ravachol/kew
Music for the Shell. kew is an immersive and fast music player that allows you to listen to music with privacy. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
94/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 93
- Longevity 86
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 1
- age_days: 1204
- days_rel: 46
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 48
Adoption not part of the score
2991 stars · 100 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
kew is a fast, immersive terminal music player written in C that plays local music files with gapless playback, album art, visualizers, and auto-generated playlists from command-line arguments. It is privacy-focused and offline-first, supporting formats like mp3, flac, and opus across Linux, macOS, Windows, and FreeBSD.
Use cases
- play music from the terminal
- listen to local music files offline with privacy
- play an album by typing its name like 'kew nirvana'
- gapless flac playback in the shell
- manage and edit m3u playlists from the command line
- view album covers and spectrum visualizer in a terminal
- a distraction-free alternative to streaming music apps
When to choose
- you keep a local music library and want a fast, keyboard-driven player
- you want offline, private listening without algorithmic recommendations
- you live in the terminal and want album art, lyrics, and themes there
- you want a player that needs virtually no setup
When to avoid
- you primarily stream from Spotify or other online services
- you need HE-AAC, E-AC-3, or ALAC support
- you prefer a graphical mouse-driven music player
- you need a music library manager with tagging features
Facets
application · maturity active
audio-processing cli search-engine media developer-tools privacy windows cli cross-platform terminal-ui music-player gapless-playback spectrum-visualizer m3u-playlists lyrics replay-gain offline-music tui command-line linux macos android
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/ravachol/kew · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5910476d1cd4
- homepage: https://kewplayer.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · d82046a19fad
- site_page: https://kewplayer.com/docs.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 72cad73d39a7
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ravachol/kew | main | 94 |
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