macOS
brew install kewlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für kew in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install kewlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo apk add kewAlpine Linux edge package indexes · kew · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo apt install kewDebian stable package indexes · kew · Quelle: deb.debian.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#kewnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ke/kew/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo pacman -S kewArch Linux sync databases · kew · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
sudo zypper install kewopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · kew · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Überblick
Command-line music player
Verlauf
kew is a terminal music player centered on local music libraries, fast fuzzy-ish command invocation, and privacy-oriented offline playback. Its appeal is deliberately old-school: play albums and folders from a shell, but with modern terminal luxuries such as covers, visualizers, themes, desktop integration, and playlist editing.
The project was developed by ravachol and documented on GitHub as a terminal music player. Its README emphasizes auto-generated playlists from artist, album, or song words, no telemetry by default, gapless playback, sixel-capable cover art, spectrum visualization, MPRIS-style desktop integration, and broad Unix-like platform support.
Release discussions show a rapid evolution from a small Linux terminal player into a broader shell music app. The v3.0 release-candidate discussion called out macOS support and dependency changes; later release notes for 4.0 described a redesigned audio module, ASCII visualizations, Discord integration, macOS media-key support, AIFF support, and Arch Linux packaging.
kew moved from a niche terminal-audio project into distribution packaging quickly enough to appear in Homebrew and Linux distribution package sets. That adoption pattern fits terminal music tools: a small upstream repo becomes much easier to try once package managers hide the codec and desktop-integration dependencies.
Users run kew with words from an artist, album, song, directory, or playlist name; kew builds a queue from the first matching library location. It is used by people who want local-library playback without a heavyweight GUI or recommendation service.
kew sits in the lineage of terminal music players, but it is notable for combining shell-first invocation with visual terminal features that became more practical as sixel-capable and GPU-accelerated terminals spread. For packagers, the interesting part is dependency stitching across audio codecs, metadata libraries, cover rendering, notifications, and OS-specific media controls.
Sicherheitslage
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance
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local files
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Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
~/.config/kew/kewrc~/.config/kew/kewstaterc~/Library/Preferences/kew/kewrc~/Library/Preferences/kew/kewstatercExecutables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
kew | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
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https://github.com/ravachol/kew
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:kew |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.1.8 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/ravachol/kew |
| Repository | https://github.com/ravachol/kew |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/ravachol/kew#readme |
| Lizenz | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/ravachol/kew/archive/refs/tags/v4.1.8.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-07-08T18:15:07Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Abhängigkeiten | chafa, faad2, fftw, gdk-pixbuf, gettext, glib, libogg, libvorbis, opus, opusfile, taglib |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | pkgconf |
| Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken | curl |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | kew |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
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kew 3.2.0+ds-1
play music from the commandline
https://github.com/ravachol/kew
sudo apt install kewkew
nix profile install nixpkgs#kewkew 2.4.2+ds-1build1
play music from the commandline
https://github.com/ravachol/kew
sudo apt install kewkew 3.7.3-r0
A terminal music player with album art & visualizer
https://codeberg.org/ravachol/kew
sudo apk add kewkew-doc 3.7.3-r0
A terminal music player with album art & visualizer (documentation)
https://codeberg.org/ravachol/kew
sudo apk add kew-dockew 4.0.0-1
Music for the Shell
https://codeberg.org/ravachol/kew
sudo pacman -S kewkew 3.7.3-1.4
A command-line music player
https://github.com/ravachol/kew
sudo zypper install kewkew-lang 3.7.3-1.4
Translations for package kew
https://github.com/ravachol/kew
sudo zypper install kew-langQuellspur
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