# Install vimpc with Homebrew

Ncurses based mpd client with vi like key bindings. Version 0.09.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:vimpc
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install vimpc
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:vimpc
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.09.2
- **Source summary:** Ncurses based mpd client with vi like key bindings
- **Homepage:** <https://sourceforge.net/projects/vimpc/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/boysetsfrog/vimpc>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- vimpc (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.09.2
## Project history and usage

vimpc is a curses client for Music Player Daemon with vi-like key bindings. Its README positions it as an alternative to MPD clients such as ncmpc and ncmpcpp, using an interface similar to the Vim text editor.

### Project history

The project was distributed through SourceForge and later GitHub under the boysetsfrog account. SourceForge file history shows early 0.02 releases in June 2011 and the project page lists a 2014 last update, placing vimpc in the early-2010s wave of terminal music clients built around MPD's client-server model.

### Adoption history

vimpc's adoption is niche: it appears in MPD's official client list as a curses client with vi-like key bindings, and it has been packaged by Homebrew and Nix for users who want a ready terminal MPD front end.

### How it is used

vimpc connects to an MPD server and gives users playlist, library, and playback control through Vim-style normal mode and command/search modes. Its help text describes familiar movement keys, optional counts, an Ex-like command layer, and per-window key behavior for MPD playlist operations.

### Why package nerds care

vimpc matters to users who want their music controller to behave like their editor: it brings hjkl movement, counts, mappings, and command-mode habits into the MPD ecosystem instead of requiring a separate TUI vocabulary.

### Timeline

- 2011-06: SourceForge hosts vimpc 0.02 release files.
- 2014-03-02: SourceForge records a last update for the project page.

### Related projects

- vimpc is related to MPD, ncmpc, ncmpcpp, pms, vimus, cmus-style terminal music workflows, and the broader family of Vim-like non-editor interfaces.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/boysetsfrog/vimpc>
- <https://github.com/boysetsfrog/vimpc/blob/master/doc/help.txt>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/vimpc/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/vimpc/files/Release%200.02/>
- <https://www.musicpd.org/clients/>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/vimpc.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/vimpc.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph