kew is a fast, immersive music player that allows you to listen to music privately. It’s a labor of love that grew out of frustration with the trajectory of music and the music industry.

kew is designed for those who want:

✅ A clean, distraction-free experience.

✅ A focus on selecting and experiencing music.

✅ Fair compensation for artists (by supporting owned music).

Beyond the Pale - Walk the Plank.

Liminal - The Crop

Features

• Play auto-generated playlists based on words from the artist, album or song name: ‘kew nirvana’.
• Gapless playback.
• Requires virtually no setup.
• Private and offline¹.
• Music without distractions or algorithmic manipulation.
• Full color covers in sixel-capable terminals.
• Spectrum visualizer.
• Auto-generated themes based on album colors and custom themes.
• Music library explorer.
• Playlist editing (add, reorder, delete).
• Search.
• Lyrics support, including Karaoke lyrics.
• Desktop integration (both Linux and macOS).
• Import/export .m3u playlists.
• Replay gain.
• Custom layouts.
• Crossfade (experimental), both automatic and on demand.
• Auto-Resume.
• Available on Linux, FreeBSD, Android, macOS, Windows and others.

Supported formats

Supported: mp3, flac, opus, ogg, m4a (including alac), raw aac, wav, webm.

With caveats, not supported:

• HE-AAC.
• E-AC-3.
• M4a with fragmented mp4’s.