What is Pianobar?
Pianobar is an open-source, lightweight, console-based client for the personalized online radio Pandora. It enables you to listen to Pandora radio streams directly from the command line interface without the need for a graphical browser.
Some key features of Pianobar include:
- Plays Pandora streams from the command line using MPD or ALSA
- Allows managing stations - add, remove, rename, rate songs, create playlists
- Good keyboard control
- Customizable user interface with color themes
- Song notifications with album cover art
- Supports proxy configurations
- Free and open-source software written in C++
As it runs in a terminal without X, Pianobar is a good option for headless Linux servers like Raspberry Pi to play Pandora music. It provides a simple yet effective interface to access Pandora music library from the comfort of the command line.