Is there a new release planned or is this project abandoned?

[R2robot]

Last release is from 2021 and there seems to be little to no activity from the developer that I can see.

[critkitten]

If you assume that since 2021 there have been less than 10 commits, which would not justify a version jump, you could say that the project has been abandoned. which criteria apply to abandoned software is probably more the question.

I would recommend https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/ncmpc as it gets updates directly from the maintainer who also maintains mpd to date.

But be warned it is even more minimalistic than ncmpcpp. Off the top of my head, you can't assign a hotkey that lets you jump to the next album in ncurses interfaces.

[R2robot]

there have been less than 10 commits, which would not justify a version jump

I would say it depends on the importance of the commits, not just the number. On the opposite side of the spectrum, Vim releases for every commit. lol

But be warned it is even more minimalistic than ncmpcpp.

Yeah, I've tried it (a few times), PMS is another one I've tried, but for some reason I stick with ncmpcpp

Also, the reason I'm asking if this project is abandoned is because I remember this: #350 And that person doesn't list this app as one they're maintaining and haven't seen any activity on issues or PRs. (But I only did a quick glance)

[hyder365]

Having approximately 200 open issues doesn't inspire much confidence.

[bpampel]

I would guess the project is abandoned. A handful of reviewed PRs in the first months from the new maintainer and then a single one merged last year…

If there is ambition to continue the project, I think that it needs a bit more activity, maybe from a larger group of people than just one to have a bit of redundancy. There's nothing big broken currently, but I guess it could be over as soon as some dependency breaks.
I really like ncmpcpp, it's the best music player I've ever used and would like it to continue!

[saltasatelites]

Maybe some kind of support, for example with economic contributions or something so could motivate the current developer, or attract new ones. Is only an idea...

[gardockt]

Judging by comments from both maintainers in #412, I think that this project needs a new maintainer.

[lucas-mior]

I think this has to be forked, it has been months without an answer.
And even before the last contact, there were lots of ignored issues and PRs.

[v-Nyo]

I love ncmpcpp

Really hope somebody (not me) picks this up!
(And adds support for cover images)

[v-Nyo]

Damn does this live again? New commit 2 weeks ago.

Well I guess its in maintenance mode... Which is good I guess

[marurunk]

ncmpcpp is very recomended but I see is abandoned for a long time, now what

[saltasatelites]

ncmpcpp is very recomended but I see is abandoned for a long time, now what

Only keep using it until it is incompatible with some update of some other package. Hopefully that takes time to happen.

[realbaylen]

ncmpcpp is very recomended but I see is abandoned for a long time, now what

Continue using it until it is incompatible with some update of some other package. Hopefully that takes time to happen.

Are there other, more actively maintained mpd clients (or terminal music players in general) out there?

[saltasatelites]

ncmpcpp is very recomended but I see is abandoned for a long time, now what

Continue using it until it is incompatible with some update of some other package. Hopefully that takes time to happen.

Are there other, more actively maintained mpd clients (or terminal music players in general) out there?

With the apparition and consolidation of the music streaming services all this projects started to be abandoned. Nowadays no one wants or needs to have 2TB of music on an external hard drive, which will also end up breaking.
In any case, here you have a list of MPD survivors:
clerk - MPD client using Rofi
ncmpc - Maintained by the same MPD developer.
nncmpp - a simplified TUI version of Sonata.
gomp - MPD client inspired by ncmpcpp with builtin cover-art view and LastFM integration (I'm not sure if it's still alive or not)
mmtc — Minimal mpd terminal client that aims to be simple yet highly configurable.
(info extracted from Arch Linux wiki)

[jneidel]

consolidation of the music streaming services

I couldn't care less. I'm not switching and so are at least some people.

no one wants or needs to have 2TB of music on an external hard drive

You're arguing a straw man.
You can just keep your library at a size that fits on your laptops SSD (regular cleanup, transcode flacs, move some stuff to storage.)

And even if, you can have your 2TB library on your home server + mpd which works perfectly with it's server client architecture.

external hard drive, which will also end up breaking

RAID + Backups 🤷

[realbaylen]

ncmpcpp is very recomended but I see is abandoned for a long time, now what

Continue using it until it is incompatible with some update of some other package. Hopefully that takes time to happen.

Are there other, more actively maintained mpd clients (or terminal music players in general) out there?

With the apparition and consolidation of the music streaming services all this projects started to be abandoned. Nowadays no one wants or needs to have 2TB of music on an external hard drive, which will also end up breaking. In any case, here you have a list of MPD survivors: clerk - MPD client using Rofi ncmpc - Maintained by the same MPD developer. nncmpp - a simplified TUI version of Sonata. gomp - MPD client inspired by ncmpcpp with builtin cover-art view and LastFM integration (I'm not sure if it's still alive or not) mmtc — Minimal mpd terminal client that aims to be simple yet highly configurable. (info extracted from Arch Linux wiki)

Thank you, I ended up switching to ncmpc.

[saltasatelites]

consolidation of the music streaming services

I couldn't care less. I'm not switching and so are at least some people.

no one wants or needs to have 2TB of music on an external hard drive

You're arguing a straw man. You can just keep your library at a size that fits on your laptops SSD (regular cleanup, transcode flacs, move some stuff to storage.)

And even if, you can have your 2TB library on your home server + mpd which works perfectly with it's server client architecture.

external hard drive, which will also end up breaking

RAID + Backups 🤷

I have been a ncmpcpp user for 13 years exactly, and I will continue to use it until it stops working, so take it easy....