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New open source Bandcamp alternative "Mirlo" is a worker co-op! (mirlo.space)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/music@beehaw.org
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So about half a year ago somebody posted about Faircamp, a self-hosted open source alt for Bandcamp. It's really awesome, but I thought people might also want to know about a new one called Mirlo. This one is also open source, so it could ostensibly be self-hosted if you wanted, but the main thing is that it's got this flagship hosted option. Very similar to the Bandcamp experience, from the musician side. No techy stuff required at all, so I think this one might be way more user friendly for non-tech savvy folks!

AFAIK, neither Faircamp nor Mirlo have integrated ActivityPub support yet, but it seems entirely possible. Both do currently support subscription via RSS. Honestly I kinda feel like both platforms should collaborate, if they aren't already!

Maybe they could even get hooked up with RadioFreeFedi and do like featured artists and stuff.

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Mirlo - An open-source bandcamp alternative for musicians and listeners created by a worker-owned cooperative, and it may be joining the Fediverse in the future (mirlo.space)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by to c/cooperatives@slrpnk.net
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This is another potential cooperative alternative to bandcamp, similar to Subvert and Jam.coop. Uniquely, Mirlo appears to be working on integrating ActivityPub support, allowing it to join the Fediverse.

A neat aside; jam.coop, Ampwall, and Mirlo's teams communicate and potentially collaborate with each other :) (Ampwall is not a cooperative though).