npshell

npshell - Command line music queue manager. Keep a daemon running in the background. Add sounds to a queue. Let the daemon play the sweet music for you. All from the comfort of your own shell.

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npshell command line music queue manager.

keep a daemon running in the background. add sounds to a queue. let the daemon play the sweet music for you. all from the comfort of your own shell.

stricly command line based for extra nerd credits. adds sounds from deep folder structures by default. control music playback daemon from any terminal window. displays song paths relative to $pwd. creates cached/index files to handle deep folder structures on network drives.

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