Command-line tool

cmus

brew/cmus

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Music player with an ncurses based interface

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install cmus

Linux

brew install cmus

Open `cmus` into the specified directory (this will become your new working directory)

cmus path/to/directory

Add file/directory to library

<:>add path/to/file_or_directory

Refresh the metadata of songs in the library

<:>update-cache

Browse

• Music and audio

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