---
name: "strawberry"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "strawberry"
version: "1.2.31-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/strawberry"
---

# strawberry(1)

music player and music collection organizer

## NAME

Strawberry - music player and music collection organizer

## SYNOPSIS

**strawberry** \[*options*\] \[*URL(s)*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Strawberry is a music player aimed at music collectors and audiophiles.

- Features:

  \- Play and organize music\
   \- Supports WAV, FLAC, WavPack, Ogg FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Opus, Ogg Speex, MPC, TrueAudio, AIFF, MP4, MP3, ASF and Monkey's Audio.\
   \- Audio CD playback\
   \- Native desktop notifications\
   \- Playlist management\
   \- Playlists in multiple formats\
   \- Advanced output and device options with support for bit perfect playback on Linux\
   \- Edit tags on audio files\
   \- Automatically retrieve tags from MusicBrainz\
   \- Album cover art from Last.fm, Musicbrainz, Discogs, Musixmatch, Deezer, Tidal, Qobuz and Spotify\
   \- Lyrics from multiple sources\
   \- Audio analyzer\
   \- Audio Equalizer\
   \- Transfer music to mass-storage USB players, MTP compatible devices and iPod Nano/Classic\
   \- Scrobbler with support for Last.fm and ListenBrainz\
   \- Streaming support for Subsonic-compatible servers\
   \- Unofficial streaming support for Tidal and Qobuz

- It is a fork of Clementine. The name is inspired by the band Strawbs.

  ## OPTIONS

### Player options:

- **-p**, **--play**

  Start the playlist currently playing

- **-t**, **--play-pause**

  Play if stopped, pause if playing

- **-u**, **--pause**

  Pause playback

- **-s**, **--stop**

  Stop playback

- **-q**, **--stop-after-current**

  Stop playback after current track

- **-r**, **--previous**

  Skip backwards in playlist

- **-f**, **--next**

  Skip forwards in playlist

- **-v**, **--volume** \<value\>

  Set the volume to \<value\> percent

- **--volume-up**

  Increase the volume by 4 percent

- **--volume-down**

  Decrease the volume by 4 percent

- **--volume-increase-by**

  Increase the volume by \<value\> percent

- **--volume-decrease-by**

  Decrease the volume by \<value\> percent

- **--seek-to** \<seconds\>

  Seek the currently playing track to an absolute position

- **--seek-by** \<seconds\>

  Seek the currently playing track by a relative amount

- **--restart-or-previous**

  Restart the track, or play the previous track if within 8 seconds of start.

### Playlist options:

- **-c**, **--create** \<name\>

  Create a new playlist with files

- **-a**, **--append**

  Append files/URLs to the playlist

- **-l**, **--load**

  Loads files/URLs, replacing current playlist

- **-k**, **--play-track** \<n\>

  Play the \<n\>th track in the playlist

### Other options:

- **-o**, **--show-osd**

  Display the on-screen-display

- **-y**, **--toggle-pretty-osd**

  Toggle visibility for the pretty on-screen-display

- **-g**, **--language** \<lang\>

  Change the language

- **--quiet**

  Equivalent to **--log-levels** \*:1

- **--verbose**

  Equivalent to **--log-levels** \*:3

**--log-levels** \<levels\> Comma separated list of class:level, level is 0-3

- **--version**

  Print out version information

## AUTHORS

Strawberry main developer is Jonas Kvinge \<jonas@jkvinge.net\>.