Rocksky

One server, three things: the listener's players (real speakers, real audio, right now), their library, and their Rocksky account.

The player half is a controller on Rocksky's remote-control protocol — the same one the web and desktop miniplayers speak — so it commands every device on the account wherever it runs, and anything it does is visible in those apps too. Music is loud, in someone's room: before replacing what is already playing, say what you are about to do, or add to the queue instead.

Check the tools are there first

If tools like list_devices, search_library and get_scrobbles are available, skip to Getting oriented. Otherwise:

1. Install the CLI and log in. The server ships with it and reads the token rocksky login writes to ~/.rocksky/token.json: