Rockbox
No written verdict yet. Here is what commenters said.
6recommend
0warn against
Nov 4, 2025first mention
Oct 24, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“plenty of devices that can run rockbox!”
“And that is with replacing the firmware with rockbox, which significantly improves on those areas”
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“I have a real soft spot in my heart for Rockbox”
“I'd start by looking at the Rockbox compatible devices list”
“it is basically drag and drop without Apple's gatekeeping”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“Anyone want to help with porting Rockbox?”
Threads where it came up
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- Apple Music 404 Not Found 1 mention
- Why Sony Can't Bring Back Its Classic Walkman Models 1 mention
- GameBoy Workboy 1 mention
- Show HN: A modern Music Player Daemon based on Rockbox firmware 1 mention
- Spotify increases its US subscription prices for the third time in 3 years 1 mention
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All comments 10
“plenty of devices that can run rockbox!”
“And that is with replacing the firmware with rockbox, which significantly improves on those areas”
“I use my 34XX clamshell to listen to podcasts and audiobooks in rockbox [1]”
“I have a real soft spot in my heart for Rockbox”
“I'd start by looking at the Rockbox compatible devices list”
“Can be flashed with RockBox.”
“it is basically drag and drop without Apple's gatekeeping”
“installing Rockbox on my iPod nano”
“there's even an open source replacement firmware for most iPods”
“frankenstein-d iPod classic with rockbox”