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24 alternatives to Musikcube

A fully functional terminal-based music player

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Musikcube launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1MA
   Musikcube, a terminal-based music player, library, and streaming server▲340

   2017 · musikcube.com · its alternatives →

2. 2WB
   web-based music player built with Node and CoffeeScript▲53

   2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3MA
   Muzoti – Algorithmic Music with Web Audio/Midi and VueJS▲93

   2018 · muzoti.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   KRFT 1.5.0▲110

   A modular instrument for music production

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5SG
   Soundkeep (Github for music)▲44

   2012 · alpha.soundkeep.com · its alternatives →

6. 6MA
   Mp, a hybrid isomorphic web/desktop music player▲23

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7T0
   Tomahawk 0.8, a multi-source music player▲19

   2014 · tomahawk-player.org · its alternatives →

8. 8JA
   JAZZARI: A programmable band in your browser▲49

   2017 · jackschaedler.github.io · its alternatives →

9. 9NM
   Node Music Player – an open source web-based music player▲6

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10MM
    My MusicHackDay project. A MPC-esque JS drum machine (requires Chrome)▲70

    2012 · jpc.heroku.com · its alternatives →

11. 11AM
    A music delivery service built around the WebAudio API▲80

    2019 · ampl.fi · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Timber▲118

    Open source material design music player

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13BW
    BitMidi – Wayback machine for old-school MIDI files▲168

    2018 · bitmidi.com · its alternatives →

14. 14NA
    Nighthawk: A stealthy, simple, unobtrusive music player▲64

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15CA
    CloudPlay - A music player for YouTube, SoundCloud, and more▲54

    2012 · cloudplay.fm · its alternatives →

16. 16L1
    Libsoundio 1.0.0 – cross-platform audio input and output▲129

    2015 · libsound.io · its alternatives →

17. 17AO
    An open source music player in the cloud based on Backbone and Node.js▲58

    2013 · rdubigny.github.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Music Player for Reddit▲95

    Play music from subreddits

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19PM
    Play music by typing▲119

    2014 · benzguo.com · its alternatives →

20. 20TJ
    Teoria.js - Music theory for JavaScript▲77

    2013 · saebekassebil.github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21AE
    An experimental music player built with ReactJS+MobX+Premiere▲8

    2017 · premiere-player.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

22. 22UH
    Upbeat, HN for music - Node + Redis + Angular + Soundcloud▲77

    2013 · upbeatapp.com · its alternatives →

23. 23MZ
    MRuby-Zest – A Scriptable Audio GUI Framework▲78

    2018 · log.fundamental-code.com · its alternatives →

24. 24BS
    Beatnik – Streaming Music Sharing▲50

    2019 · beatnikapp.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →