mpc Alternatives

mpc is described as 'A minimalist command line interface to MPD' and is a Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to mpc for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Xfce and BSD apps. The best mpc alternative is Exaile, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like mpc are kew, Qmmp, Cantata and ncmpcpp.

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mpc alternatives page was last updated Mar 25, 2022

Pretty Good Music Player
4 likes
Tired of music players that take forever to start up because they're loading ads or trying to download stuff? Of music players that ignore Bluetooth controls, or stop responding after a few minutes? I was too, so I wrote this app!
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Audio Player
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Android
F-Droid
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ncmpc
7 likes
ncmpc is a fully featured MPD client, which runs in a terminal (using ncurses). Its goal is to provide a keyboard oriented and consistent interface to MPD, without wasting resources.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Audio Player
Platforms
Linux
Xfce
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Mopidy
11 likes
Mopidy is a music server which can play music from Spotify , or from your local hard drive. You can use your favorite MPD client to search for music and manage the playlist.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application types
Audio Player
Music Streaming
Platforms
Mac
Linux
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xmms2
10 likes
A Free software music player and manager with a built-in media library and a smart client-server model, plus a sophisticated plug-in architecture. The player is not related to the well-known media player XMMS.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Audio Player
Platforms
Mac
Linux
Xfce
M
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X
Xfmpc
6 likes
A graphical GTK+ MPD client focusing on low footprint.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Audio Player
Platforms
Linux
Xfce
X
M
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Movie Monad
1 like
A free and simple to use video player made with Haskell.
272 Movie Monad alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Linux
M
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Rosa Media Player
1 like
Media player based on Mplayer/FFmpeg technologies. It has a simple interface and many powerful functions:

Possibility to get an audio track from video clip

Possibility to get a screencast

Possibility to trim video

229 Rosa Media Player alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Linux
M
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Theremin
2 likes
Theremin - Undead Mac OS X MPD Client.

Theremin is a MPD client for OS X. It allows you to connect to your MPD (Music Player Daemon) on another machine on your network to control the music it's playing. You can also manage playlists, reorganize the songs in your playlist, an.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Audio Player
Platforms
Mac
+2
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Listen: The Gesture Music Player
3 likes
Listen runs on gestures, not buttons. It’s perfect for anytime: on your way to work, while exercising, or on the go. Whether you are in your car, on your bike, or running a marathon, you’ll be lost in the music, not the interface.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Audio Player
Origin
Ukraine
Platforms
iPhone
iPad
+2
M
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Gnome media player
4 likes
A simple media player for GNOME that supports libvlc, xine-lib and libgstreamer.
217 Gnome media player alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Media Player
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Linux
M
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TapTunes
1 like
With TapTunes, you will experience your music collection like never before. Touch, tap, drag, shake, swipe, pinch ? you've never been this close to your tunes!
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Application type
Audio Player
Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
iPhone
iPad
+1
M
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Auremo MPD Client
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Auremo is a graphical client for Music Player Daemon (MPD). It runs on modern versions of Windows. It supports a number of MPD features: playback commands, music collection browsing, HTTP streams such as web radio channels, playlist manipulation, output control and more.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Windows
M
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