eXo project

Qt frontend to MOC (Music on Console) player. Combination of eXo and MOC gives you a modern yet very minimalistic audio player.

Features:

Lyrics from web
Background mode
DBus and MPRISv2 interfaces. Enables media controls in your desktop environment
Scrobbling to last.fm (optional)
Bookmarks for radio streams
OSD notifications
Optional CMus support
Optional Spotify client support (limited functionality, scrobbling only)

See man exo for more information on command line options.

Build dependencies

CMake, QtBase, QtTools, LibLastfm (optional)

sudo apt install qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev liblastfm5-dev cmake

Runtime dependencies

moc, cmus(?), spotify(?)

Build and run

mkdir build && cd build
cmake -DBUILD_LASTFM=ON ..
make -j2
./src/exo

Build options:

BUILD_LASTFM=OFF # disable scrobbler module (enabled by default)
WITH_QT6=ON      # build with Qt6 (disabled by default)

Screenshot

Installation on Ubuntu

# stable releases
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:blaze/main
sudo apt update
sudo apt install exo-player
# development snapshots
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:blaze/dev
sudo apt update
sudo apt install exo-player

Background mode (no GUI or X-session needed)

Basic running

exo -d 2>/tmp/exo_errors.log &

Scrobbler (re)authentication

exo --force-reauth

Shutting down the app

qdbus org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.exo\
  /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Quit

pkill -2 exo

Tips

Create a global hotkey to see the lyrics at any time by assigning the command below to a desired shortcut

qdbus local.exo_player /exo local.exo_player.showLyricsWindow