TUISIC

TUI Online Music Streaming application with MCP support

tuisic3.mp4

First app of its kind, It let's you search and play online songs from cli hassle free. Now it supports AI integration through MCP (BETA). Checkout Demo's below

Features

• Vim motions
• No browser, No Ads
• Easy downloads
• Multiple song sources
• Playlist support
• Easy Sharing
• Favourites List
• Configuration file
• Daemon mode (BETA, press 'w' to toggle)
• MPRIS DBUS support ( via playerctl )
• Cava Visualizer (BETA)
• Support for AI Integration via MCP (BETA)
• Support for Discord Rich Presence
• Lyrics support (BETA)

Shortcuts

Key	Action
q	quit
w	toggle daemon mode
>	next song
<	previous song
<space>	play/pause
Alt+l	copy url
d	download song
a	add to favourites
.	seek forward
,	seek backward
m	mute
L	Toggle lyrics

Sources

It fetches songs from some platforms:

• JioSaavn
• SoundCloud
• LastFM
• ForestFM
• YouTube
• YouTube Music (on the way)

Installation:

1. Check releases

2. Using AUR package

yay -S tuisic-git

Building from source

Build Options

CMake Flag	Description	Default
-DWITH_MPRIS	Enable MPRIS (sdbus-c++) support	ON
-DWITH_CAVA	Enable Cavacore-based visualizer	OFF
-DWITH_DISCORD	Enable Discord Rich Presence	OFF

Before Installation

Update the desktop/tuisic.desktop file.

Exec=alacritty -e tuisic # Change terminal accordingly

Debian

1. Install dependencies

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential cmake pkg-config libfftw3-dev libmpv-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libfmt-dev libsystemd-dev rapidjson-dev libpulse-dev

1. If you want to use MPRIS then install sdbus-cpp

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Kistler-Group/sdbus-cpp.git
cd sdbus-cpp
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build .
sudo cmake --build . --target install

1. Build

cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build . --config Release -j$(nproc 2>/dev/null || sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null || echo 2)

Arch Linux

1. Install dependencies

sudo pacman -S curl mpv fmt yt-dlp fftw sdbus-cpp rapidjson

1. Build

cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build . --config Release -j$(nproc 2>/dev/null || sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null || echo 2)

MacOS

1. Install dependencies

brew install cmake pkg-config fftw mpv curl fmt rapidjson

1. Set environment variables for Homebrew paths

# Detect Homebrew prefix (Apple Silicon uses /opt/homebrew, Intel uses /usr/local)
BREW_PREFIX=$(brew --prefix)
export HOMEBREW_PREFIX=${BREW_PREFIX}
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${BREW_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig:${BREW_PREFIX}/opt/curl/lib/pkgconfig:${BREW_PREFIX}/opt/fmt/lib/pkgconfig
export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${BREW_PREFIX}
export LDFLAGS=-L${BREW_PREFIX}/lib
export CPPFLAGS=-I${BREW_PREFIX}/include

1. Build

cmake .. \
  -DWITH_MPRIS=OFF \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
  -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}"

cmake --build . --config Release -j$(nproc 2>/dev/null || sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null || echo 2)

MISC Build, Compile & Install

mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. # -DWITH_MPRIS=OFF -DWITH_CAVA=ON
make
sudo make install

Configure MCP

Use tuisic --mcp-server command in your ai client config.

Example in .config/opencode/opencode.json:

"tuisic":{
    "type": "local",
    "command": ["/path/to/tuisic/build/tuisic", "--mcp-server"],
    "enabled": true
  }

DEMOS

1. Screenshots: here scroll way down.

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1. Visualizer:

tuisic-visualizer-demo.mp4

1. MCP Server:

tuisic-mcp-server-demo.mp4

1. Discord Rich Presence:

Thanks to all.

• FTXUI
• libmpv
• libcurl
• Cava

Contribution

It's open for contribution, read CONTRIBUTING.md for more information.