Cantata
A Qt graphical client for controlling and browsing music on a Music Player Daemon server.
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About Cantata
Cantata is a desktop front end for MPD, the Music Player Daemon. It lets you browse the library, manage playlists and control playback on an MPD server running on the same machine or elsewhere on the network.
This repository is a maintained fork of the original Cantata code. The source includes modules for ReplayGain, scrobbling, internet streams, tag editing, device handling and context information, with code for Linux, macOS and Windows builds.
Strengths
- Full graphical control of an MPD server
- Includes scrobbling, ReplayGain and stream support
- Continues development of the original Cantata
Limitations
- Requires a running MPD server
- Community fork with a small maintainer base
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The Cantata contributors
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- MPD users who want a full-featured desktop client
- Categories
- Audio tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Cantata
Compare allSoftware that can replace Cantata for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
ncmpcpp
An ncurses terminal client for Music Player Daemon, with a tag editor and visualizer.
ncmpcpp controls MPD from a keyboard-driven terminal interface with a tag editor and visualizer, but it is in maintenance mode with no major new features planned.
myMPD
A standalone, mobile-friendly web client for controlling a Music Player Daemon server.
myMPD controls an MPD server from a mobile-friendly web interface with no separate web server needed, so phones and tablets work instead of a Qt desktop app.
Similar software
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Volumio
A music player operating system that turns a Raspberry Pi or PC into a network audio streamer.
Rhythmbox
A music player and library manager for the GNOME desktop with podcast and internet radio support.
Snapcast
A multiroom client-server audio player that keeps every client time-synchronized with the server.
