Rhythmbox Alternatives

Rhythmbox is described as '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 ' and is a very popular Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Rhythmbox for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and Flathub apps. The best Rhythmbox 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 Rhythmbox are MusicBee, Winamp, Audacious and Strawberry.

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Rhythmbox alternatives are mainly Audio Players, but if you're looking for Media Players or Internet Radio Services you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Linux, Mac, iPhone and Android. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Rhythmbox.
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  1. Moosync icon
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    Supports local audio and streaming from platforms like YouTube and Spotify, lets users mix providers in a playlist, offers real-time lyrics, customizable interface, theme options including dark mode, scrobbling, ad-free playback, music recommendations, and multi-platform support.

    78 Moosync alternatives

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    • Flathub
     
  2. Tomahawk icon
     111 likes

    Tomahawk gives you to access to all of your favorite music in one powerful media player. Seamlessly jump from playing a song off your local machine, to one streaming from your other machines, to a recommendation from Spotify, to a pre-release on SoundCloud to your favorite...

    96 Tomahawk alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Android
     
  3. Fooyin icon
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    Fooyin is a music player built around customization. It offers a growing list of widgets to manage and play your local music collection. It's extendable through the use of plugins, and many widgets make use of FooScript to offer an even deeper level of control.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. WACUP icon
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    WACUP is an independent project to provide new features & bug fixes for Winamp.

    22 WACUP alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  5. Roon icon
     9 likes

    Roon identifies your music files and streams, and then overlays a ton of rich metadata to add context to what you're listening to. That information drives Roon's unique experience of browsing, discovering, and organizing music.

    231 Roon alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Synology C2
     
  6.  38 likes

    cmus is a small, fast and powerful console music player for Linux and *BSD.

    Input/Output Plugins Input: Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Musepack, WavPack, WMA, WAV, AAC, MP4, and everything supported by libmodplug Output: PulseAudio, ALSA, OSS, libao, aRts, Sun, and WaveOut (Wind.

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. Amberol icon
     8 likes

    Amberol is a music player with no delusions of grandeur. If you just want to play music available on your local system then Amberol is the music player you are looking for.

    24 Amberol alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  8. XMPlay icon
     86 likes

    A tiny and portable audio player. With a size of about 280 KiB it plays OGG, MP3, audio CDs, WMA and several less used formats like XM, IT, MOD, UMX and others. Furthermore it supports a wide range of plugins, skins and visualizations, works with tags, creates media library from...

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  9. Guayadeque icon
     43 likes

    Guayadeque is a music management program designed for all music enthusiasts. It is a full featured Linux media player that can easily manage large collections and uses the Gstreamer media framework. Using it, Guayadeque has all the format support that entails.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
     
  10. Cantata icon
     15 likes

    A graphical (Qt5) client for MPD.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Haiku
     
  11. Plexamp icon
     12 likes

    Plexamp is a small music player for your desktop, with a number of unique features.Throw your best FLACs at it and experience sonic bliss!.

    146 Plexamp alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  12. kew icon
     4 likes

    A terminal music player for Linux.

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    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
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