Nightingale Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Nightingale for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Clementine, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Nightingale and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Nightingale are Strawberry, Rhythmbox, Amarok and Miro Player.

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  1. Clementine icon
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    Free cross-platform audio player and library organizer featuring support for local files, internet radio, smart and dynamic playlists, playlist import/export, projectM visualizations, lyrics, artist info, album art, tag editing, transcoding, device sync, and remote control.

    253 Clementine alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
  2. Strawberry icon
     249 likes

    Music player and collection organizer featuring support for diverse audio formats, bit-perfect playback, playlist management, tag editing, advanced output controls, streaming from Subsonic, Tidal, Qobuz, scrobbling, CD playback, and cover art retrieval.

    242 Strawberry alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Mac
     
  3. Amarok icon
     411 likes

    Cross-platform music player featuring customizable interface, dynamic playlists, powerful tagging and sorting, contextual views, drag-and-drop menus, robust file tracking, language localization, bookmarking, database importing, script support, and audio CD playback.

    171 Amarok alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
     
  4. Miro Player icon
     242 likes

    Miro (formerly Democracy Player) is a free and open source internet TV application, media library, and video player.

    102 Miro Player alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. 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.

    63 Fooyin alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  6. 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.

    228 Roon alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Synology C2
     
  7. 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.

    132 Museeks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. 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!.

    179 Plexamp alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  9. MusicPod icon
     6 likes

    MusicPod is a local music, radio, television and podcast player for Linux, MacOS and Windows.

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    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  10. Mtoc icon
     3 likes

    Mtoc is a visually-rich music player and library browser that emphasizes a smooth, continuous experience with album artwork at the forefront.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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