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Fooyin

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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.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Linux
  • Flathub
  • Flatpak
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4.8 / 5 Avg rating (4)
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2comments
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1news article

Features

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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Ad-free
  2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  3.  Dark Mode
  4.  No Tracking
  5.  Works Offline
  6.  No registration required
  7.  Support for Lyrics
  8.  ListenBrainz scrobbling
  9.  Waveform
  10. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
  11.  Audio playback

 Tags

  • ffmpeg
  • replaygain-support
  • pipewire
  • alsa

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    POX added Fooyin as alternative to monoPlayer
    •21 days ago
  • zilinux rated Fooyin  
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  • zilinux liked Fooyin
    •about 1 month ago
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    POX added Fooyin as alternative to Rune Player
    •4 months ago
  • ddnn liked Fooyin
    •5 months ago
  • Gravitate4238 reviewed Fooyin  
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    •5 months ago

    Probably as close to Foobar2000 as you can come

  • xnsxsnx reviewed Fooyin  
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    •5 months ago

    I searched for music player for Linux and this one is almost the most loving one I have found. hoping it add lyrics function as soon as possible.

  • xnsxsnx liked Fooyin
    •5 months ago
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    POX added Fooyin as alternative to Nintendo Music
    •5 months ago
  • twowunetwork liked Fooyin
    •6 months ago
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Fooyin information

  • Developed by

    Luke Taylor

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.8

  • Alternatives

    53 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

Audio & Music, Video & Movies

GitHub repository

  •  789 Stars
  •  28 Forks
  •  147 Open Issues
  •   Updated Feb 16, 2025 
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Fooyin, and it has gotten 6 likes

Fooyin was added to AlternativeTo by Paul on May 15, 2024 and this page was last updated Sep 21, 2024.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Gravitate4238
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•Oct 25, 2024
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Probably as close to Foobar2000 as you can come

xnsxsnx
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•Nov 10, 2024
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I searched for music player for Linux and this one is almost the most loving one I have found. hoping it add lyrics function as soon as possible.

What is Fooyin?

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.

Audio playback is supported by FFmpeg alongside multiple options for output including ALSA and PipeWire, with more to come.

A layout editing mode enables the entire user interface to be customized, starting from a blank slate or a preset layout.

Features

  • Playback of: FLAC, MP3, MP4, Vorbis, Opus, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Monkey's Audio
  • Gapless playback
  • Audio output and device configuration
  • CUE sheet support (including embedded)
  • Fully customisable layout, starting from a blank window
  • Customisable keyboard shortcuts
  • Filter library on any field(s)
  • Create and manage playlists
  • Extensible using a plugin system
  • Tag editor
  • Directory browser, with support for direct playback
  • Waveform seekbar
  • MPRIS support

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