Cantata Alternatives

Cantata has been discontinued. Similar apps include foobar2000, which is free for personal use. Other options are AIMP, Clementine, MusicBee and Winamp. Audio Players like Cantata are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Windows, Android, Mac and iPhone.

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Cantata alternatives page was last updated Aug 23, 2026

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Movie Monad
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A free and simple to use video player made with Haskell.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Linux
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Rosa Media Player
1 like
Media player based on Mplayer/FFmpeg technologies. It has a simple interface and many powerful functions:

Possibility to get an audio track from video clip

Possibility to get a screencast

Possibility to trim video

Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Linux
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Gnome media player
4 likes
A simple media player for GNOME that supports libvlc, xine-lib and libgstreamer.
211 Gnome media player alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Media Player
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Linux
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OMXPlayer
2 likes
Video player for Raspberry-pi, instead of using Raspberry-pi cpu power to play 1080p videos (which Raspberry-pi cannot play smoothly) feeds the video to your TV.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Origin
United Kingdom
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Linux
Raspberry Pi
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Saisei
1 like
Lightweight and fast audio file player with waveform and keyboard navigation, multichannel support, and no data collection. Supports all major formats.
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Origin
Japan
Platforms
Mac
Japan
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Phonograph Music Player
2 likes
Probably the best looking music player out there.
Cost / License
Freemium
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Audio Player
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Android
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Aideo Music Player
1 like
A modern, open-source audiophile music player for Windows featuring bit-perfect WASAPI, 4,000+ AutoEQ profiles, real-time karaoke lyrics, and studio DSP.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Audio Player
Internet Radio
Origin
International
Platforms
Windows
Global
+4
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MusicCovered
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MusicCovered is a macOS app designed for people who truly love their local music library.
51 MusicCovered alternatives
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Application type
Audio Player
Origin
Italy
EU
Platforms
Mac
iPhone
iPad
Apple Watch
Italy
EU
+4
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Musicer
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A mini and convenient local music player, lightweight and practical, specially designed for playing local audio, supports a variety of common audio formats, enjoy your music anytime, anywhere!.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Audio Player
Origin
China
Platforms
Mac
China
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Redemption
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A lightweight music player for KDE/Linux built around your filesystem. Click any song and Redemption plays it, then continues recursively through everything that follows — no playlists to manage, no library to import, just your music and your folders.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Audio Player
Origin
India
Platforms
Linux
India
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Kysela
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Kysela is a low-level Linux audio player made for customizability. You can arrange graphical buttons with custom dimensions, textures, and more to create a look/feel specific to your needs. Within the program you can play files as audio, search for loaded files by sub string...
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Audio Player
Platforms
Linux
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AurisPlayer
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Auris is a professional Hi-Res music player with integrated audio analysis. Features DR/LUFS metering, clipping detection, parametric EQ with AutoEQ support, WASAPI exclusive mode, and support for FLAC. Modern UI designed for audiophiles.
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Application type
Audio Player
Platforms
Windows
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