# coderholic/pyradio

Curses based internet radio player

Repository: https://github.com/coderholic/pyradio
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pyradio
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-05-07T17:00:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 81, release rhythm 82, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6552, "days_push": 118, "days_rel": 121, "gap_med": 10.0, "n_releases_24m": 31}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1092, forks 134 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:33.200475+00:00)

## What it is
PyRadio is a curses-based command line internet radio player written in Python that plays streams via MPV, MPlayer, or VLC. It supports RadioBrowser station discovery, M3U playlists, theming, vi-like keybindings, and OS media controls.

## Use cases
- listen to internet radio from the terminal
- play online radio stations without a GUI browser
- manage and search radio station playlists
- browse RadioBrowser station directory from the command line
- record radio streams with tags and chapters
- control radio playback with media keys

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight terminal-based radio player
- you prefer vi-style keyboard navigation
- you use Linux, macOS, or Windows and want one consistent radio player
- you want RadioBrowser integration and M3U playlist support

## When to avoid
- you need a graphical interface with album art and rich visuals
- you want podcast or local music file playback
- you need a pip-installable package (the PyPI version is outdated and unsupported)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, cli, gui
- domain: media, cross-platform
- platform: windows, python, cli
- tags: internet-radio, curses, tui, m3u-playlists, radio-browser, mpv, vlc, terminal-ui, audio, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- coderholic/pyradio (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:33.200475+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 2026-08-30T06:49:01.900212+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/coderholic/pyradio (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:33.200475+00:00, sha 9f8b7fd6a721)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pyradio/json (fetched 2026-08-29T12:50:58.677140+00:00, sha 86f3e59289cd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.