I built CLAUDIO — a private audio player for your own music, audiobooks and podcasts

Hi Product Hunt,

I’m building CLAUDIO, a privacy-focused audio player for people who still own and manage their own music and audiobook libraries, or enjoy podcasts. Version 2.0 will launch next tuesday with new languages and many improvements.

CLAUDIO started as “Cloud Audio Player” — the name stuck, but the focus evolved: Most modern audio apps are built around streaming, accounts, recommendations, tracking, and subscriptions. CLAUDIO goes in the opposite direction: it focuses on your own audio files, your own sources, and a quiet listening experience without ads or analytics.

CLAUDIO supports local files, iCloud Drive, Jellyfin, DLNA, and NAS/SMB libraries. It is designed for music, audiobooks, and podcasts, with features like smart lists, shuffle, audiobook support, ReplayGain, a 10-band EQ, tempo and pitch control, gapless playback, crossfade, and offline access for SMB/DLNA/Jellyfin sources.

The idea is simple: Your music. Your audiobooks. Your sources. No account. No tracking. No nonsense.

I built CLAUDIO because I wanted a modern iOS audio player that respects private libraries instead of trying to replace them with another cloud service.

I’d love to hear feedback from people who still keep their own music collections, use DLNA/NAS/Jellyfin, or listen to audiobooks from personal files.

What would make a private audio player essential for you? Do you have an idea what I should implement next and what's missing in other players? Let me know, let's discuss!