# CDrummond/cantata

Qt5 Graphical MPD Client

Repository: https://github.com/CDrummond/cantata
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cantata
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-03-02T20:07:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4148, "days_push": 1645, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1048, forks 182 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:22.317996+00:00)

## What it is
Cantata is a graphical Qt5 client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD) with a highly customisable interface, dynamic and smart playlists, online service integration, and a tag editor. Development ceased in 2022 with v2.5.0 as the final release.

## Use cases
- control my MPD music server from a desktop GUI
- manage multiple MPD music collections
- browse and stream podcasts and online music services
- edit music file tags and organize my library
- listen to internet radio streams
- rip and play audio CDs
- create smart and dynamic playlists

## When to choose
- you run MPD and want a full-featured graphical client on Linux
- you need multiple MPD collection support and a customisable layout
- you want integrated online services, radio streams, and podcast support in an MPD client

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software with bug fixes and new features
- you are not using MPD as your music server backend
- you need first-class macOS or Windows support, which is no longer actively supported

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: gui, audio-processing
- domain: media, desktop-applications, entertainment
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cpp
- tags: mpd-client, music-player, qt5, music-library, podcasts, internet-radio, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- CDrummond/cantata (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:22.317996+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:00:34.491468+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CDrummond/cantata (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:22.317996+00:00, sha d2fe18472ee9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.