MusicBee Remote

March 23, 2026 · View on GitHub

A Visual Studio Code extension to control MusicBee remotely.

Table of Contents

Now Playing View Now Playing Mini View Now Playing Dracula View

Installation

From Visual Studio Code Marketplace

  1. Open Visual Studio Code
  2. Go to the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
  3. Search for "MusicBee Remote"
  4. Click Install

→ Visual Studio Marketplace

From Open VSX Registry

For editors that use the Open VSX Registry (e.g., Cursor, VSCodium):

  1. Open your editor
  2. Go to the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
  3. Search for "MusicBee Remote"
  4. Click Install

→ Open VSX Registry

From Command Line

Choose the command based on your editor

code --install-extension darthminos.musicbee-remote

cursor --install-extension darthminos.musicbee-remote

codium --install-extension darthminos.musicbee-remote

antigravity --install-extension darthminos.musicbee-remote

kiro --install-extension darthminos.musicbee-remote

windsurf --install-extension darthminos.musicbee-remote

Requirements

Features

  • View the currently playing track
  • Control playback (play, pause, next, previous)
  • Toggle repeat mode
  • Toggle shuffle mode (off, on, Auto DJ)
  • Toggle playlist panel indicator
  • Mute and unmute audio
  • Adjust volume
  • View and set track rating
  • Mark tracks as favorite
  • In mini view, hover the rating star to expand all 5 stars; mini action buttons slide out while rating and return on mouse-out or rating click
  • Display album art and track information
  • Independent theme support
  • Built-in themes including Ubuntu, Gogh, Dracula, Breeze, Hotdog, Grayscale, Cyberpunk2077, Tron, Matrix, Fairy Floss Dark, Grass, Harper, Horizon Bright, Horizon Dark, Material, and Tokyo Night

Extension Settings

If you do not use the default host and port, you can configure them in your VS Code settings:

  • musicBeeRemote.syncHostInfo: When false, the extension adds musicBeeRemote.host and musicBeeRemote.port to settingsSync.ignoredSettings so they stay local to the current machine.
  • musicBeeRemote.host: The host address of the MusicBee Remote API.
  • musicBeeRemote.port: The port of the MusicBee Remote API.
  • musicBeeRemote.clientName: The name of the client connecting to the MusicBee Remote API.
  • musicBeeRemote.theme: The theme to use for the MusicBee Remote view.

Credits

Contributors: Made with contrib.rocks

Made with contrib.rocks.

Made with ❤️ for the Visual Studio Code community