHub or spinning it off into some other curious project, then you’ve got a springboard to do so. Adjust the EQ, create a playlist of your favorite 90s mp3s, and you can pretend like it’s 1998 all over again. Just open the files through WinAmp, or you can drag and drop your own mp3’s into the WinAmp web browser window to play them (remember it’s easy to search your Mac for specific file types like mp3 with the ‘kind:mp3’ Spotlight search parameter). You can even add your own music by importing it into the WinAmp web client.

Click here to launch WinAmp JS in a new window.

Is it a fun retro look at the past of media players that may stir up some memories of 20 years ago? You betcha!Īll you need is a modern web browser on a Mac, Windows PC, Linux, Android, or iOS device, and you’re ready to play around with WinAmp.

Will this be practical for actually listening to music? Of course not.

WinAmp JS plays music, has an adjustable equalizer, a music playlist, and of course it features the exact same quirky interface that defined the entire experience. Well if you’re feeling some computing nostalgia for WinAmp, you’re in luck because an enterprising developer has recreated a fully functional WinAmp2 clone entirely in Javascript, and that means you can run good old WinAmp today in your web browser on a Mac, Windows PC, or even iOS device.

Winamp classic for mac