# Retro Music Player

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Retro Music Player and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend this free Winamp-style terminal player for easy playback of local files, playlists and YouTube songs. Critics object to telemetry enabled by default.

## Why people recommend it

- Easy to use and enjoyable (2 comments): "easy to use and can do any songs or playlist on YouTube" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47497532)) "Just installed this, loving it so far!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47497591))

## What people warn about

- Telemetry that phones home (3 comments): "If it phones home without explicitly asking the user for permission in advance, it's spyware." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47526837)) "the telemetry is hugely undesirable nor necessary" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47498230)) "It's still spyware, it's just been normalised." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47497626))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [cmus](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cmus.md): 7 recommend
- [cliamp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cliamp.md): 6 recommend
- [ncmpcpp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ncmpcpp.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Retro Music Player", https://hackerapproved.com/p/retro-terminal-music-player-inspired/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).