ncmpc AlternativesAudio Players and other similar apps like ncmpc

ncmpc is described as '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' and is a Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to ncmpc for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Xfce apps. The best ncmpc alternative is DeaDBeeF, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ncmpc are C* Music Player, kew, Cantata and ncmpcpp.

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  1. DeaDBeeF icon

    DeaDBeeF

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    DeaDBeeF is a lightweight graphical music player created for easy playback of music and management of playlists. It supports major audio codecs and tags, global hotkeys, gapless playback, streaming audio, command line control, and has an 18-band equalizer.

    182 DeaDBeeF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Cinnamon
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
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    • DeaDBeeF is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to ncmpc.

    • DeaDBeeF is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ncmpc.

    • DeaDBeeF is Free and Open Sourcencmpc is also Free and Open Source
    • DeaDBeeF is Lightweightncmpc is not according to our users

  2. C* Music Player

     38 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. kew icon

    kew

     4 likes

    A terminal music player for Linux.

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    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  5. Cantata icon

    Cantata

     15 likes

    A graphical (Qt5) client for MPD.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Haiku
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  6. ncmpcpp icon

    ncmpcpp

     12 likes

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

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  7. Switch Player icon

    Switch Player

     4 likes

    Switch allows you to play a variety of web and professional media formats, inspect and adjust the properties of the file and export a new file.

    227 Switch Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  9. 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.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    Queue
     
  10. Movies & TV icon

    Movies & TV

     3 likes

    Movies & TV (Canada and the US) or Films & TV (UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand), previously Xbox Video and Zune Video, is the default video player of Windows 10 and Xbox One.

    266 Movies & TV alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
    • Xbox
    Promotional screenshot from Microsoft Store
     
  11. 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.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  12. mpc

     8 likes

    A minimalist command line interface to MPD.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  13. PlayerXtreme icon

    PlayerXtreme

     10 likes

    PlayerXtreme Media Player is the most popular cross-platform audio, video, movie and online streaming Player for your device. With this Free Media Player you can watch movies, music, videos, and others with mesmerizing audio video results, on the go from anywhere even if they’re...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple TV
    • Android TV
    • Fire TV
    PlayerXtreme screenshot 1
    PlayerXtreme screenshot 2
     

    • PlayerXtreme is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to ncmpc.

    • PlayerXtreme is Freemium and Proprietaryncmpc is Free and Open Source
  14. 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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Mp3blaster screenshot 1
     
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