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Retro Amp

Retro Amp

Jun 12, 2026 Other

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Retro Amp

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I had a dumb idea: what if Winamp ran inside VS Code while you code? So I built it. RetroAmp, a full Winamp 2.x player living in your Activity Bar. Equalizer, visualizer, playlist, skins, web radio, local files. Powered by Webamp under the hood. Free and open source. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=gearscrafter.retroamp Would love feedback, especially on things that feel broken or missing. submitted by /u/gearscrafter [link] [comments]

Comments (5)

Shaniya Rippin Shaniya Rippin 4 weeks ago

does the audio decode run in the renderer or a background thread?

Jewell Champlin Jewell Champlin 4 weeks ago

gloriously dumb idea with actual market fit

Jewell Champlin Jewell Champlin 3 weeks ago

winamp skins inside my ide is beautifully absurd chaos

Bo D'Amore Bo D'Amore 3 weeks ago

memory overhead of running a full player inside vscode seems like a tough sell

Ari Jacobs Ari Jacobs 3 weeks ago

peak developer aesthetics right here. skins in the sidebar is wild