Companion blog post: https://medium.com/@valgaze/npm-i-npmusic-g-npmusic-7443ac042e99#.w97n3s18l

$ npm i npmusic -g && npmusic -t && npmusic -m signe

tl;dr: Switch any npm command with “npmusic” and listen to music while it is working and when it exits, the music stops. Pointless but fun, Mac only for now, install with $ npm i npmusic -g

Happily accepting PRs here (esp for better music): https://github.com/valgaze/npmusic

For the impatient, just do this:

npm i -g npmusic && npmusic

Note: This will behind the scenes install youtube-dl & mpv if they're not already available

If everything went well (and if it didn't please get in touch) you will hear what tool is all about.

There are few things in life more exhilarating than an npm install. It’s almost like a scene from a movie… which got me thinking and tinkering and $ npmusic was born.  Once installed, you can run any npm command you want normally but replace “npm” with “npmusic” and music will play in the background while it’s working. You can pick the song if you want or it will pick randomly from a list.

$ npm i npmusic -g #install

$ npmusic #play a random song, CTRL-C to shut it up

$ npmusic install #play a random song while running equivalent of $ npm install (music will turn off when done)

$ npmusic -m exciting #play an exciting song

$ npmusic -m budlight install express #play a song by pitbull and install express [alternative --mood moodName]

$ npmmusic -t #List all moods available

$ npmusic -p  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0N4twV28Mw #Start playing this song in your terminal [alternatively --play url]

$ npmusic -d #Play a random song but see information about song with -d flag [alternatively use --dislplay]

See $ npmusic --help for a listing of flags and how to use them

This has been tested as low as version node 4.2.6 and unfortunately for now, only Mac machines are supported.

Credits: Under the hood uses youtube-dl, mpv, and brew for the actual heavy lifting, & commader.js for CLI

Help

If permissions on your machine are all screwed up (ie you need to run sudo or you have permissions errors), give this a shot: https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions

Future

1. Add support for Yarn
2. Add support for playlists
3. Update functionality (without requiring users to re-npm install)
4. set & lock default song
5. More robust (and fun!) logging