myplaylist 0.3.14

Generate and play music playlists from natural language prompts or seed songs

myplaylist

Generate and play music playlists in your terminal from natural language prompts or seed songs.

Why myplaylist?

• AI-native, terminal-first — describe any mood or song in plain language and get a curated playlist instantly, without leaving your terminal
• Ad-free playback — streams directly from YouTube via yt-dlp and mpv; no ads, no interruptions
• You own your playlists — add, delete, reorder, and save tracks live during playback; export to M3U/CSV/JSON for use anywhere
• Vast music catalog — any song on YouTube is fair game, from mainstream hits to obscure jazz recordings and everything in between
• No account, no tracking — everything stays local in ~/.myplaylist/; no sign-up, no cloud sync, no data collection
• Zero extra subscription — works with your existing Claude subscription, or a minimal Gemini API key; no music platform membership required
• Immersive terminal experience — time-synced lyrics and mood-driven ASCII animations keep the vibe going while you work

Features

• Natural language prompts: myplaylist new "下雨天的 lo-fi jazz"
• Seed songs: myplaylist new --seed "Norah Jones - Come Away With Me"
• Terminal playback via mpv with a rich TUI (pause / skip / lyrics marquee / progress bar)
• Lyrics panel: toggle a side panel showing time-synced lyrics with mood-driven ASCII animations
• In-session append: press + to fetch ~10 more tracks without interrupting playback
• Playlist loops: automatically restarts from track 1 after the last track
• Local persistence at ~/.myplaylist/playlists/
• Export to .m3u, .csv, or .json
• Flexible LLM backend: Claude Code CLI (zero-config) or Gemini API key

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• macOS or Linux
• One of the following LLM backends (for natural language mode):
  • Claude Code CLI (claude) — zero-config if you have a Claude subscription
  • Gemini API key — set via myplaylist setup

Installation

macOS — Homebrew (recommended)

brew tap haoziwlh/autoplaylist https://github.com/haoziwlh/autoplaylist && brew install myplaylist

Homebrew handles everything: Python, mpv, and myplaylist itself.

macOS / Linux — curl one-liner

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/haoziwlh/autoplaylist/main/install.sh | bash

The script detects your OS, installs pipx, myplaylist, and mpv automatically.

Manual — pipx

pipx install myplaylist

mpv is required for playback. Install it separately if needed:

• macOS: brew install mpv
• Linux: sudo apt-get install mpv

On first run, myplaylist will automatically guide you through setup (LLM backend, optional Last.fm key).

Quick Start

# Play your most recent playlist instantly
myplaylist

# Natural language prompt
myplaylist new "rainy day lo-fi jazz for working"

# Seed song
myplaylist new --seed "Norah Jones - Come Away With Me"

# Seed from YouTube URL
myplaylist new --seed "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=..."

# Custom track count (default 20, max 50) and name
myplaylist new "chill beats" --count 30 --name my-chill-list

Commands

Command	Description
myplaylist	Play the most recent playlist
myplaylist new "<prompt>"	Generate playlist from natural language
myplaylist new --seed "<song>"	Generate playlist from seed song
myplaylist new ... --count <n>	Set track count (default 20, max 50)
myplaylist list	List all saved playlists
myplaylist show <name>	Show track listing
myplaylist play [name]	Play a playlist (defaults to most recent)
myplaylist export <name> --format m3u|csv|json	Export playlist
myplaylist delete <name>	Delete a playlist
myplaylist setup	Choose LLM backend and configure API keys

Playback Controls

Key	Action
p	Pause / resume
n	Skip to next track
↑ / ↓	Move cursor up / down
← / →	Page up / page down
Enter	Jump to selected track
0–9 + Enter	Jump to track by number
+	Append ~10 more tracks (background, non-blocking)
r	Cycle playback mode: sequential →→ / repeat-one ↺ / shuffle ⇄
l	Toggle lyrics panel (time-synced lyrics + mood animation)
y	Cycle to next lyrics source (when multiple candidates available)
[ / ]	Switch to previous / next playlist
d	Delete cursor track from live playlist
s	Save current playlist to disk
q	Quit

Lyrics Panel

Press l during playback to open a side panel with time-synced lyrics. The panel also shows a mood-driven ASCII animation in the margin — determined per track by the LLM (calm, melancholic, energetic, romantic, nostalgic).

Lyrics are fetched in parallel from lrclib.net (up to 3 candidates) and Netease Cloud Music — improving coverage for Chinese music and other tracks not found on lrclib. Press y to cycle through available sources; the status bar shows the current source index (e.g. Lyrics 2/3).

Requires terminal width ≥ 84 columns.

Last.fm (optional)

Last.fm integration improves similar-song quality — without it, myplaylist falls back to yt-dlp search only.

Getting a free API key:

1. Go to https://www.last.fm/api/account/create (create a Last.fm account first if needed)
2. Fill in any values for Application name / description (e.g. myplaylist / personal use)
3. Leave Callback URL blank, submit
4. Copy the API key and Shared secret from the confirmation page

Saving the key:

myplaylist config --lastfm-key <API key> --lastfm-secret <shared secret>

Or re-run setup and enter them interactively:

myplaylist setup

Troubleshooting

Playback stuck on "Loading" / tracks all skipped

YouTube occasionally requires authentication for certain IPs. myplaylist automatically tries to use cookies from your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Brave) to work around this. If you still have issues:

1. Run with --debug to see what's happening:

   myplaylist play --debug
   cat ~/.myplaylist/player.log
   

2. If the log shows Sign in to confirm you're not a bot, export a cookies.txt file from your browser using an extension such as Get cookies.txt LOCALLY (Chrome) or cookies.txt (Firefox), then:

   myplaylist config --cookie-file ~/cookies.txt
   

myplaylist command not found after install

Open a new terminal, or run:

source ~/.zshrc   # macOS / zsh
source ~/.bashrc  # Linux / bash

Data Storage

~/.myplaylist/
  config.json          # API keys and settings
  playlists/
    <name>.json        # Saved playlists

Upgrade

# pipx
pipx upgrade myplaylist

# Homebrew
brew upgrade myplaylist

Uninstall

# If installed via pipx or the install.sh script:
pipx uninstall myplaylist

# If installed via Homebrew tap:
brew uninstall myplaylist
brew untap haoziwlh/autoplaylist

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Running Tests

pip install pytest
pytest tests/                     # smoke tests (no network)
pytest tests/ -m slow             # include integration tests (requires network)