Krikkit - Audio Playback Daemon

Krikkit is an audio playback system quite similar to the Music Player Daemon. The basic idea is that playback is done in the background by a daemon (krikkitd) that is started as a system service. Playback control is done separately using one of the various client applications. At the moment there is a console client (krikkit), a PyGTK2 client (wikkit) and a Python module.

The main differences between Krikkit and MPD are:
• Krikkit is written in the high-level Python language instead of C to make development and customization easier.
• MPD is mainly intended for use as a jukebox in a LAN environment. Krikkit is exclusively aimed at desktop systems.
• In opposite to MPD Krikkit does not use a database for its media files which must be updated everytime you add a new file. This makes Krikkit far more flexible for desktop systems and was the original reason for me to write it.

News:

• 2009-08-09: released Krikkit 0.9 and Wikkit 0.9.
• 2005-04-03: released Krikkit 0.5 and Wikkit 0.5.

Downloads:

Krikkit and Wikkit can be downloaded here. The project is hosted on Sourceforge.net.