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Hum – ad-free terminal music player (Rust, no API keys)
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devendra116
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A pixel-art terminal music player daemon for long coding sessions
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Pixelbeat – A pixel-art terminal music player daemon written in Rust
by Dylanwoo·Mar 25, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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Animated cassette tape UI plugs directly into tmux and Claude Code status lines.
Strengths
- •Daemon architecture allows tiny CLI control without blocking the terminal session.
- •Native status bar integration for tmux and starship avoids screen takeover.
- •YouTube streaming via mpv means no local file management required.
Weaknesses
- •Requires external dependencies like mpv and yt-dlp to function properly.
- •Terminal music players are saturated with established alternatives like cmus.
Category
Target Audience
Developers who live in the terminal
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mpd · cmus · spotify-tui
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