gatefold-foobar2000

Project Overview

Gatefold gives foobar2000 a modern shell: covers fill the window and the whole interface takes its colors from the playing album, while foobar2000's sound and speed remain underneath. The UI is rendered with web technology through the foo_ui_webview2 component, and one installer sets up foobar2000, the component, and the theme together.

Item	Value
Host	foobar2000 2.x 64-bit (bundled by the installer)
Components	foo_ui_webview2 2.0+, WebView2 Runtime
Platform	Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
Languages	English, Russian, German, Spanish, Chinese
License	MIT

New skin, same core: a fresh interface with foobar2000's sound and compatibility intact.

Key Features

• Colors from your music: covers fill the window and the UI palette follows the playing album
• Now playing: large cover, format badges (codec, bit depth, DR, ReplayGain), synced lyrics from files or LRCLIB, and up-next
• Library: album wall, single track list, or on-disk folders, sortable by cover color
• Query-free smart playlists: recently added, forgotten favorites, a decade, hi-res, or a mood — real foobar2000 autoplaylists
• Self-maintaining covers: missing covers are found, low-res ones replaced, and manually chosen covers never touched
• Volume leveling: EBU R128 with ReplayGain tags keeps albums equally loud while preserving dynamics
• Canvas: full-screen now playing on a second monitor, plus a mini player, taskbar controls, and tray icon

Install and Enable

1. Download Gatefold-Setup.exe from Releases and run it; it installs foobar2000, foo_ui_webview2, and the WebView2 Runtime
2. foobar2000 then opens straight into Gatefold with your old setup backed up
3. To switch back, pick the default UI under Preferences → Display
4. For manual setup, extract the theme zip into the gatefold template folder so index.html sits at its root

Permissions and Scope

• Every network feature can be toggled off: cover lookup (iTunes, Deezer, MusicBrainz), lyrics (LRCLIB), update checks (every 12 hours), and more
• On-device sound analysis uploads nothing; radio and similar-track recommendations run fully locally
• No telemetry, no account; updates are verified against SHA256SUMS.txt

Notes

• Shortcuts: Space play/pause, ←/→ seek ±5 s, Alt+1…8 switch screens, F opens Canvas
• Signing status: SignPath signing is pending, so installers are unsigned and SmartScreen may warn; each release ships a SHA-256 list
• Interface not switching: if the old UI still shows, select WebView2 UI with the gatefold template under Preferences → Display