https://github.com/monsterkodi/krix

music player / mpd client
https://github.com/monsterkodi/krix

electron macos mpd-client music-player

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music player / mpd client

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/monsterkodi/krix
• Owner: monsterkodi
• Created: 2017-02-22T16:57:43.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-03-20T01:55:09.000Z (about 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-21T13:42:46.122Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: electron, macos, mpd-client, music-player
• Language: CoffeeScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 8.88 MB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

          
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### about

krix is a simple [mpd](https://www.musicpd.org/)-client for macOS.

It ...

- lives in the menu bar

- handles mpd playlists

- includes a tile based file browser

- displays a waveform of the current song

- assumes your music files are located in '~/Music'

- caches tags, waveforms and images in '~/Music/.krix'

### setup

The music player daemon might by installed by:

```sh

brew install mpd

brew install mpc

# copy the default config file and adjust it to your needs:

cp /usr/local/etc/mpd/mpd.conf ~/.mpdconf 

```

These command-line tools are used for generating waveforms and converting cover images:

- [audiowaveform](https://github.com/bbc/audiowaveform) 

- [ffmpeg](http://ffmpeg.org/)

- [imagemagick](http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php)

You can install them like this:

```sh

brew tap bbc/audiowaveform

brew install audiowaveform

brew install imagemagick

brew install ffmpeg

```