Retro Music Player
Shares rank 2 of 4 terminal music players by recommenders
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.
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.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 60%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Easy to use and enjoyable
“easy to use and can do any songs or playlist on YouTube”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “A retro terminal music player inspired by Winamp” “Just installed this, loving it so far!”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “A retro terminal music player inspired by Winamp”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Telemetry that phones home
“If it phones home without explicitly asking the user for permission in advance, it's spyware.”
Comment from 26 Mar 2026 in “A retro terminal music player inspired by Winamp” “the telemetry is hugely undesirable nor necessary”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “A retro terminal music player inspired by Winamp” “It's still spyware, it's just been normalised.”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “A retro terminal music player inspired by Winamp”
Other terminal music players people recommend
The three most recommended other terminal music players, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 4 terminal music players, rankedWhat people said
All 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“If it phones home without explicitly asking the user for permission in advance, it's spyware.”
“This is great, all I wanted from music player!”
“the telemetry is hugely undesirable nor necessary”
“I dislike how it's enabled by default and unknown to the user”
“It's still spyware, it's just been normalised.”
“Just installed this, loving it so far!”
“easy to use and can do any songs or playlist on YouTube”
“The huge disappointment when I tried this on the first run to play a mp3 file from my local disk”
“The project is cool, the demo song is iconically AI not great”
“to show lyrics on supported Bluetooth receivers and Android Auto”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.