foobar2000 Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to foobar2000 for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Clementine, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to foobar2000 and loads of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to foobar2000 are DeaDBeeF, Audacious, Amarok and Wora.

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  1. Clementine icon

    Clementine

     757 likes

    Clementine 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...

    245 Clementine alternatives

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    Clementine vs foobar2000 Comments
    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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 5 comments
    • Clementine is Free and Open Sourcefoobar2000 is Free Personal and Proprietary
  2. DeaDBeeF icon

    DeaDBeeF

     199 likes

    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.

    181 DeaDBeeF alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • KDE Plasma
    • Cinnamon
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    • MATE
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    DeaDBeeF vs foobar2000 Comments
    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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    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

     301 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.

    135 Audacious alternatives

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    • Free
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    Audacious vs foobar2000 Comments
    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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    RA
    Positive
    0

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    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. Amarok icon

    Amarok

     411 likes

    Amarok is a powerful music player with an intuitive interface. It makes playing the music you love and discovering new music easier than ever before — and it looks good doing it.

    166 Amarok alternatives

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    I have not seen a better yet still good-looking software than Amarok.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
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    Meant for power users. Has global shortcuts, replay gain and a ton of features.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Amarok is Free and Open Sourcefoobar2000 is Free Personal and Proprietary
  6. Wora icon

    Wora

     33 likes

    Wora is a beautiful player for audiophiles (pun intended). An open-source lossless music player app that lets you organize and play your favorite tracks seamlessly.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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  7. Dopamine icon

    Dopamine

     64 likes

    Dopamine is an audio player which tries to make organizing and listening to music as simple and pretty as possible. It can play wav, mp3, ogg vorbis, flac, wma and m4a/aac.

    67 Dopamine alternatives

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  9. 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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    The paned browser, providing a customizable hierarchy of filters for finding your music
     
  10. Apple Music icon

    Apple Music

     164 likes

    Stream over 90 million songs with personalized recommendations and a 24/7 global radio. Enjoy offline listening, exclusive content, and seamless Apple device integration. Connect with artists for updates and interaction. Access all features in over 100 countries.

    138 Apple Music alternatives

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    Daltro Auguso Campanher de Souza
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    Apple Music is a streaming service; foobar2000 is just "agnostic" music player that CAN play streaming, if configured to.

    • Apple Music is Paid and Proprietaryfoobar2000 is Free Personal and Proprietary
  12. Crates icon

    Crates

     22 likes

    Crates is a user-focused, next generation music app, that merges all user’s music collections into one, enables them to own their data, listen from any source and discover new music recommended by the community.

    52 Crates alternatives

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  13. Rune Player icon

    Rune Player

     10 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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  14. Moosync icon

    Moosync

     21 likes

    Supports local audio and streaming from platforms like YouTube and Spotify, lets users mix providers in a playlist, offers real-time lyrics, customizable interface, theme options including dark mode, scrobbling, ad-free playback, music recommendations, and multi-platform support.

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    • Flathub
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