CrabBossRadio automation software

Gapless playout, true-PFL cueing, and live streaming — free, open source, yours.

Gapless Engine

Stereo engine with equal-power crossfade, background decoding that never freezes the UI, and Auto-DJ continuity with Coming-Up forecast.

True-PFL Cueing

Preview any track on your headphones over an independent bus — program, stream, and reports stay untouched. Fire it with the explicit On Air gate.

Playlist Builder

Create manual playlists, reorder with Up/Down, and fire saved rotations to air in stored order — from Home or a scheduler load event. Missing files are flagged and skipped.

Icecast + Shoutcast Streaming

MP3, Opus, and HE-AAC source client (Icecast) plus Shoutcast v1/v2, with TLS, auto-reconnect, live-encoder readout, and one-click apply-and-restart.

Scheduler + Ads

Time and weekday events with expiry (including load-a-named-playlist), dated ad blocks with intro → spot → outro chains, and an 8-pad cart wall with hotkeys.

Library That Scales

SQLite library with search, health and loudness scans, duplicate flagging, and watch-folder auto-sync.

Honest DSP

12-band graphic EQ, brickwall limiter, and BS.1770 loudness normalization toward an adjustable target.

Stereo Tool Ready

Optional Thimeo on-air processing on the stream — bring your own library, key, and preset; bypass and license status built in.