This list is dynamic, and you can expect it to change over time as we identify those add-ons with broad community appeal. Your participation on the add-ons site is important in establishing which add-ons are most vital for new users, so be sure to use the rating tool and leave a comment on your favorite add-ons. We use a variety of statistics to help guide the selection but the key metric is community activity.

Tip: Check out the list in Songbird to get recommendations tailor fit for your platform and player version.

We noticed add-on authors keep a running ChangeLog in their long description fields. To accommodate this use case we added support for release notes to the
upload process. From now on, add-on authors will be asked “What’s New?” each time they upload a new version. The release notes for the most recent version will be displayed prominently on each individual add-on’s detail page (example). Additionally, a running list of changes will be available on that add-on’s version history page (example).

Since we now know what’s changed between versions of an add-on, we are offering a new Updated Songbird Add-ons Feed.

These updates, combined with the existing Newest Songbird Add-ons Feed, are great ways to stumble on new and interesting add-ons you might have otherwise missed.