Projects

SimpMusic

March 2023 — Present

Open-source Compose Multiplatform music client (Android & Desktop) using YouTube Music as backend.

github.com/maxrave-dev/SimpMusic
  • Architected and maintain a Compose Multiplatform music client with 8.5k+ GitHub stars and 3M+ downloads across Android and Desktop
  • Designed the full media playback pipeline: ExoPlayer / Media3 on Android and VLCJ on Desktop, interfacing with the YouTube Music InnerTube API
  • Implemented integrations with Spotify, Musixmatch, SponsorBlock, and ReturnYouTubeDislike APIs
  • Selected for the Vercel Open Source Program — Summer 2025 cohort; featured on Vercel's official engineering blog alongside 27 globally recognised projects
  • Rated 4.5/5 on ProductHunt; reviewed and commended by prominent technology channels in Vietnam (Vat Vo Studio and others)
  • Built and maintain simpmusic.org — 1M+ monthly visits, ranked #49,804 globally (SimilarWeb)

SimpMusic Web

2024 — Present

Official website and blog for the SimpMusic project.

simpmusic.org
  • Built and maintain simpmusic.org — ~500K pageviews per month

SimpMusic Lyrics

2025 — Present

Lyrics backend service powering the SimpMusic ecosystem.

  • Designed and built a backend service with Spring Boot (Kotlin) and MongoDB, serving lyrics data to the SimpMusic client
  • Scaled to 4.52M unique users per month (Cloudflare Analytics); self-hosted and managed infrastructure end-to-end