Terms & Conditions

Last updated: November 14, 2026

EchoX is a free hobby project. It comes with no guarantees, no support and no warranty. It exists for fun, not as a serious product or commercial service.

1. What EchoX is

EchoX is a free, browser-based music player. It streams full tracks from Audius and 30-second previews from Apple's iTunes Search API. EchoX does not host, upload, store or redistribute any music files; playback happens directly from those third-party services.

2. Free, “as is”, no warranty

EchoX is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, or uninterrupted and error-free operation. No promise is made that any song, artist, search result, link or feature will remain available, or that playback will work at any given time.

3. A hobby project, for fun

EchoX is a personal side project built for enjoyment and learning. It is not a company, a commercial service or a serious product. There is no service-level agreement, no support commitment, no roadmap and no guarantee of maintenance. Features may change, break or disappear at any time, and the service may be taken offline without notice.

4. Music rights

All songs, recordings, artwork and metadata belong to their respective artists, labels and rights holders. EchoX grants you no licence to any music. You may not download, rip, capture or redistribute audio obtained through EchoX, or use it to build a competing catalogue.

5. Third-party services

Playback and metadata depend on Audius and Apple iTunes. EchoX is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Audius or Apple. Your use of those services is also governed by their own terms and privacy policies.

6. Acceptable use

Do not misuse EchoX: no attempts to bypass access controls or region restrictions, no large-scale scraping, no interference with the service, and no use for unlawful purposes.

7. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, EchoX and its author are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, profits or goodwill, arising from your use of — or inability to use — the service. You use EchoX at your own risk.

8. Changes to these terms

These terms may be updated at any time without notice. Continuing to use EchoX after a change means you accept the updated terms.

9. Rights holders

EchoX does not store music files. If you believe something is linked or displayed incorrectly, open an issue on the project repository and it will be reviewed and removed where appropriate.

10. APIs and services used

For transparency, here is every external API EchoX talks to. All of them are free and public, and all requests are made directly from your browser.

• Audius API v1 —api.audius.co/v1
  Used for: trending tracks (/tracks/trending), search (/tracks/search), artist catalogues (/users/handle/{handle}/tracks) and full-track audio streaming (/tracks/{id}/stream).
  Access: read endpoints need no API key; the app identifies itself withapp_name=echox. Free tier: 10 requests/second and 500,000 requests/month.
• Apple iTunes Search API —itunes.apple.com/searchanditunes.apple.com/lookup
  Used for: 30-second preview clips (previewUrl), artwork (artworkUrl100), track metadata and artist track listings. No key required; the endpoint is public and rate-limited.
• Astro —astro.build
  Not an API, but the static site framework EchoX is built with. The whole app ships as plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

No Spotify, YouTube or Apple Music account API is used, no music files are downloaded by EchoX, and no API keys or personal credentials are stored by the site.

11. Thank you

Thank you to Audius for keeping an open, artist-first catalogue and a free API; to Apple for the iTunes Search API and its previews; to every independent artist who uploads music and lets people listen for free; and to the open-source community behind Astro.

And thank you for listening. Music sounds better when it is shared.

By using EchoX you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.