Open Source foobar2000 Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to foobar2000 for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Windows alternative is Clementine. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to foobar2000 and loads of them are open source and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Windows alternatives to foobar2000 are DeaDBeeF, Audacious, Strawberry and Dopamine.

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  1. Clementine icon

    Clementine

     763 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.

    267 Clementine alternatives

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    • BSD
    • Haiku
    Clementine with lyrics pane
     
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    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    10

    It's free, it has a lot of features, but it is not as good as foobar2000. bug: memory leak.

    Top Negative Comment
    Daltro Auguso Campanher de Souza
    3

    It'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.

    Guest
    Negative
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    Clementine is just a basic audio player, whereas foobar2000 is a very advanced player.

    3 of 5 comments
    • Clementine is Free and Open Sourcefoobar2000 is Free Personal and Proprietary
  2. DeaDBeeF icon

    DeaDBeeF

     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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Cinnamon
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
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    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    3

    Like 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.

    23C5DA
    1

    Very similar to foobar2000 but lacks a lot of refinements and details. Some hotkeys binding simply doesn't work. Cannot import/export theme and settings.

    Barrett
    Positive
    0

    Very customizable, with a default GTK interface! Looks and runs great! Exactly what I wanted from a music player :)

    3 of 6 comments
    • DeaDBeeF is Free and Open Sourcefoobar2000 is Free Personal and Proprietary
  4. Audacious icon

    Audacious

     306 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.

    150 Audacious alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
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    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    4

    If 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.

    RA
    Positive
    0

    It's open source, runs on Linux and Windows, has an intuitive UI and just works without any unexpected shortcomings.

    Unk42 Roman M
    Positive
    1

    Very similar to foobar2000 minimalistic interface. There is also support for Winamp skins + its a open source software.

    3 of 5 comments
    • Audacious is Free and Open Sourcefoobar2000 is Free Personal and Proprietary
  5. Strawberry icon

    Strawberry

     250 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.

    254 Strawberry alternatives

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    • Haiku
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    Strawberry vs foobar2000 Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    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.

    • Strawberry is Freemium and Open Sourcefoobar2000 is Free Personal and Proprietary
  7. Dopamine icon

    Dopamine

     68 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.

    79 Dopamine alternatives

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  8. Quod Libet icon

    Quod Libet

     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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    • Xfce
    The paned browser, providing a customizable hierarchy of filters for finding your music
     
  9. Wora icon

    Wora

     34 likes

    Open-source lossless music player with playlist creation, support for FLAC, WAV, Dolby, and common formats, attractive interface, quick command controls, synced and unsynced lyrics, minimal resource use, and cross-platform compatibility for music library management.

    63 Wora alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Wora screenshot 1
     
  10. Harmonoid icon

    Harmonoid

     35 likes

    Material-based cross-platform player managing music libraries, playlists, and radio streams with synced and custom lyrics, tag editor, pitch, speed, and volume controls, Discord and Last.fm integration, light-dark themes, and low RAM usage for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android.

    66 Harmonoid alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Android
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  11. Elisa icon

    Elisa

     37 likes

    Elisa is a music player developed by the KDE community that strives to be simple and nice to use. We also recognize that we need a flexible product to account for the different workflows and use-cases of our users.

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    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Snapcraft
    Elisa Albums View
     
  12. Tauon Music Box icon

    Tauon Music Box

     28 likes

    A music player for the desktop. Designed to be powerful and streamlined, putting the user in control of their music collection.

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    • Flatpak
    • Flathub
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  13. Rune Player icon

    Rune Player

     11 likes

    Enhance your music experience with a player that combines classic design and advanced tech. Features dynamic playlists, community-driven development, and privacy-first approach, all tailored for seamless and visually appealing music exploration.

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    • Steam
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  14. Fooyin icon

    Fooyin

     13 likes

    Fooyin is a music player built around customization. It offers a growing list of widgets to manage and play your local music collection. It's extendable through the use of plugins, and many widgets make use of FooScript to offer an even deeper level of control.

    70 Fooyin alternatives

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    • Linux
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    • Flathub
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    • Flatpak
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    Fooyin vs foobar2000 Comments
    hej
    Positive
    0

    This is the most feature compatible foobar2k alternative. It works almost precisely like foobar2k. The developer is responsive on github and when I asked him to add a rating system like foobar2k did he implemented the entire thing in a better way than foobar2k had.

    • Fooyin is Free and Open Sourcefoobar2000 is Free Personal and Proprietary
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