Project · music-streaming
Mycelix Music
- How you run it
- not recorded
- Holochain version
- 0.3
- Activity
- archived
- Checked
- 27 October 2026
What is Mycelix Music and what is it for?
Mycelix Music is a music streaming platform designed so that each artist or collective chooses how listeners pay, whether that is free listening with optional tips or a small charge for each play split between collaborators. Its documentation names Holochain for the agent-centric architecture behind the design, with payments routed through interchangeable strategy contracts that an artist can choose between.
Mycelix Music is a music streaming platform built around one idea: that each artist or collective should choose how listeners pay, instead of accepting a single platform-wide model. Its repository describes payments routed per song through interchangeable strategy contracts, so an artist can change how a song is monetised without the platform itself changing. The documentation names Holochain for the agent-centric architecture, alongside Ethereum rails and IPFS storage, and the project's own description presents paying artists far more per play than mainstream streaming services as the goal.
The project thinks about that choice in human terms, and illustrates it with contrasting careers on the same platform. An electronic artist might release music for free and rely on optional tips; an indie rock band might charge a small fixed amount for each play, with every payment split instantly between the band members and their producer; an orchestra might sell a monthly unlimited subscription divided among a large ensemble.
The repository is archived, so this profile describes the project's intent and history rather than a maintained release. The README is where the detail lives: the strategy contracts, the artist-facing configuration flow, and the instructions for running the frontend locally.
How to get it
In a browser
- Recorded from the archived repository README and not a supported current installation: its status table marks the Holochain component as designed rather than implemented.
- Install dependencies with npm install and copy .env.example to .env; the README also offers a Nix development shell (nix develop) as a matching toolchain.
- Start a local test chain with anvil --block-time 1, then run npm run contracts:deploy:local, npm run services:up and npm run seed:local.
- Start the web frontend from apps/web with npm run dev and open http://localhost:3000.
Questions people ask
- Did Mycelix Music run on Holochain?
- Its README lists Holochain under a designed status, describing zero-cost streaming as planned, while the smart contracts, frontend and API are marked as working or building. The repository is now archived. source
- How does an artist choose what listeners pay?
- The README describes registering each song against a chosen strategy — a pay-per-stream model with a minimum payment and recorded distribution shares, or a gift-economy model with free listening and optional tips. A payment router then delegates each payment to that song's strategy. source
- Is the repository still maintained?
- No — GitHub shows Mycelix Music marked as archived. Its latest README reflects an early build in which several components were still planned. source
From 1 public source, checked 23 September 2026.
Try Mycelix Music
- Code on GitHubOpen on GitHub ↗Last change 30 December 2025.
- Websitemusic.mycelix.net ↗
- ReleaseNo GitHub release recorded.
- The project's own files do not say how it is run.
Details & sources
Evidence
- Last change
- api.github.com/repos/Luminous-Dynamics/Mycelix-Musiclisted by a third party · seen since 20 October 2026 · github.repository@1
- Activity
- api.github.com/repos/Luminous-Dynamics/Mycelix-Musiclisted by a third party · seen since 20 October 2026 · liveness@1
Compatibility
- holochain-client
- —
- happ.yaml
- absent
- web-happ.yaml
- absent