cmus

cmus is a small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems.
cmus screenshot

Features

Plugins

Playing

Interface

Misc

Documentation

Installation

In case your favourite package manager provides an up to date version of cmus (see list of cmus packages), installation is straightforward, e.g.: Otherwise, please consider compiling from source — it is not hard at all.

Usage

cmus comes with a great reference manual. If you have it installed, try
man cmus-tutorial, man cmus and man cmus-remote.

Online Documentation

Download

Stable Releases

Bleeding Edge

If you want to help cmus development and be among the first to try the latest and greatest features, use the master branch, e.g.:

git clone https://github.com/cmus/cmus.git
cd cmus
./configure prefix=$HOME/cmus
make install

You may want to add the installation directory to your PATH, e.g.:

echo 'export PATH=$HOME/cmus/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc ; . ~/.bashrc

Don't hesitate to submit an issue if you have any problems, suggestions or bug reports.

Development

GitHub page

https://github.com/cmus/cmus

Issue Tracker

Please use the GitHub issues page for any problems, suggestions, or bug reports.

Mailing List

The mailing list now serves as an archive for old releases and issues.

Dependencies

Optional Dependencies