The Best foobar2000 AlternativesTop Audio & Media Players like foobar2000
foobar2000 is described as 'Advanced audio player supporting MP3, FLAC, and more. Features gapless playback, customizable UI, audio CD ripping, ReplayGain, and plugin support' and is a leading Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 100 alternatives to foobar2000 for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best foobar2000 alternative is AIMP, which is free. Other great apps like foobar2000 are Clementine, DeaDBeeF, MusicBee and Winamp.
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327 AIMP alternativesFeature-rich audio player for Windows and Android supporting diverse codecs and interfaces. Includes conversion tools, skins, plugins, and custom equalizer for enhanced audio streaming and podcast playback.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
Russia
Platforms
- Windows
- Android
- PortableApps.com
AIMP VS foobar2000
Comments about AIMP as an Alternative to foobar2000
Top Positive CommentMost Recent CommentKart45Everything that in foobar2000 needs to be done for hours to make, you can done in AIMP in a matter of seconds. I tried many different players, been using foobar2000 for a long time, but in the end I still switched back to AIMP. The most convenient and functional without unnecessary movements.
Daltro Auguso Campanher de SouzaIt's not as customizable as foobar. The latter can be hackeable to the point where you write a script that changes completely any single point of its UI.
240 Clementine alternativesClementine 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...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Clementine VS foobar2000
Comments about Clementine as an Alternative to foobar2000
Top Positive CommentIt's free, it has a lot of features, but it is not as good as foobar2000. bug: memory leak.
Top Negative CommentDaltro Auguso Campanher de SouzaIt's not well maintained, so... Expect encoders and decoders to be a lot obsolete, specially if you use Windows and the common static libraries! Also, you can expect a lot of online service libraries to not work very well. See Strawberry instead.
Most Recent CommentClementine is just a basic audio player, whereas foobar2000 is a very advanced player.
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
- Russia
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE
- Cinnamon
- GNOME
- MATE
- Xfce
DeaDBeeF VS foobar2000
Comments about DeaDBeeF as an Alternative to foobar2000
Top Positive CommentLike Foobar2000, you can customize the interface as well as you want, it supports easily flac files and metadata edition. DeadBeef is the alternative and open source furthermore.
Most Recent Comment23C5DAVery similar to foobar2000 but lacks a lot of refinements and details. Some hotkeys binding simply doesn't work. Cannot import/export theme and settings.
BarrettVery customizable, with a default GTK interface! Looks and runs great! Exactly what I wanted from a music player :)
117 MusicBee alternativesOffers library and playlist management, auto folder monitoring, podcast downloads, web radio, advanced tagging, custom ID3 tags, CD ripping with validation, syncing to iPods, iPhones, MTP, USB, converts and normalizes audio, fetches album art and tags from web.
License model
- Free Personal • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
- Windows
MusicBee VS foobar2000
Comments about MusicBee as an Alternative to foobar2000
Most Recent CommentDaltro Auguso Campanher de SouzaAmazing piece of software! I think it can do pratically anything Foobar can (even with extensions).
Can easily reorganize and rename large and messy music collections.
I can manage 1000+ files with it
240 Winamp alternativesMedia player for Windows offering ease of use, skinnable design, advanced audio visualizers, and support for plug-ins, playlists, music library, and various audio formats. Known for extensibility, music visualization, and online community support.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
Belgium
EU
Platforms
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
Winamp VS foobar2000
Comments about Winamp as an Alternative to foobar2000
Most Recent CommentDiscontinued, yes, but set the standard in Windows audio playback. Incredibly feature rich and sounds excellent.
Windows 98 + Winamp + MP3 + Limewire = The good old days of adopting a new music format.
Still works in W10.
Winamp is around but an old version no longer updated at Winamp.com and using the old version site you can get earlier versions. Foobar2000 is the main replacement.
126 Audacious alternativesLightweight open-source audio player for Unix-like platforms focused on high sound quality, extensive codec support, playlist handling, Internet radio, plugins, Winamp-style skins, cue sheets, metadata display, effects, equalizer, and efficient resource usage.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
- International
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- Xfce
Audacious VS foobar2000
Comments about Audacious as an Alternative to foobar2000
Top Positive CommentIf you are looking for a Linux program to do the same thing foobar2000 does, this is probably your best bet. Has a gui very reminiscent of fb2k, a similar plugin system bundled with it, and support for almost all video game music formats out of the box.
Most Recent CommentRAIt's open source, runs on Linux and Windows, has an intuitive UI and just works without any unexpected shortcomings.
Unk42 Roman MVery similar to foobar2000 minimalistic interface. There is also support for Winamp skins + its a open source software.
234 Strawberry alternativesStrawberry 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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
Norway
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
WarningIt is still open source but now the Windows and macOS builds are tied to having a Patreon subscription.
Strawberry VS foobar2000
Comments about Strawberry as an Alternative to foobar2000
Strawberry has many features that are similar to the ones I use most in foobar2000. I particularly like the queuing system as it allows me to maintain my playlists in the order I want while easily being able to cherry pick what I want to listen to right now. This is the best music player I have found that is available for Linux and it gets me closest to the experience I loved about using foobar2000 in Windows.
Fast and continuous playing. Option to edit meta data.