SubTUI
SubTUI is your next favorite lightweight music player for Subsonic-compatible servers like Navidrome, Gonic, and Airsonic. Built with Go and the Bubble Tea framework, it provides a clean terminal interface to listen to your favorite high-quality audio.
Key Features
- Subsonic-compatible: Connect and stream from any Subsonic-compatible server
- Format comaptiblity: Uses
mpv to support various audio codecs and reliable playback
- Scrobbling: Automatically updates your play counts on your server and external services like Last.FM or ListenBrainz
- Gapless Playback: Enjoy your favorite albums exactly as intented with smooth, uninterrupted transitions
- Discord Integrations: Show of your listing to with built-in Discord Rich Presence

Installation
Prerequisites
You must have mpv installed and available in your system path.
- Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo apt install mpv
- Arch:
sudo pacman -S mpv
- macOS:
brew install mpv
From Releases
You can download pre-compiled binaries for Linux and macOS directly from the Releases page. Simply download the archive for your architecture, extract it, and run the binary.
Arch Linux (AUR)
You can install SubTUI directly from the AUR: yay -S subtui-git
You can install SubTUI directly using GoLang: go install github.com/MattiaPun/SubTUI@latest
From Source
# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/MattiaPun/SubTUI.git
cd SubTUI
# Build
go build .
# Run
./subtui
Keybinds
Global Navigation
| Key |
Action |
Tab |
Cycle focus forward (Search → Sidebar → Main → Footer) |
Shift + Tab |
Cycle focus backward |
Backspace |
Back |
? |
Toggle help menu |
j / Down |
Move selection down |
k / Up |
Move selection up |
q |
Quit application (except during Login) |
Ctrl + c |
Quit application |
Search
| Key |
Action |
/ |
Focus the Search bar |
Ctrl + n |
Cycle filter forward (Songs → Albums → Artist) |
Ctrl + b |
Cycle filter backward |
Library & Playlists
| Key |
Action |
A |
Added selection to playlist |
G |
Move selection to bottom |
gg |
Move selection to top |
ga |
Go to album of selection |
gr |
Go to artist of selection |
Enter |
Play selection / Open Album |
| Key |
Action |
p / P |
Toggle play/pause |
n |
Play next song |
b |
Play previous song |
Enter |
Play selection / Open Album |
S |
Shuffle Queue (Keeps current song first) |
L |
Toggle Loop (None → All → One) |
w |
Restart song |
, |
Rewind 10 seconds |
; |
Forward 10 seconds |
Starred (liked) songs
| Key |
Action |
f |
Toggle star |
F |
Open starred Songs |
Queue Management
| Key |
Action |
Q |
Toggle queue |
N |
Queue next |
a |
Queue last |
d |
Remove song from queue |
D |
Clear queue |
K |
Move song up (Reorder) |
J |
Move song down (Reorder) |
Other
| Key |
Action |
? |
Shortcut menu |
s |
Toggle notifications |
Ctrl + s |
Create shareable link |
Configuration
On the first launch, SubTUI will ask for your server credentials:
- Server URL: (e.g.,
http(s)://music.example.com)
- Username
- Password
Security Note: Your credentials are stored in plaintext in ~/.config/subtui/config.yaml.
Screenshots

Contributing
Contributions are welcome!
Please make use of Convention Commit Messages
- Fork the Project
- Create your Feature Branch (
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
- Commit your Changes (
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
- Push to the Branch (
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
- Open a Pull Request
License
Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.