vaux-cli 0.1.6

A terminal client for vaux listening rooms.

Vaux CLI

A terminal client for vaux listening rooms. Listen to YouTube audio in perfectly synchronized harmony with your friends directly from your terminal.

Built with Textual and powered by mpv.

Features

• Synchronized Playback: Everyone in the room hears the exact same timestamp.
• Shared Queue: Search YouTube directly from the terminal and add tracks.
• Live Voting: Vote tracks up (ctrl+u) or down (ctrl+d) to re-sort the queue.
• Live Chat: Talk with friends right next to the music.
• Host Controls: Pause, play, skip, and manage the room.
• Zero-Quota: No YouTube API keys required. Audio streams are dynamically extracted by the Vaux server.

Installation

pipx install vaux-cli

Note: The CLI requires mpv to play audio. If you are on Windows, the app will automatically offer to download a portable version of mpv for you on first run! Linux/macOS users should install mpv via their package manager (e.g., apt install mpv or brew install mpv).

Usage

Launch the interactive lobby:

vaux

Or bypass the lobby to join a room directly:

vaux <room-id> -u <your-name>

Keyboard Shortcuts

Key	Action
Ctrl+S	Focus Search
Ctrl+T	Focus Chat
Ctrl+O	Play / Pause (Host only)
Ctrl+N	Skip Track (Host only)
Ctrl+U	Vote Up selected track
Ctrl+D	Vote Down selected track
- / =	Volume Down / Up
Ctrl+C	Quit

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Host

The room host can:

• Play tracks
• Pause playback
• Resume playback
• Skip tracks
• Transfer host privileges
• Control room playback state

Listener

Listeners can:

• Search tracks
• Add songs to the queue
• Vote on songs
• Participate in chat

Host Transfer

Hosts can transfer control to another user directly from chat:

/host username

Example:

/host john

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Project Links

Repository: https://github.com/itsvee0120/vaux Issues: https://github.com/itsvee0120/vaux/issues

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Contact:

https://itsvee0120.github.io/violet-website/