cli-anything-rekordbox

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Command-line interface for Pioneer Rekordbox 6/7 - DJ library and live-deck control via guarded SQLCipher master.db access (pyrekordbox) + virtual MIDI mapping. Provides library inspection, playlist creation/add/clear, and live-deck mixing (play/sync/crossfade/EQ). Pioneer ships no playback REST API; this harness combines the only two real surfaces (encrypted DB + MIDI) into one agent-native CLI.

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cli-anything-rekordbox

Agent-native CLI for Pioneer Rekordbox 6/7. Drives the DJ library and live decks programmatically.

Installation

pip install cli-anything-rekordbox

Prerequisites:

Python 3.10+
Rekordbox 6 or 7 installed (master.db must exist)
Virtual MIDI driver for live-deck control:
- Windows: loopMIDI / LoopBe / teVirtualMIDI
- macOS: IAC Driver
- Linux: ALSA virtual MIDI (snd-virmidi)

Usage

# Status check
cli-anything-rekordbox status

# REPL mode
cli-anything-rekordbox

# JSON output for agents
cli-anything-rekordbox --json library search "Daft Punk"

Command Groups

Library

Command	Description
`count`	Total track count
`search QUERY`	Find tracks by title/artist substring
`info TRACK_ID`	Full track metadata
`dump --out FILE.json`	Export full library as JSON

Playlist

Command	Description
`list`	All playlists
`create NAME [--force] [--no-backup]`	New playlist
`add NAME --track-title T [--force] [--no-backup]`	Add track
`clear NAME [--force] [--no-backup]`	Empty a playlist

Playlist writes create a master.db backup before mutation. They refuse to run while Rekordbox is open unless --force is supplied; forced writes still require a backup. --no-backup is only accepted when Rekordbox is closed.

Deck (live MIDI)

Command	Description
`play --deck N`	Play/pause
`sync --deck N`	Tempo sync
`crossfade FROM TO --secs S`	Smooth crossfade
`eq --deck N --hi --mid --lo`	EQ control
`hot-cue --deck N --slot 1-8`	Trigger hot cue

Top-level

Command	Description
`status`	Runtime / DB / MIDI state
`install-mapping`	Drop Bunker.midi.csv into rekordbox's MidiMappings folder
`mix A B --secs S`	High-level: search + load + sync + crossfade

How it works

+------------------+
|   Your Agent     |
+--------+---------+
         |
         v
+------------------+
| cli-anything-    |
| rekordbox CLI    |
+--------+---------+
   |          |
   v          v
+----------+  +----------+
|pyrekord- |  |  mido +  |
|box DB    |  |  virtual |
|writes    |  |  MIDI    |
+----------+  +----------+
   |               |
   v               v
+----------+  +-----------+
| master.db|  | Rekordbox |
|SQLCipher |  | live decks|
+----------+  +-----------+

master.db is encrypted with a static AES-256 key shared by all rekordbox 6/7 installs (auto-extracted by pyrekordbox)
Virtual MIDI mapping uses Pioneer's standard .midi.csv format; this CLI ships Bunker.midi.csv and an install-mapping command to drop it into rekordbox's MidiMappings/ folder

JSON output

Every command supports --json:

$ cli-anything-rekordbox --json library count
{"track_count": 30344}

License

MIT