---
name: "mopidyctl"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "mopidy"
version: "4.0.0a2-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mopidyctl"
---

# mopidyctl(8)

manage the Mopidy music server system service

## NAME

mopidyctl - manage the Mopidy music server system service

## SYNOPSIS

**mopidyctl** \[any [mopidy(1)](/mopidy/1.md) option\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **mopidyctl** command runs **mopidy** subcommands in the same environment as the Mopidy system service is running in. That is, as the same user and with the same config as the Mopidy system service is using.

## OPTIONS

[mopidyctl(8)](/mopidyctl/8.md) takes the same options as [mopidy(1)](/mopidy/1.md).

## SEE ALSO

[mopidy(1)](/mopidy/1.md)

## COPYRIGHT

2014, Stein Magnus Jodal and contributors