No MIT? No javascript? Is this a dream? I'll save this to check it out tomorrow, but great job already!
this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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Thanks man! Yeah I've tried to make this project as pure as possible.
What's wrong with MIT?
https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/why-i-use-the-gpl-and-not-cuck-licenses/
tldr, too permissive and doesn't protect future derivatives from being foss
Sorry, I'm not taking anything with the word "cuck" in the title seriously.
GPL forces anything using the code to be FOSS, whereas MIT does not
Luke Smith is a far-right neo-Nazi–sympathizer; there's better advocates for copyleft to quote.
I find it pretty interesting to see people on the opposite sides fighting for fairly similar things, but fuck I can't tolerate these shitheads.
ah wasn't aware, sowy
though his point still stands in this regard
Oh, absolutely (I'm a copyleft absolutist so I'm convinced, from the get-go).
But I'd also, just as much, like to avoid the n-word.
It's a "permissive" that allows big players to steal the value of contributors
Well, I'll give it one thing. It's easier to spell than my current terminal music player: ncmpcpp
alias music="ncmpcpp"
My goto is:
nc CTRL+R
inbefore you need to check a port and accidentally start blasting music
Can't accidentality start blasting music if I never stop
nc is reserved for netcat- can’t use that….
What do you mean? You don't just jam nctomnarstoiearste into the terminal? Am I the only one who does that?
we need sl for ncmpcppc
Terminal visualizer? Exactly what I've been looking for
hell yea, Kew is AWESOME
Sir, you are a gentleman and a scholar.
tip of the glass
Oh hell yeah, thats the kind stuff I want
<3
Looks good. I am currently using rmpc/mpd but for my needs, it's overengineered. So I am looking for a simple local player that looks great with Mpris support. kew seems to fit that very well.
What is the advantage of using the NixOS flake? Nixpkg just got 4.0.0 merged.
The explanation that was given to me: "the flake references this repo as a source. You don't need to manually bump versions - when users run nix flake update, they pull the latest commit automatically. So it's mostly self-maintaining since it tracks the repo directly."
You'll likely be fine with the official package.
Is there a hidden resume playback switch I haven't found? When I restart my computer I would like kew to just resume playback like cmus does.
No, there isn't. Maybe there should be.
You could make an issue for it if you want it!
@ravachol @varnia true but i try to avoid things like that if i have nothing to contribute. so far they both will install and run just fine. basically my only issue would be that i dont want those projects to die. metathesiophobia, i had to look it up but basically this is what it is. the things i love being phased out. but you know the whole attachment is suffering stuff i know its irrational. a tree has to die so another one can sprout or something like that lol
metathesiophobia
Hey, things move too fast nowadays. I feel the same way. I'm still on manjaro because it works and I want to support those goofs lol. Just keep using cmus, it's a cool project. Or you can have both. kew let's you start music pretty easily, for instance:
kew moon # plays moonlight sonata if you have it
kew nirv # plays your collection of nirvana music (shuffled) if you have it
kew thriller # plays thriller album (in order)
So maybe it has different use cases than cmus I dunno.
@ravachol hows manjaro with legacy nvidia? anything that has a specific command for moonlight sonata has to be good lol
I think it handles the legacy ones ok. You mean the recent change where nvidia dropped support?
It's just an example command, you can type a partial song name and it matches to the first song or directory you have that contains that string and creates a playlist automatically.
Its so funny that we call these things "offline music players" now. They used to just be music players. I'm excited to throw my 3000+ tracks at it
Don't hesitate to let me know about your experience, perhaps through DM. I'm very interested in handling large music collections right.
It took me a minute to figure out how to get the music to play. Once I did, I was beyond impressed. Auto theming. Fully graphical album art in my terminal. It honestly shocked me in a good way!
Nice!
Yeah! Love kew! It is my go-to player for my local library.
Well this is awesome... pulling it now.
How is it on raspbian? Would it run on a pi zero 2w? I'll try it when I get home tonight.
I actually haven't tried it myself.
The visualizations wont work, but that is an external program (Chroma) that you have to install separately.
I have tested it on tty though and made sure there is a color mode that works with it and that it renders flicker free.
If you try it I'd love to hear impressions, in a dm.
I tried it! I liked it. Been on my system for a while now. I probably wont switch from ncmpcpp, but it's a great alternative. I think being so used to ncmpcpp is keeping me from switching to anything different. Like I wish I could search just by hitting / then typing in what I. Then I realize learning a whole new system for a music player isn't something of a high priority after using one thing for 15 years. I love the track screen. That's something I wish ncmpcpp had.
I tried it today and I didn't like it. The key configuration is very unintuitive.
Also... Isn't that visualization engine vibe coded?
What is unintuitive? Enter to enqueue music, Space for pause, Left and Right arrow to change the track. Backspace to clear the list. Escape or q to quit.
The thing that might throw you off might be alt+enter for enqueue + immediate play, which doesn't happen with enter if something is already playing. It's pretty easy to get used to though.
I'm not the developer of Chroma, you'd have to ask them. I think it looks cool though. You don't need it to run kew.
First of all, I apologize. Now that I re-read my comment it sounds a bit rude. Sorry about that.
I was accustomed to the moc player configuration, you move like you're going through directories.
Best of luck with your project.
No problem, the design is a bit unorthodox but that's on purpose. Think different.