Alternatives to musikcube
A terminal-based music player, library and audio streaming server for Windows, macOS and Linux. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
musikcube
A terminal-based music player, library and audio streaming server for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as musikcube.
cmus
A small, fast console music player for Linux, macOS and other Unix-like systems.
cmus is a GPL console player for macOS and Linux with instant startup, gapless playback and vi-style keys, but no streaming server and Windows only through Cygwin.
termusic
A terminal user interface music and podcast player written in Rust.
termusic is an MIT and GPL-3.0 terminal player written in Rust that handles both music and podcasts, without musikcube's built-in streaming server.
ncmpcpp
An ncurses terminal client for Music Player Daemon, with a tag editor and visualizer.
ncmpcpp is a GPL-2.0 terminal client with a tag editor and visualizer, but it requires a running Music Player Daemon and is in maintenance mode.
Mopidy
An extensible Python music server that plays local files, Internet radio and streaming services.
Mopidy is an extensible Python music server for macOS and Linux that plays local files, radio and streaming services, controlled through MPD and web clients.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
gonic
A lightweight self-hosted music streaming server that implements the Subsonic API.
beets
Organize a music library from the command line.
cava
Console audio visualiser that draws a live frequency spectrum.
myMPD
A standalone, mobile-friendly web client for controlling a Music Player Daemon server.
Polaris
A self-hosted music streaming server with a web client for listening from any computer or phone.
mStream
A self-hosted music streaming server for playing your own collection from anywhere, with web and mobile players.
