Unskippd: I built a website for organizing physical music media (Vinyl, CDs, and Cassettes + Last.fm integration)
Hey everyone. Over the past few months, I’ve been working on a personal project: a physical media cataloging system that feels intuitive and actually has a pleasant UI to use. My biggest issue with Discogs, for example, is how confusing the navigation can be — especially when you’re trying to register a specific version of an album. I showed it to a few collector friends, they liked it, and encouraged me to publish it so more people could use it.
Here are the features I’ve implemented so far. Any suggestions or feedback are more than welcome.
Check it out: https://unskippd.com/
Collection
The core of the site. Search for an album, add it, and that’s it — it goes straight into your library with artwork, artist, year, and other information filled in automatically. I’m using the iTunes and Last.fm APIs to help filter results.
Multiple Versions of the Same Album
Got the original pressing and an alternate edition of the same vinyl? You can add both as separate variants of the same album, each with its own details. It’s all pretty straightforward: when adding an item, there’s a field where you identify which version it is, and after it’s saved to your library, you can even customize the cover art for each one.
Physical Item Details
Record condition, price paid, acquisition date, release country, and personal notes.
Edit Tracklists and Cover Art
Since the system relies on the iTunes API, some information can come incomplete or inaccurate. So you can manually edit everything to make each entry as faithful as possible to your real collection.
Ratings
You can rate each item in your collection using a Metacritic-style score system. On the homepage, your highest-rated albums are displayed along with a badge next to each item.
Sharing
When you add an album to your library, you can generate an “Instagrammable” artwork image to share on social media.
Manual Scrobbling
Integrated with Last.fm. If you listened to a record and want to log it, you can manually scrobble it directly from the album page — no external tools needed. Your activity feed shows when the scrobble was made, and on Last.fm it’s submitted as if you had just listened to the album.
Wishlist
Found an album you like but haven’t bought yet? Save it to your wishlist. It works separately from your main collection, and once you buy the record, you can move it into your collection with a single click.
Achievement System
I created a few unlockable achievements based on each collector’s habits. They’re small extras meant to encourage people to keep using the site. They appear on the user homepage, where you can see which ones you’ve unlocked and which ones are still missing.
Activity Tab
A chronological feed with everything you’ve done on the site: albums added, achievements unlocked, and integrated Last.fm history. Everything is organized in one place with dates and timestamps, grouped by day.
Exclusive Releases (and Personalized Recommendations)
This part turned out really interesting. The site tracks new releases from artists already in your collection and shows what recently came out or is available for pre-order. But it goes further: based on the artists in your library, the system finds similar artists and recommends releases you’ll probably enjoy but haven’t added yet. The bigger your collection gets, the better the recommendations become.
My Music Week (Last.fm Weekly Recap)
This feature goes a little beyond the idea of collecting physical media, but it still connects with music consumption.
You enter your Last.fm username and the site automatically generates a 9:16 Stories-style image featuring the 9 albums you listened to the most that week. You can download it as a PNG and post it wherever you want. This feature is available to anyone, including users who aren’t logged in. To try it directly, click here.
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It’s not perfect yet — I know that. There’s still a lot I want to build and improve to make it as complete as possible, but the first usable version is finally live. Any feedback is greatly appreciated, especially from real collectors who know what’s missing in tools like this.
Tip: you can add the site to your phone’s home screen and use it like an app.
And if you run into any bugs, feel free to report them here and I’ll try to fix them as quickly as possible 😀
Available in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
