applemusic-mcp MCP Server
epheterson/applemusic-mcp
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epheterson/applemusic-mcp is a Python MCP server licensed under MIT. Apple Music MCP server: playlists, library, catalog, playback and the Up Next queue, on macOS, Windows and Linux. A Mac or an Apple Music subscription is all you need. Topics: apple-music, applescript, claude, claude-code, claude-desktop, cursor, macos, mcp, mcp-server, model-context-protocol, music, musickit, playlist, python, windsurf.
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# applemusic-mcp MCP server for Apple Music. It gives any [MCP client](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/clients) (Claude, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf) control of your playlists, library, catalog, discovery, playback, and the Up Next queue. Runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux. **A Mac or an Apple Music subscription is all you need.** Four engines, chosen per call: Music.app and Safari on a Mac, the Apple Music API and Chrome on any OS. ## Features Four engines back the server. **Native** drives the local Music.app on macOS via AppleScript. **API** uses Apple Music's web API (`amp-api.music.apple.com`) on any OS. **Safari** drives your signed-in Safari's MusicKit on macOS (DRM-native, zero install). **Chrome** runs a local Google Chrome window with MusicKit for DRM audio on any OS. One `mode` preference picks the engine — `auto` (default) mixes the best of each: native Music.app for playback on macOS, Safari for the Up Next queue, the API for data, Chrome off-mac. Pin one with `native` / `sRead full README on GitHub →
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