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7 Best Free and Open Source Linux MPRIS Tools

October 4, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

MPRIS is a standard D-Bus interface which aims to provide a common programmatic API for controlling media players.

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MPRIS MiniPlayer – small tool

September 23, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

MPRIS MiniPlayer is a small program that displays whatever media in a MPRIS compatible player is playing.

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mpris-ctl – control music players

August 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

mpris-ctl is a minimalistic command-line interface tool for controlling audio players exposing a MPRIS DBus interface.

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empress – MPRIS media controls made simple

August 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

empress is a simple command-line abstraction over the D-Bus MPRIS specification which allows for querying and controlling media players.

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playerctl – MPRIS media player command-line controller

August 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

Playerctl is a command-line utility and library for controlling media players that implement the MPRIS D-Bus Interface Specification.

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mpd-mpris – MPRIS protocol for MPD

August 1, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia

mpd-mpris is an implementation of the MPRIS protocol for MPD. The Media Player Remote Interfacing Specification (MPRIS) is a standard D-Bus interface which aims to provide a common programmatic API for controlling media players. It provides a mechanism for discovery,

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mpv-mpris – plugin for mpv

July 22, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia

mpv-mpris is a plugin for mpv which allows control of the player using standard media keys.

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