# Music Player Daemon http://www.musicpd.org A daemon for playing music of various formats. Music is played through the server's audio device. The daemon stores info about all available music, and this info can be easily searched and retrieved. Player control, info retrieval, and playlist management can all be managed remotely. For basic installation instructions [read the manual](https://www.musicpd.org/doc/user/install.html). # Users - [Manual](http://www.musicpd.org/doc/user/) - [Forum](http://forum.musicpd.org/) - [IRC](ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/#mpd) - [Bug tracker](https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD/issues/) # Developers - [Protocol specification](http://www.musicpd.org/doc/protocol/) - [Developer manual](http://www.musicpd.org/doc/developer/) # Legal MPD is released under the [GNU General Public License version 2](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt), which is distributed in the COPYING file.