musikcube
A terminal-based music player, library and audio streaming server for Windows, macOS and Linux.
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About musikcube
musikcube is a C++ audio engine, metadata indexer, music library and player that runs in a terminal. It compiles and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and it also runs well on a Raspberry Pi with Raspbian.
Besides local playback, musikcube can be set up as a streaming audio server, so one machine can hold the library and serve it to other devices. It suits people who prefer keyboard-driven terminal tools over a graphical player.
Strengths
- Runs in a terminal on Windows, macOS and Linux
- Can act as a streaming audio server
- Light enough to run on a Raspberry Pi
Limitations
- Terminal interface takes some learning compared with a graphical player
- No graphical interface for mouse-driven use
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Developer
- Casey Langen
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Terminal users who want a music library and player, optionally served from a home machine
- Categories
- Media players, Audio tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to musikcube
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A small, fast console music player for Linux, macOS and other Unix-like systems.
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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.
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Mopidy
An extensible Python music server that plays local files, Internet radio and streaming services.
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