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Screenshot of ncmpc

Current Version: 0.20
ChangeLog: sourceforge
Screenshots: Site 1
Source Download: ncmpc-0.20.tar.bz2
Win32 Download: ncmpc-0.20-win32.zip
Development Download: git://git.musicpd.org/master/ncmpc.git
Description: A fully featured curses client.
Maintainer(s): Max Kellermann

Description[]

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.

It was originally developed by Kalle Wallin. After Kalle had been unreachable for several years, Max Kellermann picked up the project in mid-2008. This wiki page is the official home page of ncmpc.

Features:

  • full Unicode and wide character support
  • music database browser, database search, media library
  • audio output configuration
  • lyrics
  • LIRC support
  • customizable key bindings and colors
  • tiny memory footprint, smaller than any other interactive MPD client
  • playlist editor


Feedback[]

Feedback on ncmpc is welcome. Feature requests and bug reports can be submitted to the bug tracker.

Comparison with ncmpcpp[]

Features
Feature ncmpc ncmpcpp
tag browser yes yes
tag editor no yes
lyrics yes yes
colorful display yes yes
playlist editor no yes
output device editor yes yes
i18n yes no
wide characters (e.g. Asian) yes no

The following table compares the versions of both programs from git on November 28th, 2008. They were compiled on Debian Lenny with the same gcc flags. Memory usage was measured with Valgrind's "massif" tool.

Resource usage (Linux x86_64)
Test ncmpc ncmpcpp
binary size (stripped) 112 kB 532 kB
memory usage, empty playlist 878 kB 2,939 kB
memory usage, 16k playlist 4,557 kB 8,250 kB
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