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Description:
Terminal based Media Player Client with album art support

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: mpd tui music audio terminal

Install: brew install rmpc

About:
Rmpc is a lightweight, terminal-based client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD). It provides a rich, interactive interface directly in the terminal, featuring album art display using sixel or kitty graphics protocols. This tool allows users to manage their music library and playback without leaving their console environment.

Key Features:

Real-time album art rendering in the terminal
Vim-like keybindings for intuitive navigation
Customizable status bar and layout
Supports playlists, search, and library browsing

Use Cases:

Managing a home media server from a headless machine
Lightweight music playback on low-resource systems
Integrating music controls into a terminal-based workflow

Alternatives:

mpc – mpc is a simple CLI client, whereas rmpc provides a full interactive TUI experience.
ncmpcpp – ncmpcpp is a classic TUI client, while rmpc offers a more modern implementation with better image support.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 14, 2025 6:16am		0	VERSION_BUMP	7a4ad193