CLUSTER MUSIC-PLAYER-PLAYS · 34 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2023-03-23
Terminal music players
This cluster consists of terminal-based music players that play local audio files, often with keyboard-driven interfaces, library browsing, and streaming support. Dated entries span 2017-07 to 2026-07, but the sparse per-month counts (mostly 1-2) make the history too thin to read a clear shape. Traction leaders are all at 0 stars: maly, python-maestro-cli, and mpv-music.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 20 unlabelled
Operator · 1 hobby · 18 open source · 1 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01minimalist-mp3-player0★22 daysliveopen sourceTerminal-based music player that plays MP3, FLAC,and WAV audio files, shows a spectrum visualizer,and detects tempo for playback.
- 02maly0★24 daysliveopen sourceTerminal-based music player with a daemon, text interface, and command-line controls that plays local files with gapless audio and integrates with system media controls.
- 03python-maestro-cli0★4 daysliveopen sourceTerminal music player that plays songs and audio files with full playback controls and features.
- 04mpv-music0★23 daysliveopen sourceTerminal-native music player that browses a local music library and plays tracks.
- 05cliamp0★1 moliveopen sourceRetro terminal music player that recreates the Winamp-style interface for playing music.
- 06mineral0★21 daysliveopen sourceTerminal-based music player that streams from multiple sources with lyrics and spectrum display.
- 07music-ratatui0★1 moliveopen sourceA terminal music player that plays audio from local files using a text-based interface.
- 08xero-music0★1 moliveopen sourceTerminal music player that plays local audio collections with album art and synced lyrics.
- 09ommp0★2 moliveopen sourceStandalone terminal music player that plays local music files.
- 10hum0★1 mo—hobbyTerminal music player that indexes a user's local music library and plays tracks through a customizable keyboard-driven interface.
- 11code-radio0★2 mo—Local music player in a retro terminal style that plays downloaded songs in the browser with an audio visualizer for late-night coding sessions.
- 12melo0★4 moliveopen sourceTerminal-based music player for local libraries that adapts its appearance to the user's terminal theme.
- 13tmuzika0★3 moliveopen sourceTerminal music player that plays audio files through a text-based interface.
- 14msplayer-tui0★2 moliveopen sourceTerminal-based music player for streaming Monster Siren Records tracks.
- 15music-tui0★4 moliveopen sourceA terminal music player that supports keyboard navigation for playing audio.
- 16bbmp0★5 moliveopen sourceTerminal music player that plays MP3 and FLAC files from local storage.
- 17waves-bin0★20 daysliveopen sourceTerminal-based music player with library browsing and queue management.
- 18agent-lx-music0★1 moliveopen sourceTerminal music player that plays music and recommends songs with AI assistance.
- 19gomu0★8 mostaleliveopen sourceTerminal user interface music player for playing local audio files with interactive controls.
- 20albumfetch0★4 moliveopen sourceTerminal utility that displays a randomly selected music album in the terminal for entertainment.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.