nuclear
Reduces friction in background music workflows for dev teams by automating music discovery and playback without licensing overhead or platform switching.
Nuclear is a free, open-source desktop music player for Windows, macOS, and Linux with no ads or tracking — search music from multiple sources, build playlists, and manage a queue. It ships a built-in MCP server (enabled in Settings → Integrations) that lets Claude drive the player, and the docs provide an optional skill file to get the agent up to speed.
- Stream music from multiple free sources without switching between platforms
- Discover new artists and songs automatically from aggregated free music catalogs
- Build playlists from songs found across distributed music sources seamlessly
Reduces friction in background music workflows for dev teams by automating music discovery and playback without licensing overhead or platform switching.
People who use the Nuclear desktop player and want Claude or another AI agent to control playback, search, and playlists through its built-in MCP server.
https://github.com/nukeop/nuclear
By nukeop
How to Get It
claude mcp add nuclear --transport http http://127.0.0.1:8800/mcp
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After installing, paste this into Claude:
Help me stream music from multiple free sources without switching between platforms
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Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 17,753 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license AGPL-3.0.
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Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 17,753 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license AGPL-3.0.