Music Player Daemon
| Music Player Daemon | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Max Kellermann |
| Initial release | 2003 |
| Stable release | 0.24.4
/ 20 May 2025 |
| Preview release | none [±] |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ (since 0.18) |
| Operating system | Unix-like (BSDs, Linux, macOS,…) Windows |
| Type | Audio player |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | www |
Music Player Daemon (MPD) is a free and open-source music player server. It plays audio files, organizes playlists and maintains a music database. In order to interact with it, a client program is needed. The MPD distribution includes mpc, a simple command-line client.
MPD is used in proprietary audio hardware. The MPD project maintains a list of vendors, some of which infringe the GPL.