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ncmpcpp vs Qtile

A side-by-side look at ncmpcpp and Qtile. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

ncmpcpp

ncmpcpp

Audio & Music

ncmpcpp is a mpd client (Music Player Daemon) inspired by ncmpc with a tag editor, bookmarks, playlists, and more. It's designed to be fast, lightweight, customizable, and easy to use for casual music library browsing or intensive audio playback.

mpdclimusic-playerplaylistaudio
Qtile

Qtile

Development

Qtile is a tiling window manager for Linux that is written in Python. It allows you to arrange your windows in a grid or stacking layout and provides keyboard shortcuts to easily navigate between them. Qtile is designed to be lightweight, flexible, and scriptable.

pythontilingkeyboard-shortcutslightweightflexiblescriptable

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