A static site generator
for audio producers.
Point Faircamp to a folder hierarchy containing your audio files.
Within minutes, Faircamp builds a complete website presenting your work.
The resulting site requires no database, no programming, no maintenance,
and is compatible with virtually every webhost on this planet.
Streaming
- Web Player Visitors can listen directly on your faircamp site
- Podcast RSS Let your audience subscribe through their podcasting app
- M3U Playlists Allow fans to stream to various media players and devices
Downloads
- Unlock Codes Provide exclusive access to downloads
- Soft Paycurtain Ask financial support on third-party platforms
- External Downloads Link to third-party platforms for download/purchase
All Audio Producers
- Musicians Represent your solo project, band, choir, noise collective, ...
- Journalists, Radio Producers Publish podcasts with episodic and narrative content
- Sound Designers, Game Artists Internally share your work with your clients or team
- Multiple Projects, Labels Enable label mode to host any number of projects on one site
All Audiences
- Responsive Fully functional down to the smallest screens
- Accessible Usable with keyboard and screenreader
- JavaScript is optional Also usable with JavaScript disabled
- Optimized Fast on all connections and devices
Themeable
- Dark/Light Choose a base, set dynamic range for diverse aesthetics
- Monochrome/Colored Choose base and accent colors to your liking
- Background Images Use images to further customize your design
- Site-wide or per release You can use different designs on different subpages
- Interactive theming widget Try out different designs directly on your pages
Multilingual
And more
- Browse/Search Lets your visitors quickly find their favorites
- Embeds Allow your work to be featured in articles and posts
- RSS & Atom feeds Allows visitors to subscribe to your updates
- Procedural covers Automatically generated fallback visuals (AI-free)
- Unlisted releases Share previews with peers by flagging a release as unlisted
Free & Non-Profit
Faircamp 0.15 - 1.4
Community Resources – Tutorials
- Meljoann's extensive blog post walks you through getting started with faircamp on Windows, Mac and Linux
- Video guide (11min) by LinuxCreative giving a faircamp how-to for Linux, also including detailed instructions for free/cheap hosting via Cloudflare
- incognitothief has published some great resources - for instance video tutorials and written guides for hosting faircamp sites through Neocities, Bunny CDN or Backblaze + Cloudflare and hints on selling download codes!
- Un tutoriel en français, écrit par Johann Bourquenez
Community Resources – Hosting initiatives
- The negative void community faircamp is an initiative coming out of former Radio Free Fedi and tries to help artists build and host their own faircamp sites if they can't do so on their own.
- incognitothief hosts the «Public Library (…) a federated music streaming platform comprised of individuals who self host their own music libraries.». Check out the documentation to learn more.
Community Resources – Self-hosting and special topics
- Using YunoHost? There is a faircamp app available, maintained by OniriCorpe
- Docker Faircamp provides a preconfigured and documented setup to run faircamp in a docker container
- Luca Mancini has written about his approach to integrate a faircamp page into a website
- Simple RSS feed aggregator for Faircamp sites by Yonder (Live Example)
- Using a separate storage domain with a faircamp site Yonder's notes on a custom split storage/server setup
- Post by The Argent Grub on self-hosting a faircamp instance
- Márk Horváth has written an extensive blog post where he highlights decisions, implementation parts and sneaky bits about his engineering approach to hosting faircamp (this one's for techies!) The repository that hosts his faircamp page is public and can be studied openly too!
- Sparsity's repository as reference for how to host via github-pages (comes with some limitations)
Community Resources – Visibility
- The Faircamp Webring, created and managed by keef, allows discovering new faircamp sites through a webring, and can be joined!
Community Resources – Support
- The #faircamp:matrix.opencloud.lu chat group (on the matrix network) can potentially help you with practical faircamp questions – this is hosted by artists (and labels) just like you so it's important to understand this not as a corporate service desk but a collaborative effort to help each other.
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Likewise, if you're on the Fediverse (or would like to join the fediverse)
you can use the hashtag
#faircampthere to ask questions.
