ncmpcpp AlternativesAudio Players and other similar apps like ncmpcpp

ncmpcpp is described as 'Ncurses Music Player Client (Plus Plus) Music player for the command line requiring mpd, the Music Player Daemon' and is a Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to ncmpcpp for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Xfce apps. The best ncmpcpp alternative is AIMP, which is free. Other great apps like ncmpcpp are Clementine, Rhythmbox, Tomahawk and C* Music Player.

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  1. AIMP icon

    AIMP

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    Feature-rich audio player for Windows and Android supporting diverse codecs and interfaces. Includes conversion tools, skins, plugins, and custom equalizer for enhanced audio streaming and podcast playback.

    341 AIMP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • PortableApps.com
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    • AIMP is the most popular Windows & Android alternative to ncmpcpp.

    • AIMP is the most popular free alternative to ncmpcpp.

    • AIMP is Free and Proprietaryncmpcpp is Free and Open Source
    • AIMP is Lightweight, Customizable and Privacy focusedncmpcpp is not according to our users
  2. Clementine icon

    Clementine

     752 likes

    Clementine is a cross-platform free and open source music player and library organizer. It is a port of Amarok 1.4 to the Qt 4 framework and the GStreamer multimedia framework, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and...

    251 Clementine alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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    • Clementine is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to ncmpcpp.

    • Clementine is the most popular Open Source alternative to ncmpcpp.

    • Clementine is Free and Open Sourcencmpcpp is also Free and Open Source
    • Clementine is Lightweight and Privacy focusedncmpcpp is not according to our users
  5. Tomahawk icon

    Tomahawk

     111 likes

    Tomahawk gives you to access to all of your favorite music in one powerful media player. Seamlessly jump from playing a song off your local machine, to one streaming from your other machines, to a recommendation from Spotify, to a pre-release on SoundCloud to your favorite...

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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  6. 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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    Command line music player without GUI.

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    • C* Music Player is Free and Open Sourcencmpcpp is also Free and Open Source
    • C* Music Player is Lightweightncmpcpp is not according to our users
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    kew

     4 likes

    A terminal music player for Linux.

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    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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  9. rmpc icon

    rmpc

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    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
     
  10. 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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    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  11. mpc

     8 likes

    A minimalist command line interface to MPD.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  12. 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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  13. 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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  14. fmedia icon

    fmedia

     1 like

    fmedia is a fast media player/recorder/converter for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and FreeBSD.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • FreeBSD
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