cmus music player (android)

cmus music player (android)

Lightweight music player with touch-friendly controls and system integration.

Patrick Gaskin Local Media Player

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Description

cmus-android is a wrapper for the cmus music player with native touch controls and system integration.

Features:
* Supports Android 14+.
* Additional touch-friendly UI components.
* Top bar with live-filter, views, and settings.
* Bottom bar with play/repeat/shuffle/seek/volume/queue/keyboard.
* Long-press tracks/playlists to add/remove.
* Joystick for scrolling and switching panes/views.
* Graphical settings view for most relevant settings.
* System integration.
* System media controls and metadata.
* Stops the cmus process after being idle for a bit to save power, automatically restarting it when focused or media buttons are used.
* Material You color scheme.
* Music from external storage.
* UI colors match cmus theme.
* Audio ducking.
* Library paths are relative to data dirs so import/export works correctly.
* Extra features.
* Album art support.
* Sleep timer.
* Font options.
* Data import/export.
* Sub-second seeking accuracy.
* Continuously saves state.
- Optimized for power efficiency.

What’s new (4)

* Fix F-Droid build reproducibility.

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
4 current
b0ad4879d419d06b…
2026-07-26 7.3 MB API 34

Permissions

What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.

  • Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK
  • NotificationsShow notifications.
  • MusicRead audio files from the media library.
  • Full file accessAccess all files on the device.

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