Audacious AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Audio Players

The best Audio Player alternative to Audacious is foobar2000. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try foobar2000 or AIMP. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Audacious and loads of them are Audio Players so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Audio Player alternatives to Audacious are MusicBee, Winamp, Strawberry and Amarok.

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  1. foobar2000 icon
     1540 likes

    Audio player offering MP3, FLAC support, gapless playback, customizable interfaces, CD ripping, advanced tagging, ReplayGain, plugins, and is known for its freeware model, running on various Windows versions with high audio fidelity.

    203 foobar2000 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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  2. AIMP icon
     875 likes

    Feature-rich audio player for Windows and Android supporting diverse codecs and interfaces. Includes conversion tools, skins, plugins, and custom equalizer for enhanced audio streaming and podcast playback.

    345 AIMP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • PortableApps.com
     
  3. Clementine icon
     752 likes

    Clementine is a cross-platform free and open source music player and library organizer. It is a port of Amarok 1.4 to the Qt 4 framework and the GStreamer multimedia framework, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and...

    254 Clementine alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
  4. MusicBee icon
     589 likes

    Offers library and playlist management, auto folder monitoring, podcast downloads, web radio, advanced tagging, custom ID3 tags, CD ripping with validation, syncing to iPods, iPhones, MTP, USB, converts and normalizes audio, fetches album art and tags from web.

    125 MusicBee alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  5. Winamp icon
     895 likes

    Media player for Windows offering ease of use, skinnable design, advanced audio visualizers, and support for plug-ins, playlists, music library, and various audio formats. Known for extensibility, music visualization, and online community support.

    263 Winamp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
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  6. Strawberry icon
     249 likes

    Strawberry is a music player and music collection organizer. It is a fork of Clementine released in 2018 aimed at music collectors and audiophiles. The name is inspired by the band Strawbs. It's written in C++ using the Qt framework.

    244 Strawberry alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
  7. Amarok icon
     411 likes

    Amarok is a powerful music player with an intuitive interface. It makes playing the music you love and discovering new music easier than ever before — and it looks good doing it.

    168 Amarok alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
     
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    Comments about Amarok as an Alternative to Audacious
    alexanderlavrenko
    Negative
    0

    It uses a lot of system resources

    Amarok icon
    Amarok icon
    • Most users think Amarok is a great Audacious alternative.

    • Amarok is Free and Open SourceAudacious is also Free and Open Source
    • Amarok is Privacy focusedAudacious is not according to our users
  8. Rhythmbox icon
     433 likes

    Rhythmbox is an audio player for Linux that plays and organizes digital music. Inspired by Apple's iTunes, it is free software that is designed to work well under the .

    152 Rhythmbox alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • GNOME
     
  9. DeaDBeeF icon
     198 likes

    DeaDBeeF is a lightweight graphical music player created for easy playback of music and management of playlists. It supports major audio codecs and tags, global hotkeys, gapless playback, streaming audio, command line control, and has an 18-band equalizer.

    182 DeaDBeeF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Cinnamon
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
     
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    1
    Comments about DeaDBeeF as an Alternative to Audacious
    alexanderlavrenko
    Negative
    0

    It doesn't support audio media keys on Ubuntu

    DeaDBeeF icon
    DeaDBeeF icon
    • Most users think DeaDBeeF is a great Audacious alternative.

    • DeaDBeeF is Free and Open SourceAudacious is also Free and Open Source
  10. KMPlayer icon
     482 likes

    KMPlayer is an excellent free video player for PC with a user-friendly interface, Ultra HD support, 3D movies, clear subtitles, online streaming, and external digital TV compatibility.

    160 KMPlayer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    1
    Comments about KMPlayer as an Alternative to Audacious
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    Video player, also has many ads

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • KMPlayer is Free and ProprietaryAudacious is Free and Open Source
  11. Wora icon
     32 likes

    Wora is a beautiful player for audiophiles (pun intended). An open-source lossless music player app that lets you organize and play your favorite tracks seamlessly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Euphonica icon
     17 likes

    Euphonica is an MPD client with integrated spectrum visualiser, metadata downloading & more.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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