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kew

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A terminal music player for Linux.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Linux
  • Homebrew
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Command line interface
  2.  Ad-free
  3.  Lossless Audio
  4.  No Tracking
  5.  No registration required
  6.  Terminal-based
  7.  Built-in search engine
  8.  Opus codec support
  9.  OGG
  10.   Support for MPRIS
  11.  Gapless Playback
  12.  Create Playlist
  13.  Tui
  14.  AAC

 Tags

  • mpeg-4
  • flac-player
  • mp3-player
  • terminal-ui
  • wav
  • m4a

kew News & Activities

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  • tarberry added Media Player as a feature to kew
    3 months ago
  • tarberry liked kew
    3 months ago
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    HappioCRZ added kew as alternative to foobar2000
    4 months ago
  • NECOdes, niksavc and POX liked kew
    5 months ago
  • POX updated kew
    9 months ago
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    POX added kew as alternative to AIMP, Clementine, Rhythmbox and Tomahawk + 11 similar activities
    9 months ago
  • POX added kew
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kew information

  • Developed by

    ravachol

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Alternatives

    15 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

Audio & Music, OS & Utilities, Video & Movies

GitHub repository

  •  1,714 Stars
  •  53 Forks
  •  3 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jul 10, 2025 
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kew was added to AlternativeTo by Paul on Oct 13, 2024 and this page was last updated Oct 13, 2024.
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What is kew?

kew (/kju:/) is a terminal music player for Linux.

Features:

  • Search a music library with partial titles.
  • Creates a playlist based on a matched directory.
  • Control the player with previous, next and pause.
  • Edit the playlist by adding and removing songs.
  • Supports gapless playback (between files of the same format and type).
  • Supports MP3, FLAC, MPEG-4 (AAC, M4A), OPUS, OGG and WAV audio.
  • Supports desktop events through MPRIS.
  • Private, no data is collected by kew.

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