abcde AlternativesCD Rippers and other similar apps like abcde

abcde is described as 'Grab an entire CD and compress it to Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, AAC, Ogg/Speex and/or MPP/MP+(Musepack) format' and is a CD Ripper in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to abcde for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best abcde alternative is fre:ac, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like abcde are Exact Audio Copy, X Lossless Decoder, CDex and dBpoweramp.

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Grab an entire CD and compress it to Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, AAC, Ogg/Speex and/or MPP/MP+(Musepack) format.

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abcde alternatives page was last updated May 20, 2024
  1. fre:ac icon
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    fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various formats and codecs. It will convert between MP3, MP4/M4A, FLAC, Vorbis, Opus, AAC, WAV, WMA and other formats.

    114 fre:ac alternatives
    Main window converting FLAC files to MP3

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Audio Conversion
    2.  Media Transcoding
    3.  Multiple tracks at once
    4.  CDDB access
    5.  Batch processing
    6.  Lossless Audio
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  AAC
    9.  ALAC support
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  No registration required
    12.  Portable
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    • fre:ac is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to abcde.

    • fre:ac is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to abcde.

    • fre:ac is Free and Open Sourceabcde is also Free and Open Source
    • fre:ac is Lightweightabcde is not according to our users
  2. Exact Audio Copy icon
     190 likes

    EAC is used to convert the tracks on standard audio CDs to wav files, which can then be transcoded into formats such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WavPack, and FLAC using external encoders.

    48 Exact Audio Copy alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Exact Audio Copy Features

    1.  Lossless Audio
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  3. X Lossless Decoder icon
     78 likes

    X Lossless Decoder (XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. It works on Mac OS X 10.3 and later. Supports: (Ogg) FLAC (.flac/.

    32 X Lossless Decoder alternatives
    X Lossless Decoder screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Lossless Audio
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Audio Extraction
    5.  OGG
    6.  Split CUE to tracks
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  4. CDex icon
     66 likes

    CDex is a CD-Ripper, extracting digital audio data from an Audio CD. The application supports many Audio encoders, including WAV, MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, VQF, Musepack, APE, and many others.

    34 CDex alternatives
    The main CDex window

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    CDex Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Portable
    4.  Multiple languages
    Bundleware

    The installer contains adwares. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/

    Discontinued

    The latest version (2.24) is from 2020.

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  5. dBpoweramp icon
     63 likes

    dBpoweramp contains a multitude of audio tools in one: CD Ripper, Music Converter, ID Tag Editor and Windows audio shell enhancements. Preloaded with mp3 & Wave codecs, practically every audio codec can be installed from Codec Central, as well as Utility Codecs (perform...

    87 dBpoweramp alternatives
    CD Ripper

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    dBpoweramp Features

    1.  CD Burner
    2.  Artwork
    3.  Normalize Volume
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    • dBpoweramp is the most popular commercial alternative to abcde.

    • dBpoweramp is Paid and Proprietaryabcde is Free and Open Source
  6. Express Rip icon
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    Express Rip CD ripper can convert CD audio to mp3 or wav file formats. Express Rip lets you rip, convert, encode, and decode music and other audio tracks directly to files on your hard drive.

    36 Express Rip alternatives
    Express Rip CD Ripper - Main Screen

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Express Rip Features

    1.  Audio Extraction
    2.  AAC
    Discontinued

    The latest version (6.0) is from 2023.

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  7. Asunder icon
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    Asunder is a graphical Audio CD ripper and encoder for Linux. You can use it to save tracks from an Audio CD as any of WAV, MP3, OGG, FLAC, Opus, WavPack, Musepack, AAC, and Monkey's Audio files.

    44 Asunder alternatives
    Ripping progress

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  8. EZ CD Audio Converter icon
     34 likes

    EZ CD Audio Converter is the most comprehensive multi format audio converter and is extremely easy to use.

    76 EZ CD Audio Converter alternatives
    EZ CD Audio Converter screenshot 1

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    EZ CD Audio Converter Features

    1.  Batch Editing
    2.  Lossless Audio
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Audio Analysis
    6.  DVD Burner
    7.  CD Burner
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  9. Sound Juicer icon
     21 likes

    Sound Juicer is a CD ripping tool using GTK+ and GStreamer.

    47 Sound Juicer alternatives
    Sound Juicer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Sound Juicer Features

    1.  CD Player
    2.  GNOME3 integration
    3.  Audio Extraction
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  10. Goobox icon
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    Goobox is a CD player for the GNOME desktop environment.

    42 Goobox alternatives
    The main window while playing a CD

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Goobox Features

    1.  CD Player
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  11. XRECODE icon
     16 likes

    XRECODE can convert multiple audio files in parallel by taking full advantage of multi-core CPU. Can also extract audio from video files.

    82 XRECODE alternatives
    Main Window

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    XRECODE Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Multiple languages
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  12. CDDA paranoia icon
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    Audio CD digital audio extraction application cdparanoia. Cdparanoia extracts audio from compact discs directly as data, with no analog step between, and writes the data to a file or pipe in WAV, AIFC, AIFC or raw 16 bit linear PCM.

    94 CDDA paranoia alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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