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Beardie for Mac

Control various media players with your keyboard

Quick answer: Beardie is a media app for macOS. Install it with brew install --cask beardie. The project is open source. It has 8 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What Beardie is

Beardie is a media app for macOS: control various media players with your keyboard.

It is distributed as a Homebrew cask, which installs a .app bundle into your Applications folder. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/Stillness-2/beardie.

How to install Beardie

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install --cask beardie.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

Prefer a graphical installer? Download it from the official site. MacPicks never hosts or mirrors binaries — the Homebrew command always pulls from the vendor's own release.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install Beardie on Mac?

Run brew install --cask beardie in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is Beardie open source?

Yes. The project's source repository is linked from its homepage: Stillness-2/beardie.

Does Beardie run on Apple silicon?

Yes, as a universal binary.

How popular is Beardie?

It was installed 8 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #8505 in this catalogue.

What version of Beardie is current?

The latest packaged version is 3.0.24.84.Release.