Cantata Alternatives

Cantata is described as 'A graphical (Qt5) client for MPD' and is a Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Cantata for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Android, Mac and Flathub apps. The best Cantata alternative is foobar2000. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try foobar2000 or AIMP. Other great apps like Cantata are MusicBee, Winamp, Audacious and Strawberry.

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piCorePlayer
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piCorePlayer is a software emulation of a Squeezebox network music player that runs exclusively on the Raspberry Pi.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Audio Player
Music Streaming
Origin
United States
Platforms
Linux
Raspberry Pi
United States
Good alternative?Is piCorePlayer a good alternative to Cantata?
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ncmpc
7 likes
ncmpc is a fully featured MPD client, which runs in a terminal (using ncurses). Its goal is to provide a keyboard oriented and consistent interface to MPD, without wasting resources.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Audio Player
Platforms
Linux
Xfce
N
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Zen Music Player
1 like
Material You music player for android.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
Android
+7
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VVave
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VVave manages your music collection by retrieving semantic information from the web, create playlists, tag music tracks, support for remote streaming using Nextcloud, and allows you to watch YouTube content.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (LGPL-3.0)
Application type
Audio Player
Origin
Mexico
Platforms
Mac
Linux
Android
Android Tablet
Mexico
+3
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Doppi
1 like
Music files aren't dead. Whether you've built up your collection for decades or just got sent an album full of b-sides of your favorite artist, you need a place to carry your own music.
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Application type
Audio Player
Platforms
iPhone
Good alternative?Is Doppi a good alternative to Cantata?
Nemp
2 likes
Nemp (Noch Ein Mp3-Player) is an intuitive and easy-to-use audio player that plays most common audio formats. The program features a media library with support for drag-and-drop and tag-cloud organization, as well as audio effects, EQ, coverflow, webradio, a Web server for...
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Audio Player
Platforms
Windows
+3
Good alternative?Is Nemp a good alternative to Cantata?
Howl Music Player
1 like
A sleek and minimal offline music player made with love.
68 Howl Music Player alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Audio Player
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Android
Good alternative?Is Howl Music Player a good alternative to Cantata?
G4Music
1 like
A fast, fluent, light weight music player written in GTK4, with a beautiful, adaptive user interface, so named G4Music. It is also focusing on high performance, for those people who has large number of songs.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Audio Player
Media Player
Platforms
Linux
Flathub
GNOME
Snapcraft
+1
Good alternative?Is G4Music a good alternative to Cantata?
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X
Xfmpc
6 likes
A graphical GTK+ MPD client focusing on low footprint.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Audio Player
Platforms
Linux
Xfce
X
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VDB Player Pro
1 like
Best Windows Media Player plays Blu-ray disc, Blu-ray folder, DVD disc/folder/ISO file, 1080P HD/UHD 4K/SD video and audio files with amazing image and sound quality.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Audio Player
Media Player
Origin
China
Platforms
Windows
China
+4
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M
Movie Monad
1 like
A free and simple to use video player made with Haskell.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Linux
M
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Rosa Media Player
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Media player based on Mplayer/FFmpeg technologies. It has a simple interface and many powerful functions:

Possibility to get an audio track from video clip

Possibility to get a screencast

Possibility to trim video

225 Rosa Media Player alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Linux
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