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24 alternatives to maestro-cli

An ncurses-based cross-platform CLI tool to play music

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. maestro-cli launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Cli.club – Command Line Interface Tools and Alternatives▲47
A collection of the best CLI/Ncurses software covering a wide range of categories from messaging, music, text editing and more.
2024 · cli.club · its alternatives →
2
Maestro CLI▲3
YAML orchestration for AI CLIs and shell commands
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
3
Maestro Studio Desktop Beta▲322
Run mobile & web tests in minutes with a desktop app
2025 · maestro.dev · its alternatives →
4
Magic-cli – A copilot for your command line▲158
Blog post: https://guywaldman.com/posts/introducing-magic-cli
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
5
Design Maestro▲279
Automate tasks that you repeat hundreds of times each day.
2022 · its alternatives →
6
Capo▲85
A new way to analyze and learn to play music
2014 · supermegaultragroovy.com · its alternatives →
7
cmd.fm UI▲116
Music visualized and controlled via a command line interface
2015 · cmd.fm · its alternatives →
8
Maestro by Prodvana▲109
Never trade off velocity or reliability again
2024 · prodvana.io · its alternatives →
9AO
An OS X music library I've been working on for the past year.▲301
2011 · enqueueapp.com · its alternatives →
10
Musikcube▲107
A fully functional terminal-based music player
2017 · musikcube.com · its alternatives →
11
Stripe CLI▲269
Build and test your Stripe integration from the terminal
2019 · stripe.com · its alternatives →
12
I made a cross-platform command-line music player called maestro▲5
It is built to work on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and was tested thoroughly on my Mac and lightly on my friend's Windows. Unfortunately, no one I know uses Linux. It works with WAV, MP3, FLAC, and Ogg Vorbis files.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
13
ScoreSkills▲176
Learn music like a language
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
14
Spotify for the Terminal Written in Rust▲212
Spotify for the terminal written in Rust 🚀. Contribute to Rigellute/spotify-tui development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
15
Ear training using midi.js▲230
2015 · tonedear.com · its alternatives →
16
Soccer CLI▲103
Soccer scores for hackers. Command-line interface for ⚽️
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
17
Muse, a CLI background music player▲34
A cli music player. Contribute to aabiji/muse development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
18
m-cli▲153
Swiss command line army knife for Mac OS X
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
19HA
Handel – A procedural programming language for writing songs in browser▲187
2021 · handel-pl.github.io · its alternatives →
20L1
Libsoundio 1.0.0 – cross-platform audio input and output▲129
2015 · libsound.io · its alternatives →
21
Amazon Maestro▲134
A new AI playlist generator
2024 · aboutamazon.com · its alternatives →
22
Plexamp▲147
A small music player with a number of unique features
2017 · forums.plex.tv · its alternatives →
23
Vuiet – a music player and explorer for Emacs▲101
The music player and explorer for Emacs. Contribute to mihaiolteanu/vuiet development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
24
Pianoterm – Run shell commands from your Piano. A Linux CLI tool▲61
A little weekend project, made so I can pause/play/rewind directly on the piano, when learning a song by ear.
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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