# mierak/rmpc

A modern, configurable, terminal based MPD Client with album art support via various terminal image protocols

Repository: https://github.com/mierak/rmpc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rmpc
Homepage: https://rmpc.mierak.dev
Language: Rust
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: mpd, mpd-client, mpdclient, music, music-player, terminal, tui, sixel, terminal-graphics
Last push: 2026-08-26T18:16:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 56, longevity 64
- inputs: {"age_days": 904, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 213, "gap_med": 68.5, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3261, forks 118 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:52.672556+00:00)

## What it is
rmpc is a modern, highly configurable terminal-based client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD), written in Rust. It supports album art via Kitty, Sixel, and iTerm2 image protocols, synchronized lyrics, YouTube playback, and a ranger/lf-style three-column library browser.

## Use cases
- control mpd music player from the terminal
- display album cover art in a terminal
- tui alternative to ncmpcpp
- browse music library in a three-column terminal ui
- show synchronized lyrics while playing music
- play youtube music through mpd
- script and remote-control a music player from window manager keybinds

## When to choose
- you run MPD and want a modern, themeable TUI client with album art support
- you want vim-like keybinds and a ranger/lf-style library browser
- you need scripting hooks and CLI remote control for automation or WM integration

## When to avoid
- you use Mopidy instead of real MPD - protocol support is incomplete
- you need to edit or manage music files directly - rmpc is only an MPD client
- you are on Windows or macOS - only Linux is officially supported
- you rely on album art inside Zellij - sixel support there is unreliable

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, terminal-ui, audio-processing, cli
- domain: media, desktop-applications, developer-tools
- platform: cli, rust
- tags: mpd-client, tui, music-player, album-art, sixel, kitty-graphics-protocol, lyrics, cava, ncmpcpp-alternative, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- mierak/rmpc (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:52.672556+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 2026-08-30T07:23:13.356536+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mierak/rmpc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:52.672556+00:00, sha 29e411859d9b)
  - homepage: https://rmpc.mierak.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:48.934952+00:00, sha e1dd421b7fce)
  - site_page: https://rmpc.mierak.dev/try-without-install (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:48.950560+00:00, sha a313797019c3)
  - site_page: https://rmpc.mierak.dev/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:48.952416+00:00, sha 2771193ca1e6)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/rmpc (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:48.953943+00:00, sha 878052a7856f)
  - site_page: https://rmpc.mierak.dev/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:48.943702+00:00, sha b899debfa927)
  - site_page: https://rmpc.mierak.dev/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:48.945734+00:00, sha 0dc2b757ce37)
  - site_page: https://rmpc.mierak.dev/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:48.948556+00:00, sha 57d9f32f8cd4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.