Audacious Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Audacious for Linux if you 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 100 alternatives to Audacious and loads of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Audacious are Strawberry, Amarok, Rhythmbox and DeaDBeeF.

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  1. Clementine icon
     752 likes

    Clementine is a cross-platform free and open source music player and library organizer. It is a port of Amarok 1.4 to the Qt 4 framework and the GStreamer multimedia framework, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and...

    253 Clementine alternatives

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    • Clementine is the most popular Linux alternative to Audacious.

    • Clementine is the most popular Open Source alternative to Audacious.

    • Clementine is Free and Open SourceAudacious is also Free and Open Source
    • Clementine is Privacy focusedAudacious is not according to our users
  2. Strawberry icon
     249 likes

    Strawberry is a music player and music collection organizer. It is a fork of Clementine released in 2018 aimed at music collectors and audiophiles. The name is inspired by the band Strawbs. It's written in C++ using the Qt framework.

    244 Strawberry alternatives

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    • Windows
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  3. Amarok icon
     411 likes

    Amarok is a powerful music player with an intuitive interface. It makes playing the music you love and discovering new music easier than ever before — and it looks good doing it.

    168 Amarok alternatives

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    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
     
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    Comments about Amarok as an Alternative to Audacious
    alexanderlavrenko
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    It uses a lot of system resources

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    • Most users think Amarok is a great Audacious alternative.

    • Amarok is Free and Open SourceAudacious is also Free and Open Source
    • Amarok is Privacy focusedAudacious is not according to our users
  4. DeaDBeeF icon
     198 likes

    DeaDBeeF is a lightweight graphical music player created for easy playback of music and management of playlists. It supports major audio codecs and tags, global hotkeys, gapless playback, streaming audio, command line control, and has an 18-band equalizer.

    182 DeaDBeeF alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • KDE Plasma
    • Cinnamon
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
     
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    Comments about DeaDBeeF as an Alternative to Audacious
    alexanderlavrenko
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    It doesn't support audio media keys on Ubuntu

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    • Most users think DeaDBeeF is a great Audacious alternative.

    • DeaDBeeF is Free and Open SourceAudacious is also Free and Open Source
  5. Wora icon
     32 likes

    Wora is a beautiful player for audiophiles (pun intended). An open-source lossless music player app that lets you organize and play your favorite tracks seamlessly.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Euphonica icon
     17 likes

    Euphonica is an MPD client with integrated spectrum visualiser, metadata downloading & more.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  7. 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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    • Debian
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  8. 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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    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Snapcraft
     
  9. Rune Player icon
     10 likes

    Enhance your music experience with a player that combines classic design and advanced tech. Features dynamic playlists, community-driven development, and privacy-first approach, all tailored for seamless and visually appealing music exploration.

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    • Steam
    • SteamOS
     
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