mpg321 Alternatives

mpg321 is described as 'Very popular command-line mp3 player. mpg321 is used for frontends, as an mp3 player and as an mp3 to wave file decoder (primarily for use with CD-recording software.)' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to mpg321 for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Xfce apps. The best mpg321 alternative is kew, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like mpg321 are C* Music Player, ncmpcpp, MOC and rmpc.

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  1. kew icon

    kew

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    A terminal music player for Linux.

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    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  2. C

    C* Music Player

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    cmus is a small, fast and powerful console music player for Linux and *BSD.

    Input/Output Plugins Input: Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Musepack, WavPack, WMA, WAV, AAC, MP4, and everything supported by libmodplug Output: PulseAudio, ALSA, OSS, libao, aRts, Sun, and WaveOut (Wind.

    85 C* Music Player alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. ncmpcpp icon

    ncmpcpp

     13 likes

    Ncurses Music Player Client (Plus Plus) Music player for the command line requiring mpd, the Music Player Daemon.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  5. MOC icon

    MOC

     30 likes

    MOC (music on console) is a console audio player for LINUX/UNIX designed to be powerful and easy to use.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  6. rmpc icon

    rmpc

     3 likes

    Rmpc is a beautiful, modern and configurable terminal based Music Player Daemon client. It is heavily inspired by ncmpcpp and ranger/lf file managers.

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    • Linux
    Queue
     
  7. gomusic icon

    gomusic

     1 like

    Play MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis and WAV files via CLI!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  9. Mp3blaster icon

    Mp3blaster

     8 likes

    Mp3blaster is an mp3 player for computers running a UNIX-like operating system, e.g. Linux, Free/Net/OpenBSD, etc. Its interface is entirely text based, thereby eliminating the need for a graphical environment like X-Windows.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10. N

    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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  11. mpg123 icon

    mpg123

     3 likes

    mpg123 is a free software cross-platform command-line MPEG audio player whose library, libmpg123, is noted for its speed at decompressing MPEG audio files. As the name suggests, it supports MPEG-1 and -2, layers 1, 2, and 3. Its most common use is to play MP3 files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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  12. MASCII icon

    MASCII

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    Is your music player cluttering your desktop with heavy interfaces and unnecessary distractions? Do you miss the days when computing was fast, focused, and purely text-driven?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • JavaScript
    • npm
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
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  13. B

    Benben

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    Benben is a fast and efficient command line audio player and audio converter for Linux and other Unix-like systems with an oldschool-inspired interface.

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    • Linux
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