Media Terminal Tools
Media work at the command line covers audio and video: playback, transcoding, tagging, subtitles and streaming, with FFmpeg doing much of the conversion behind the scenes.
Terminal tools here play files and streams, batch convert formats, edit metadata and render video as text in the terminal itself. Related categories include music players and image tools.
Below is a list of terminal tools that work with media.
asak
A cross-platform audio recording/playback CLI tool with a TUI.
A cross-platform audio recording/playback CLI tool with a TUI.
castero
A TUI podcast client for the terminal.
A TUI podcast client for the terminal.
cava
Cross-platform Audio Visualizer for Alsa
Cross-platform Audio Visualizer for Alsa
ffmpeg
A tool to record, convert and stream audio and video in the terminal.
A tool to record, convert and stream audio and video in the terminal.
lazycut
A simple terminal UI for video trimming.
A simple terminal UI for video trimming.
mpv
A command-line media player for playing video, audio and streams from the terminal.
A command-line media player for playing video, audio and streams from the terminal.
mufetch
neofetch-style CLI for music.
neofetch-style CLI for music.
nastro
Record and transcribe audio from meetings locally in the terminal.
Record and transcribe audio from meetings locally in the terminal.
podliner
Podcasts in any terminal. Fast, clean, offline.
Podcasts in any terminal. Fast, clean, offline.
soundscope
A TUI audio file analyzer tool.
A TUI audio file analyzer tool.
sprofile
Blazingly fast TUI application for viewing your Spotify listening activity.
Blazingly fast TUI application for viewing your Spotify listening activity.
streamtop
A terminal monitor for debugging HLS, DASH and internet live streams.
A terminal monitor for debugging HLS, DASH and internet live streams.
theattyr
A terminal theater for playing VT100 art and animations.
A terminal theater for playing VT100 art and animations.
wiremix
A simple TUI audio mixer for PipeWire.
A simple TUI audio mixer for PipeWire.
xytz
A YouTube TUI for searching and downloading videos from YouTube and other sites.
A YouTube TUI for searching and downloading videos from YouTube and other sites.
youtube-tui
An aesthetically pleasing YouTube TUI written in Rust
An aesthetically pleasing YouTube TUI written in Rust
yt-x
Browse youtube from your terminal.
Browse youtube from your terminal.
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