foobar2000 Alternatives for Windows

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

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  1. AIMP icon

    AIMP

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    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.

    342 AIMP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • PortableApps.com
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    Comments about AIMP as an Alternative to foobar2000
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    4

    Fast and continuous playing. Option to edit meta data.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Kart45
    Positive
    0

    Everything 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 Souza
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    -3

    It'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.

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    • Almost everyone thinks AIMP is a great foobar2000 alternative.

    • AIMP is the most popular Windows & Android alternative to foobar2000.

    • AIMP is the most popular free alternative to foobar2000.

    • AIMP is Free and Proprietaryfoobar2000 is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    Clementine

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    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...

    251 Clementine alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Top Negative Comment
    Daltro Auguso Campanher de Souza
    2

    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
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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.
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    • Most users think Clementine is a great foobar2000 alternative.

    • Clementine is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to foobar2000.

    • Clementine is the most popular Open Source alternative to foobar2000.

    • Clementine is Free and Open Sourcefoobar2000 is Free Personal and Proprietary
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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.

    180 DeaDBeeF alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Cinnamon
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
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    Comments about DeaDBeeF as an Alternative to foobar2000
    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 :)

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    • Most users think DeaDBeeF is a great foobar2000 alternative.

    • DeaDBeeF is Free and Open Sourcefoobar2000 is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    MusicBee

     588 likes
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    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.

    124 MusicBee alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    Daltro Auguso Campanher de Souza
    Positive
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    Amazing piece of software! I think it can do pratically anything Foobar can (even with extensions).

    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Can easily reorganize and rename large and messy music collections.

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    Guest
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    0

    I can manage 1000+ files with it

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    • Almost everyone thinks MusicBee is a great foobar2000 alternative.

    • MusicBee is Free Personal and Proprietaryfoobar2000 is also Free Personal and Proprietary
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    Winamp

     894 likes
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    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.

    259 Winamp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    Media Library
     
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    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Discontinued, yes, but set the standard in Windows audio playback. Incredibly feature rich and sounds excellent.

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

    Windows 98 + Winamp + MP3 + Limewire = The good old days of adopting a new music format.

    Still works in W10.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    -2

    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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Winamp is a great foobar2000 alternative.

    • Winamp is the most popular Web-based & iPhone alternative to foobar2000.

    • Winamp is Free and Proprietaryfoobar2000 is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    Audacious

     298 likes
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    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.

    133 Audacious alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
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    Comments about Audacious as an Alternative to foobar2000
    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.

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    Unk42 Roman M
    Positive
    1

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

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    • Most users think Audacious is a great foobar2000 alternative.

    • Audacious is Free and Open Sourcefoobar2000 is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    Strawberry

     249 likes
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    Strawberry 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.

    242 Strawberry alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Warning

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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    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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Strawberry is a great foobar2000 alternative.

    • Strawberry is Free and Open Sourcefoobar2000 is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    MediaMonkey

     489 likes
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    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.

    123 MediaMonkey alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
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    Quod Libet

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    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.

    164 Quod Libet alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Xfce
    The paned browser, providing a customizable hierarchy of filters for finding your music
     
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    Wora

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    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.

    45 Wora alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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    Dopamine

     60 likes
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    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.

    65 Dopamine alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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    Apple Music

     161 likes
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    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.

    134 Apple Music alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Apple Car Play
    • Xbox
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    Daltro Auguso Campanher de Souza
    0

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

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    • Apple Music is the most popular iPad alternative to foobar2000.

    • Apple Music is the most popular commercial alternative to foobar2000.

    • Apple Music is Paid and Proprietaryfoobar2000 is Free Personal and Proprietary
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