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rockboxd runs a Music Player Daemon-compatible server on port 6600. Any MPD client works out of the box. 
mpc -h localhost -p 6600 status
mpc -h localhost -p 6600 update
mpc -h localhost -p 6600 search title "Money"
mpc -h localhost -p 6600 play
For the full client list and known limitations, see Clients › MPD. For the wire protocol reference itself, see the official MPD documentation ↗.

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When to choose MPD over the others

  • You already have an MPD client you like.
  • You want a stable wire protocol with decades of community libraries.
  • You want to drive Rockbox from a TUI like ncmpcpp.
For everything else — programmatic control, real-time UIs, custom apps — you’ll have a better time with GraphQL or one of the SDKs.