Description:
Ncurses-based client for the Music Player Daemon
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Type: Formula
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Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
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Links:
Homepage |
formulae.brew.sh
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Category: Multimedia
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Tags:
music
mpd
ncurses
terminal
audio
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Install:
brew install ncmpcpp
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About:
Ncmpcpp is an advanced ncurses-based client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD), offering a feature-rich interface for music library management and playback control. It provides a highly customizable interface with features like an ultra-fast search engine, tag editor, and playlist editor. Its keyboard-driven workflow allows for efficient navigation and management of large music collections directly from the terminal.
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Key Features:
- Advanced search and filtering capabilities
- Integrated tag editor with regular expression support
- Visualizer support (spectrum, frequency, etc.)
- Highly customizable interface and keybindings
- Playlist and library browser
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Use Cases:
- Managing and playing music collections on headless servers via MPD
- Power users seeking a keyboard-centric, terminal-based music player
- System administrators controlling audio playback on remote machines
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Alternatives:
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mpc
– mpc is a simple CLI client, whereas ncmpcpp provides a full interactive ncurses interface.
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vimpc
– vimpc offers a Vim-inspired keybinding scheme, while ncmpcpp is more focused on a general feature-rich file manager style.
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