Audacious Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Audacious for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Spotify, which is free. 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 Clementine, Strawberry, Amarok and Rhythmbox.

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  1. Spotify icon

    Spotify

     2808 likes

    Enjoy unlimited music and podcast streaming. Explore tracks by artist, genre, or playlist, and experience seamless transitions across all devices. Upgrade to Premium for offline access and no ad interruptions.

    263 Spotify alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Snapcraft
    • Android Auto
    • Flathub
    • Android Wear
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
    • Kindle Fire
    • Playstation
    • Fire TV
    • Apple Car Play
    • Xbox
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Apple TV
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  2. Clementine icon

    Clementine

     757 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...

    247 Clementine alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    Clementine with lyrics pane
     
  4. Strawberry icon

    Strawberry

     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.

    238 Strawberry alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    Strawberry screenshot 1
     
  5. Amarok icon

    Amarok

     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.

    169 Amarok alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
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    Amarok vs Audacious Comments
    alexanderlavrenko
    Negative
    0

    It uses a lot of system resources

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

    DeaDBeeF

     199 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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Cinnamon
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
    DeaDBeeF screenshot 1
     
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    DeaDBeeF vs Audacious Comments
    alexanderlavrenko
    Negative
    0

    It doesn't support audio media keys on Ubuntu

    • DeaDBeeF is Free and Open SourceAudacious is also Free and Open Source
  9. Wora icon

    Wora

     33 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Wora screenshot 1
     
  10. Euphonica icon

    Euphonica

     17 likes

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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Euphonica screenshot 1
     
  11. Quod Libet icon

    Quod Libet

     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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Xfce
    The paned browser, providing a customizable hierarchy of filters for finding your music
     
  12. Elisa icon

    Elisa

     35 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.

    74 Elisa alternatives

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Snapcraft
    Elisa Albums View
     
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