---
name: "pragha"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pragha"
version: "1.3.4-10"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pragha"
---

# pragha(1)

A lightweight music player, forked of Consonance Music Manager

## NAME

pragha - A lightweight music player, forked of Consonance Music Manager

## SYNTAX

pragha \[OPTION...\] \[FILE1 \[FILE2...\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

pragha is a lightweight music player that aims to be fast, bloat-free, and light on memory consumption. It is written completely in C and GTK+. Some of the features are:

  \* Library management using sqlite3\
\
   \* Multiple views\
\
   \* OSD support\
\
   \* asf, ape, flac, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav, wma, and CDDA support

pragha is released under the GNU General Public Licence version 3 (GPLv3).

## OPTIONS

- **-?, --help**

  Output help information and exit.

- **--help-all**

  Output all help options and exit.

- **--help-gtk**

  Output GTK+ Options and exit.

- **-v, --version**

  Output version information and exit.

- **-e, --debug**

  Enable Debug ( Levels: 1,2,3,4 )

- **-l, --log-file**

  Log Debug to a file.

- **-p, --play**

  Start playing.

- **-s, --stop**

  Stop playing.

- **-t, --pause**

  Play/Pause/Resume the current song.

- **-r, --prev**

  Play the previous song in the playlist.

- **-n, --next**

  Play the next song in the playlist.

- **-f, --shuffle**

  Toggle shuffle mode.

- **-u, --repeat**

  Toggle repeat mode.

- **-i, --inc\_vol**

  Increase the volume by 1.

- **-d, --dec\_vol**

  Decrease the volume by 1.

- **-o, --show\_osd**

  Show OSD notification (a popup window with info about the current song).

- **-x, --toggle\_view**

  Toggle player visibility

- **-c, --current\_state**

  Get current player state.

- **-a, --audio\_backend**

  Audio backend (valid options: alsa/oss)

- **-g, --audio\_device**

  Audio Device (For ALSA: hw:0,0 etc.., For OSS: /dev/dsp etc..)

- **-m, --audio\_mixer**

  Mixer Element (For ALSA: Master, PCM, etc.., For OSS: /dev/mixer, etc...)

- **--display=DISPLAY**

  Set the X display to use.

## USAGE

\* Add a library location in menu Edit - Preferences.\
 \* Rescan Library from menu Tools.\
 \* Start using. :-)

## FILES

- $HOME/.config/pragha/pragha.db

  Library database (in sqlite3 format)

- $HOME/.config/pragha/config

  personal settings (use the GUI interface to change them, Edit - Preferences)

- $HOME/.cache/pragha-album-art

  Basic cache for downloaded cover art saved as artist - album.jpeg

## AUTHORS

```
Pragha was originally a fork of Consonance written by Sujith <m.sujith@gmail.com>
At the moment developed by Matias De lellis. <mati86dl@gmail.com>
Man page written by Martin Zelaia <martintxo@sindominio.net>
```

## SEE ALSO

http://pragha-music-player.github.io and http://sites.google.com/site/consonancemanager