sonoscli — Control Sonos speakers from your terminal

Modern Go CLI for Sonos speaker control over your local network (UPnP/SOAP).

• Repo: https://github.com/steipete/sonoscli
• Author: @steipete

Installation

brew install steipete/tap/sonoscli

Or build from source:

go install github.com/steipete/sonoscli/cmd/sonos@latest

Requirements

• Machine must be on the same network as Sonos speakers
• Speakers reachable on TCP port 1400
• Spotify must be linked in Sonos app (for Spotify features)

Key Commands

Discovery & Status

sonos discover
sonos discover --format json
sonos status --name "Kitchen"
sonos now --name "Kitchen"

Playback

sonos play --name "Kitchen"
sonos pause --name "Kitchen"
sonos stop --name "Kitchen"
sonos next --name "Kitchen"
sonos prev --name "Kitchen"

Volume & Mute

sonos volume get --name "Kitchen"
sonos volume set --name "Kitchen" 25
sonos mute toggle --name "Kitchen"

Speaker Grouping

sonos group status
sonos group join --name "Bedroom" --to "Living Room"
sonos group unjoin --name "Bedroom"
sonos group solo --name "Office"
sonos group party --to "Bar"          # all speakers join target
sonos group dissolve --name "Living Room"

Queue Management

sonos queue list --name "Kitchen"
sonos queue play --name "Kitchen" 1    # play track at position
sonos queue remove --name "Kitchen" 3
sonos queue clear --name "Kitchen"

Favorites

sonos favorites list --name "Kitchen"
sonos favorites open --name "Kitchen" --index 1
sonos favorites open --name "Kitchen" "BBC Radio 6 Music"

Spotify

# Play a Spotify link
sonos open --name "Kitchen" https://open.spotify.com/track/6NmXV4o6bmp704aPGyTVVG

# Enqueue a playlist
sonos enqueue --name "Kitchen" spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M

# Search and play via SMAPI (no Spotify API credentials needed)
sonos play spotify --name "Office" "gareth emery"

# Search via Spotify Web API (needs SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID/SECRET)
sonos search spotify --type track "daft punk harder better"
sonos search spotify --open --name "Kitchen" "miles davis so what"

Scenes (Presets)

sonos scene save "Evening"
sonos scene apply "Evening"
sonos scene list
sonos scene delete "Evening"

Play Arbitrary URI

sonos play-uri --name "Kitchen" "https://example.com/stream.mp3"
sonos tv --name "Living Room"       # switch to TV input
sonos linein --name "Kitchen" --from "Living Room"

Watch Live Events

sonos watch --name "Kitchen"
sonos watch --name "Kitchen" --format json

Output Modes

• --format plain (default)
• --format json
• --format tsv
• --debug for trace logs

Configuration

sonos config set defaultRoom "Office"
sonos config set format json
sonos config get

Room targeting supports fuzzy substring matching — --name "Kit" matches "Kitchen".