The Best foobar2000 AlternativesTop Audio Players & CD Rippers 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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  1. AIMP icon
     891 likes

    Feature-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.

    361 AIMP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    • PortableApps.com
     
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  2. Clementine icon
     760 likes

    Free cross-platform audio player and library organizer featuring support for local files, internet radio, smart and dynamic playlists, playlist import/export, projectM visualizations, lyrics, artist info, album art, tag editing, transcoding, device sync, and remote control.

    252 Clementine alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
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  3. DeaDBeeF icon
     200 likes

    Lightweight desktop music player designed for multiple platforms, supporting major audio codecs, gapless playback, playlist management, customizable global hotkeys, 18-band equalizer, streaming audio, plugin extensions, and command line controls.

    186 DeaDBeeF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Cinnamon
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
     
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  4. MusicBee icon
     596 likes

    Offers 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.

    129 MusicBee alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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  5. Winamp icon
     900 likes

    Media 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.

    271 Winamp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
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  6. Audacious icon
     304 likes

    Lightweight 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.

    137 Audacious alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
     
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  7. Strawberry icon
     248 likes

    Music player and collection organizer featuring support for diverse audio formats, bit-perfect playback, playlist management, tag editing, advanced output controls, streaming from Subsonic, Tidal, Qobuz, scrobbling, CD playback, and cover art retrieval.

    243 Strawberry alternatives

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    • Windows
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    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Mac
     
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  8. Rhythmbox icon
     436 likes

    Rhythmbox is an audio player for Linux that plays and organizes digital music. Inspired by Apple's iTunes, it is free software that is designed to work well under the .

    156 Rhythmbox alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • GNOME
     
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  9. MediaMonkey icon
     489 likes

    MediaMonkey is a music player and a music library manager with support for 50,000+ files and many features for organizing, tagging, converting and burning your music. It also has advanced podcasting and syncing features.

    126 MediaMonkey alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
     
  10. Amarok icon
     411 likes

    Cross-platform music player featuring customizable interface, dynamic playlists, powerful tagging and sorting, contextual views, drag-and-drop menus, robust file tracking, language localization, bookmarking, database importing, script support, and audio CD playback.

    171 Amarok alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
     
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  11. Dopamine icon
     67 likes

    Audio player for Windows, Linux, and Mac offering a visually appealing, easy-to-use interface, support for major audio formats, music library organization, tag editing, album art retrieval, playlist management, gapless playback, and advanced searching capabilities.

    71 Dopamine alternatives

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    • Mac
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  12. Quod Libet icon
     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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    • Mac
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    • Debian
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