Built by a DJ, for DJs.

Hey, it's Ben 👋

Vibes started as my own problem. I've been DJing since 2018, self-taught, and my library was chaos from the first download. The tracks I loved kept getting buried, and the moment a set needed them, I couldn't find them.

I tried to fix it the usual ways: folders, playlists, rating systems, other apps. None of them matched how I actually think about music. I don't reach for a track by its filename, I reach for a feeling: the mood, the energy, the exact moment in a set where it belongs.

Here's the part most tools don't have behind them: I'm not a DJ with an idea waiting on a developer. By trade I'm a UX/UI designer and frontend developer, so when nothing worked the way my head did, I could sit down and build it. Vibes is designed and coded by the same person who plays it out on the weekend.

That shaped every decision in the app. Tag by vibe instead of fighting folders. Keep your library offline and yours, with no subscription and no algorithm deciding what you hear. Sort by hand when you want to, because knowing your own crates is how you read a room. It's a personal, visual way to organize that respects how a DJ actually thinks.

I still play across Cologne's scene, still produce as “so I so,” and I still run my own library through Vibes every week. It isn't a faceless startup. It's one person who ships the updates, reads every email, and fixes what feels off. Tell me, and I'll actually fix it.