Alternatives to ncspot
A terminal Spotify client written in Rust with an ncurses interface inspired by MPD clients. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
ncspot
A terminal Spotify client written in Rust with an ncurses interface inspired by MPD clients.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as ncspot.
Spotube
Music streaming player that pulls metadata and playlists through community plugins.
Spotube is an open-source graphical streaming player for desktop and Android that pulls music through community plugins instead of a Spotify account, though plugin sources can break.
Also worth comparing
These listings name ncspot as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Cider
A community-run desktop client for Apple Music on Windows, macOS and Linux.
ncspot is a free open-source terminal client for Spotify rather than Apple Music, keyboard-driven and lightweight, and it requires a Spotify account and cannot play local files.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
cmus
A small, fast console music player for Linux, macOS and other Unix-like systems.
musikcube
A terminal-based music player, library and audio streaming server for Windows, macOS and Linux.
termusic
A terminal user interface music and podcast player written in Rust.
YouTube Music
Google’s music streaming service with official songs, music videos, live performances and covers, free with ads or ad-free with Premium.
Tidal Hi-Fi
A desktop client that runs the Tidal web player in Electron with hi-fi playback through Widevine.
