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ncmpcpp/ncmpcpp

Featureful ncurses based MPD client inspired by ncmpc observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/ncmpcpp/ncmpcpp · C++ · GPL-2.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

72/100

  • Activity 89
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

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: n/a
  • age_days: 5131
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 69
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2475 stars · 244 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

ncmpcpp is a featureful ncurses-based terminal client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD), inspired by ncmpc. It offers a tag editor, playlist editor, media library, search engine, and an optional music visualizer in a keyboard-driven terminal interface.

Use cases

  • control MPD music playback from the terminal
  • edit music file tags from the command line
  • browse and manage a music library in a terminal UI
  • visualize audio frequency spectrum in the terminal
  • fetch lyrics and artist info from last.fm
  • manage MPD playlists

When to choose

  • you run MPD and want a rich keyboard-driven terminal client
  • you need tag editing and playlist management without a GUI
  • you work primarily on a headless or SSH-only machine

When to avoid

  • you don't use MPD as your music server
  • you want a graphical music player
  • you need non-UTF-8 encoding support
  • you expect new features, since the project is in maintenance mode

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

audio-processing cli search-engine media developer-tools bsd cli cross-platform mpd-client ncurses terminal-ui music-player tag-editor music-visualizer command-line linux macos

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
ncmpcpp/ncmpcppmain72

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