SID Jukebox v1.0

A native macOS player for Commodore 64 SID music. Emulates the MOS 6581/8580 SID chip using the cSID engine by Hermit.

Download v1.0 — Signed & notarized

Build

./build.sh

Requires Xcode Command Line Tools. Produces a universal binary (arm64 + x86_64) .app bundle and a .dmg.

Features

• 100 tracks ranked by community consensus (HVSC, Lemon64)
• Real track durations from HVSC Songlengths database
• Shuffle, sequential and repeat playback modes
• Custom playlists — create, save and manage (persisted across sessions)
• Volume control
• Menu bar (tray) support — minimize to tray, control playback from menu bar, keeps playing in background
• Sort by ranking or alphabetically
• Right-click context menu to add/remove tracks from playlists
• About panel with retro C64 styling
• Keyboard shortcuts: Cmd+P (play/pause), Cmd+N (next), Cmd+B (previous), Shift+Cmd+S (stop)
• Signed and notarized by VIV TEKNOLOJI LIMITED SIRKETI

Files

• main.m — entire application (Objective-C, Cocoa)
• sid_engine.c / sid_engine.h — cSID emulator by Hermit
• build.sh — build script (universal binary + DMG)
• AppIcon.icns — application icon
• sids/ — 100 SID files (PSID format)

Composers

Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway, Ben Daglish, Jeroen Tel, Tim Follin, Chris Huelsbeck, Matt Gray, David Whittaker, Reyn Ouwehand, Fred Gray, Mark Cooksey and others.

Requirements

• macOS 10.13+
• No external dependencies

Author

Serkan Tanriverdi — www.serkantanriverdi.com

Copyright 2026 Serkan Tanriverdi