Banshee Alternatives

Banshee has been discontinued. Similar apps include VLC Media Player, which is free and open source. Other options are MPC-HC, foobar2000, AIMP and Clementine. Audio Players like Banshee are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone.

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  1. MPlayer OSX Extended is the future of MPlayer OSX. Leveraging the power of the MPlayer and FFmpeg open source projects, MPlayer OSX Extended aims to deliver a powerful, functional and no frills video player for OSX.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • MPlayer
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  2. JeniuS icon
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    JeniuS is an universal file organizer and is the main element in the JeniuS programs suite. It lets you organize your files and find them immediately when you need them.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. Play and enjoy your favorite live streams and local media on your mobile device. It will turn your smartphone into a fully functional player for your audio and video content in minutes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  4. Noise icon
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    The official elementary OS music player.

    Noise is a fast and beautiful GTK3 audio player with a focus on music and libraries. It handles external devices, CDs, and album art. Noise utilizes Granite for a consistent and slick UI.

    In elementary.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2014

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. Song Director icon
     2 likes

    Song Director is a program that plays and keeps track of all your music files. Easier to use and understand than iTunes or Windows Media Player. It unleashes the full power of a modern database system in an extremely simple, easy to use manner.

    108 Song Director alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. jmc icon
     1 like

    jmc is an elegant and bloat-free media player and management app for macOS. It is modeled after early versions of iTunes, featuring a persistent album art view and a functional user interface. The entire interface is geared toward intuitiveness, efficiency, and performance...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. A simple media player for GNOME that supports libvlc, xine-lib and libgstreamer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. Aqualung icon
     10 likes

    Aqualung is an audio player that aims to be versatile: it is capable of producing completely gapless output, has several skins, supports Audio CDs, Internet radio streams, Podcasts, most file formats, and has an intuitive interface.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  9. A simple and beautiful music player with pretty and stylish user interface, no more stretched images, and user-friendly functions!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Blackberry
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  10. gtkpod icon
     11 likes

    gtkpod is a platform independent Graphical User Interface for Apple's iPod using GTK2. It supports the first to fifth Generation including the iPod mini, iPod Photo, iPod Shuffle, iPod nano, and iPod Video.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11. RhythmCat icon
     3 likes

    RhythmCat is a music player which can be running under Linux. It can be used as a normal music player, and it can also show lyrics in a single window, or even on the desktop. It can help you mix your voice into the original music.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Linux
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