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bowtie · v1.5 • deprecated
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Control your music with customisable shortcuts
brew install --cask bowtie 19
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Install trend
Trust Score 5/10
✓ Open source (MIT) +3
✗ Active development +0
✓ Licensed +1
✗ No auto-updates +0
✗ Deprecated +0
✓ Established (>1yr) +1
✗ Low installs +0
Review
Mar 11, 2026Bowtie is a sleek music control panel for macOS that lets users customize shortcuts for their favorite music apps, enhancing productivity and workflow for music enthusiasts and professionals.
Bowtie provides a customizable dashboard to control music playback across various apps using shortcuts.
Maturity: The project appears mature with significant GitHub activity, though the last commit was in 2019, indicating possible stagnation.
Community: No substantial community discussion found on relevant platforms.
Pros
- + Customizable shortcuts for music control
- + Supports integration with multiple music apps
- + Clean and intuitive user interface
Cons
- - No auto-update feature
- - Inactive development since 2019
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