Running Mopidy¶
To start Mopidy, simply open a terminal and run:
mopidy
For a complete reference to the Mopidy commands and their command line options, see mopidy command.
When Mopidy says MPD server running at [127.0.0.1]:6600
it’s ready to
accept connections by any MPD client. Check out our non-exhaustive
MPD clients list to find recommended clients.
Stopping Mopidy¶
To stop Mopidy, press CTRL+C
in the terminal where you started Mopidy.
Mopidy will also shut down properly if you send it the TERM signal, e.g. by
using pkill
:
pkill mopidy
Init scripts¶
- The
mopidy
package at apt.mopidy.com comes with an sysvinit init script. - The
mopidy
package in Arch Linux AUR comes with a systemd init script. - A blog post by Benjamin Guillet explains how to Daemonize Mopidy and Launch It at Login on OS X.
- Issue #266 contains a bunch of init scripts for Mopidy, including Upstart init scripts.