Tomu

A lightweight audio player for Linux built in C. Tomu focuses on efficient memory usage and audio quality while maintaining a minimal footprint.

Features

• Server/Client: Server runs in background, music keeps playing even if you close the client
• Lightweight: Minimal dependencies and low memory footprint
• Quality Audio: use same quality audio if possible or use standard (for compatliblity)
• Format Support: Plays any audio format supported by FFmpeg (MP3, FLAC, WAV, OGG, AAC, etc.)
• Simple: Command-line interface - just point and play

FFmpeg Libraries (Required)

Tomu requires FFmpeg development libraries to be installed on your system.

Ubuntu/Debian

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libavutil-dev libswresample-dev

Fedora/RHEL/CentOS

sudo dnf install epel-release -y
sudo dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %rhel).noarch.rpm -y
sudo dnf install ffmpeg-devel -y

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S ffmpeg

Installation

Clone the project:

git clone https://github.com/6z7y/tomu.git
cd tomu

install binary

make install

uninstall binary

make uninstall

Using Nix

install via Flakes:

• install binary

nix build
nix profile install .

• uninstall binary

nix profile remove tomu

How It Works

Tomu uses a sophisticated multi-threaded architecture for smooth audio playback:

1. Start the server: tomu
2. Connect with client and play a file: tomucli /path/to/music
3. Control playback with keys from any terminal

The client sends commands and receives a live progress bar every second. Because the server runs separately, you can disconnect the client and the music keeps playing.

i made this tool for learn c and need music player less usage ram for i make many session this will take usage ram.

this only beta not complete yet

Binaries

• tomu — background server, handles decoding and playback
• tomucli — client CLI to control the server