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The Phonq blog

Announcements, engineering deep dives and thoughts on the future of free music.

Announcement2026-08-064 min read

Phonq 1.0 is live — the free home of phonk

After a full rewrite, Phonq is finally live: a free, open-source streaming platform with a live 500K+ track catalog, legal downloads, and zero ads.

Engineering2026-07-286 min read

Building the Phonq player: Web Audio, CORS and graceful degradation

A deep dive into how Phonq's waveform visualizer works, why CORS matters for real-time audio analysis, and how we keep playback bulletproof.

Music2026-07-155 min read

Why we stream Creative Commons music (and why you should too)

Streaming full songs legally for free isn't magic — it's Creative Commons licensing. Here's how it works and why it's the future of free music platforms.