Sites Using Faircamp
These are some example sites - but many more are out there! Want to add yours? Post it on the fediverse or in this issue.
12ax7.fm 65hz.com aags.screaming.beauty aerror.net alisonwilder.net/music annoyingrecords.daghe.xyz anybodysking.com arcseconds.net audio.enoent.one aurora-compilations.org base.at/faircamp/dorninger basrelief.info/music berndkorz.de bonkwave.org/music cenkisnotdead.ch christianpacaud.com/musique chucknessafaircamp.b-cdn.net clemenspitschke.de crocutaband.org danielmaxson.com/music decibyte.net/music defensemech.com/music desolationpark.se discs-noia.cat djomnimaga.music-2000.com/faircamp durad.xyz/projects/pohofusion elifinquartet.pallamondo.net faircamp.artweirdomedia.net faircamp.axwax.eu faircamp.defaultmediatransmitter.com faircamp.fstateaudio.com faircamp.gavart.ist faircamp.lorenzosmusic.com faircamp.meljoann.com faircamp.protman.com faircamp.radio.uoc.gr faircamp.snapinfraction.com faircamp.soundcrack.net faircamp.suetszu.com faircamp.synkr3tyk.rocks faircamp.thurk.org fastachee.rodeo fc.kliklak.net fkfd.me/jam flockofnazguls.com fromabasement.com/faircamp futurecabaret.com gorr.no helenbell.co.uk/faircamp im.allmendenetz.de/cloud/ehma/faircamp/index.html indek.xyz jangwa.eu jeremy.org/music/The Jeremy Bornstein Trio johannbourquenez.com/faircamp knova.net kromo.synth.is kristofferlislegaard.com/faircamp label.nham.co.uk/martin libriumdelta.hrvthmrk.com listen.sirjupiter.com listen.soundslike.pro listen.yarmo.eu lixt.xyz lucamancini.com/music lycansong.martyn.berlin massive-planet.com mattyoung.fyi/faircamp mauriciogiraldo.com/music mixremix.cc/faircamp moritz.sokoll.com/music music.aaronroberto.com music.arnemancy.com music.attksthdrknss.com music.audiokontor.net music.bedlamsteps.uk music.berdandy.com music.control.org music.dxcomplex.com music.futzle.com music.gregwilder.com music.imbalance.no music.jefftheworld.com music.jfenn.me music.key13.uk music.lminiero.it music.menzo.video music.moule.world music.padpalon.ch music.schallundstille.de music.theargentgrub.co.uk music.whitevhs.xyz music.zeroes.ca musica.radisolar.org musique.st3rk.fr negativevoid.art/amberlucent negativevoid.art/benjamindaass negativevoid.art/levinskyleo negativevoid.art/limnetic negativevoid.art/rathmoretv negativevoid.art/socool negativevoid.art/voidconspiracy nuorisopalatsi.net oliver.geer.im/music pladeselskab.jaevn.dk podcast.malenfant.net punxdrone.com rdlk.xyz residuum.org/music reverb10000.com rubylouiserose.com/faircamp samae.demer.se secretde.al sephcarissa.com/music shivpal.in/music shop.basspistol.com signbitmusic.netlify.app sknam.nham.co.uk sknob.fr/faircamp sparsitymusic.com stephenclearymusic.com/faircamp stevenraysound.com/#faircamp streetg.love/s synx.dad tarpan.band taube.xyz/loft the.jdsessions.com thief.whereditgo.diamonds tinanay.avocadosh.xyz thehappybuttons.com thunderperfectwitchcraft.org/erdspiegel torstentorsten.de/faircamp tryptophonic.com tsunami.oooooooooo.net twuni.net umanoudito.daghe.xyz umbriel.dysnomia.one velstandsfanden.no whenthebirdsleft.org willchatham.com
- Personal
- Plain
- Small
- Simple
- Light
- Fast
- Reduced
- Elegant
- Stable
- Low/No-Maintenance
- Free
- Independent
- Privacy-Respecting
- Standards-Conforming