# grobie/soundcloud2000

A terminal client for https://soundcloud.com

Repository: https://github.com/grobie/soundcloud2000
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/soundcloud2000
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-08-15T12:21:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4974, "days_push": 2575, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1406, forks 84 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:38.236282+00:00)

## What it is
soundcloud2000 is a terminal-based client for streaming and browsing SoundCloud tracks, users, favorites, and playlists. It is a Ruby gem with ncurses UI and native audio playback via PortAudio and mpg123.

## Use cases
- play soundcloud tracks from the terminal
- browse soundcloud without a browser
- listen to a user's favorites in the cli
- stream playlists from the command line
- terminal music player for soundcloud

## When to choose
- you want a keyboard-driven, browser-free SoundCloud player on macOS or Linux
- you prefer lightweight terminal UIs over web apps

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained client - the project has had no releases since 2019 and SoundCloud API credentials may no longer work
- you need Windows support or a graphical interface

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: audio-processing, cli, terminal-ui
- domain: entertainment, media
- platform: cli, ruby
- tags: soundcloud, music-streaming, ncurses, terminal-client, audio, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- grobie/soundcloud2000 (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.236282+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 2026-08-30T04:38:42.196340+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/grobie/soundcloud2000 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.236282+00:00, sha c40b522ebfc3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.