Winamp Alternatives

Winamp is described as 'Full-featured media player known for ease of use, skinnable design, advanced audio visualizers, supports plug-ins, playlists, and music library' and is a leading Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Winamp for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, Linux, Mac and Android Tablet apps. The best Winamp alternative is AIMP, which is free. Other great apps like Winamp are foobar2000, Audacious, Clementine and MusicBee.

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Winamp 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 Linux, Mac, iPhone, Android, iPad and Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Winamp.
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  1. Euphonica icon
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    Euphonica is an MPD client with integrated spectrum visualiser, metadata downloading & more.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  2. Poweramp icon
     112 likes

    A comprehensive music player offering diverse audio format support, equalizer with presets, customizable theme, visualization options, playlist management, Hi-Res Output, lyrics display, Android Auto support, and Internet Radio Service.

    151 Poweramp alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • Android Auto
     
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  3. Dopamine icon
     62 likes

    Dopamine is an audio player which tries to make organizing and listening to music as simple and pretty as possible. It can play wav, mp3, ogg vorbis, flac, wma and m4a/aac.

    66 Dopamine alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Quod Libet icon
     169 likes

    A extensible Music player with Podcast support, web radio, playlists and many more. As it is written in Python, writing new plug-ins is really easy.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Xfce
     
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    Comments about Quod Libet as an Alternative to Winamp
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    The best, most full featured media library compared to Winamp. The views are different, but maybe the only other media player that has the same library functionality.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think Quod Libet is a great Winamp alternative, some don't.

    • Quod Libet is Free and Open SourceWinamp is Free and Proprietary
    • Quod Libet is CustomizableWinamp is not according to our users
  5. Introducing Fossify Music Player – your gateway to uninterrupted musical enjoyment. Say goodbye to intrusive ads and hello to a seamless music experience designed to accompany you wherever you go.

    91 Fossify Music Player alternatives

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Android Tablet
     
  6. Crates icon
     21 likes

    Crates is a user-focused, next generation music app, that merges all user’s music collections into one, enables them to own their data, listen from any source and discover new music recommended by the community.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7. Elisa icon
     34 likes

    Elisa is a music player developed by the KDE community that strives to be simple and nice to use. We also recognize that we need a flexible product to account for the different workflows and use-cases of our users.

    71 Elisa alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Snapcraft
     
  8. Windows Media Player is a video and audio player developed by Microsoft for Windows 11 and Windows 10. It is the successor to Groove Music (previously Xbox Music), Microsoft Movies & TV and the original Windows Media...

    222 Windows Media Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Daft Music icon
     11 likes

    Third-party macOS client for Apple Music delivering smooth native performance, minimal interface, Liquid Design elements, seamless access to libraries and playlists, and a reimagined listening experience optimized for speed, elegance, and usability.

    12 Daft Music alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Petrichor icon
     11 likes

    An offline macOS music player.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. Auxio icon
     18 likes

    Auxio is a local music player with a fast, reliable UI/UX without the many useless features present in other music players. Built off of Exoplayer, Auxio has superior library support and listening quality compared to other apps that use outdated android functionality.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  12. Harmonoid icon
     31 likes

    🎵 Plays & manages your music library. Looks beautiful & juicy. Playlists, visuals, synced lyrics, pitch shift, volume boost & more.

    59 Harmonoid alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Mac
     
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