SubTUI

SubTUI is a lightweight TUI music player for Subsonic-compatible servers (Navidrome, Gonic, Airsonic, etc.) built with Go and the Bubble Tea framework. It uses mpv as the underlying audio engine supporting multiple audio formats. It supports scrobbeling ensuring your play counts are updated on your server and on any external services configured like Last.FM or ListenBrainz

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

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
/	Focus the Search bar
q	Quit application (except during Login)
Ctrl + c	Quit application

Library & Playlists

Key	Action
j / Down	Move selection down
k / Up	Move selection up
Enter	Play selection / Open Album

Media Controls

Key	Action
p / P	Toggle play/pause
j / Down	Move selection down
k / Up	Move selection up
Enter	Play selection / Open Album
S	Shuffle Queue (Keeps current song first)
L	Toggle Loop (None → All → One)
w	Restart song
.	Forward 10 seconds
,	Rewind 10 seconds

Starred (liked) songs

Key	Action
f	Toggle star
F	Open starred Songs

Queue Management

Key	Action
N	Play song next
a	Add song to queue
d	Remove song to queue
D	Clear queue
K	Move song up (Reorder)
J	Move song down (Reorder)

Configuration

On the first launch, SubTUI will ask for your server credentials:

1. Server URL: (e.g., http(s)://music.example.com)
2. Username
3. Password

Security Note: Your credentials are stored in plaintext in ~/.config/subtui/config.yaml.

Screenshots

Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.