inori is a terminal client for Music Player Daemon (MPD).
It provides a text user interface focused on efficient music library browsing and playback control, with a folding library view inspired by cmus, a dedicated queue interface, and fast fuzzy searching across tracks, albums, and artists. The project is designed for keyboard-driven use and offers configurable, chainable key bindings along with detailed configuration options.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Provides a terminal user interface for controlling MPD playback and browsing the music library.
- Offers fuzzy search across tracks, albums, and artists using nucleo.
- Includes a folding library interface inspired by cmus.
- Supplies a queue viewer with queue manipulation capabilities.
- Supports configurable, chainable key bindings.
- Includes documented configuration options and a full list of default key bindings.
Website: github.com/eshrh/inori
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Developer: Eshan Ramesh
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

inori is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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