DiscDrop
Follow MusicBrainz artists and track their release groups (not individual releases, to avoid duplicate vinyl/CD editions). Shows a combined web feed plus an RSS feed of new release groups, ordered by first-release-date.
Built with Java 21 + Quarkus, htmx, and daisyUI.
Run (dev)
./mvnw quarkus:dev
App at http://localhost:8080 — RSS at http://localhost:8080/rss
Configuration (application.properties)
| Property | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|
discdrop.mbz.user-agent |
DiscDrop/1.0 ([email protected]) |
Required. MusicBrainz needs a meaningful contact string. Override per environment. |
quarkus.rest-client."musicbrainz".url |
https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2 |
MBZ API base. |
discdrop.mbz.rate-limit-ms |
1000 |
Enforced gap between MBZ calls (≤1 req/s). |
discdrop.feed.page-size |
25 |
Feed page size / load-more batch. |
discdrop.rss.item-count |
50 |
RSS items. |
The H2 file database lives in ./data/discdrop.mv.db (gitignored).
Architecture
See ../discdrop-plan.md for the full design.