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DeaDBeeF

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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.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • BSD
  • KDE
  • Cinnamon
  • GNOME
  • MATE
  • Xfce
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  2.  Fully customizable interface
  3.  Playlists management
  4.  Support for Hotkeys
  5.  Replay Gain
  6.  Ad-free
  7.  Works Offline
  8.  Lossless Audio
  9.  Command line interface
  10.  Portable
  11.  Audio Conversion
  12. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
  13.  Mods

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    BitMavrick1 added DeaDBeeF as alternative to Groovy - Music Player
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    Customisation is the GOAT. Better than foobar2000. Works great on Linux Mint 22.

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    •3 months ago
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DeaDBeeF information

  • Developed by

    Alexey Yakovenko

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.2 (16 ratings)

  • Alternatives

    172 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Belarusian
    • Bengali
    • Bulgarian
    • Catalan; Valencian
    • Czech
    • Chinese
    • Danish
    • German
    • Greek
    • Hungarian
    • Esperanto
    • Spanish
    • Estonian
    • Persian
    • Finnish
    • French
    • Galician
    • Hebrew
    • Croatian
    • Indonesian
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Kazakh
    • Korean
    • Khmer
    • Luganda
    • Lithuanian
    • Dutch
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Romanian
    • Sinhala, Sinhalese
    • Slovak
    • Slovene
    • Serbian
    • Swedish
    • Telugu
    • Turkish
    • Uighur, Uyghur
    • Ukrainian
    • Vietnamese

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  •  1,714 Stars
  •  180 Forks
  •  366 Open Issues
  •   Updated Mar 13, 2025 
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Our users have written 16 comments and reviews about DeaDBeeF, and it has gotten 194 likes

DeaDBeeF was added to AlternativeTo by Ramsey on Jun 8, 2010 and this page was last updated May 15, 2023.

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Comment summary: DeaDBeeF is praised as a great alternative to foobar2000 for Linux users, offering good sound processing and playlist management. It supports a wide range of audio formats and provides numerous plugins for customization. Users appreciate its low RAM footprint and customizable interface. Some criticisms include issues with global hotkey control and a lack of an auto-updating library. There are also concerns about its political stance and developer attitude.
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Top positive comment •May 3, 2020

DeaDBeeF version 1.8.3

The best, player which works on any platform. Here's what makes it great:

  • Narrow vertical interface. This makes it stand out among the oh-so-many players these days. If you want something that looks like good old Winamp, or need an AIMP alternative for Linux, this is the answer!
  • Fully customizable interface. The design mode takes a little while to learn, but you get to arrange all the elements exactly the way you want. For example, I made the track progress bar the full width of the window, because I want as fine control in that as possible. You can also change the colors, icons and font sizes of most everything in the interface. Long story short, make your own player!
  • Very small RAM and CPU footprint.
  • Free in all senses!

You deserve a player like this!

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Top negative comment •Oct 17, 2023
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okish but global hotkey control even support of media keys is TOTAL RUBBISH + arrogant developer

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Positive comment •Feb 14, 2025

Customisation is the GOAT. Better than foobar2000. Works great on Linux Mint 22.

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Positive comment •Feb 19, 2024

very nice alternative to foobar2000

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Negative comment •Jan 23, 2023

All my relationships with this software ended after they violated political neutrality. Software devs, even open-source must not mess their hands within such a dirt.

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Corey Falken

What do you mean?

Reply written Dec 22, 2023

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vasylez

The developers are from Ukraine and, of course, they will support Ukraine and talk about the crimes committed by muscovy (the so-called "russia"). What kind of "political neutrality" are you talking about when missiles launched by muscovy fall on your head?

Reply written Feb 19, 2024

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Techxodus

So basically you're a subhuman russian getting offended by Ukrainians not liking their country getting bombed. Maybe you can drink some cheap vodka to dull the pain.

Reply written Nov 13, 2024

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kusarebaita

Taking sides over a fully orchestrated geopolitical event is a complete waste of time and energy. Why not thank the developer for the program itself, then pack your bags and leave? You can't force anyone to change their opinions.

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Comment •May 27, 2022

it supports major audio codecs and tags, it simple to operate with multiple EQ's

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Positive comment •Aug 27, 2020

Nifty little audio player which has now been my default player for years.

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What is DeaDBeeF?

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. For the full list of features, please check the official website.

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