Here's a lightweight tool that lets you play local music in your Linux terminal. It's full of hotkey supports and it looks beautiful. What else can you ask for.

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Kew is a small terminal music player written in C, available for various Linux distributions. It allows users to play music directly from the command line, manage playlists, and use various keybindings for enhanced control. Kew's lightweight design makes it an efficient choice for users who prefer terminal-based applications.

Kew: Listening to Music in the Linux Terminal

A quick heads-up: no integration support for any streaming services. Not a problem in general. Just leaving that here for anyone interested.

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the interface is bad.
still CMUS is the best.

interesting but I don’t see myself using this… :)