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 Clementine. Other great apps like Rhythmbox are MusicBee, Winamp, Audacious and Strawberry.

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  1. 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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  2. Sayonara Player icon
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    Sayonara is a simple but nice audio player and holds a lot of features like a library, id3 tag editor, equalizer, lastfm radio, lastfm scrobbler, stream recorder and so on...

    57 Sayonara Player alternatives

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  3. Musique icon
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    Musique unclutters your music listening experience with a clean interface that keeps you focused on what really matters: music.

    126 Musique alternatives

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  4. XMPlay icon
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    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...

    118 XMPlay alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    XMPlay 4 – Default look
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  5. kew icon
     6 likes

    A terminal music player for Linux.

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    • Homebrew
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  6. Qmmp icon
     49 likes

    Audio player with versatile skin support, 10-band equalizer, multiple playlists, extensive audio format compatibility, video playback through Mplayer, lyrics display, cover art support, CUE sheet handling, CDDB, stream browser, and audio converting features.

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    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
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  7. Doppler icon
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    Doppler is a beautifully designed FLAC player and MP3 player with support for many file formats. Import music and playlists to listen offline, and edit song and album artwork and info without syncing.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  8. Plexamp icon
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    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!.

    189 Plexamp alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Android
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    • Android Tablet
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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  9. mpz icon
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    Free, open-source folder player for large local music collections, built in native C++/Qt for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  10. Swinsian icon
     27 likes

    Swinsian is a sophisticated music player for macOS with wide format support, folder watching, advanced tag editing and designed to be responsive even with the largest libraries.

    149 Swinsian alternatives

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    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Swinsian screenshot 1
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  11. Museeks icon
     20 likes

    Minimalist cross-platform player offering clean UI, support for multiple formats, playback speed adjustment, cover art, playlists, queue management, shuffle, loop, dark theme, library auto-refresh, sleep mode blocker, and m3u import/export.

    130 Museeks alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  12. Vox Music Player icon
     111 likes

    It just sounds better! The beauty is in its simplicity, yet behind the minimal exterior lies a powerful music player with a ton of features & support for all audio formats you should ever need.

    158 Vox Music Player alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • Apple Watch
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