Open Source iTunes Alternatives for Linux

iTunes is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best open source Linux alternative is Clementine. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to iTunes and loads of them are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to iTunes are Audacious, Strawberry, Amarok and Rhythmbox.

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  1. Rune Player icon
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    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
    • SteamOS
     
  2. gPodder icon
     112 likes

    gPodder downloads and manages free audio and video content ("podcasts") for you. Listen directly on your computer or on your mobile devices.

    116 gPodder alternatives

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    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Xfce
     
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    gPodder vs iTunes Comments
    ccier7u87wl2pvvz7o
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    It's just a podcast player

    4tygrit
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    Best for getting podcasts via RSS.

    • gPodder is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
  3. Exaile icon
     109 likes

    Exaile is a cross-platform music manager and player for GTK+ written in Python and is easily extensible via plugins. It incorporates automatic fetching of album art, handling of large libraries, lyrics fetching, artist/album information via Wikipedia, streaming Internet radio...

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    • Xfce
     
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    Hasan Yildiz
    Positive
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    I haven't used it, but it looks like a good program.

    • Exaile is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
  4. Tomahawk icon
     111 likes

    Tomahawk gives you to access to all of your favorite music in one powerful media player. Seamlessly jump from playing a song off your local machine, to one streaming from your other machines, to a recommendation from Spotify, to a pre-release on SoundCloud to your favorite...

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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    • Android
     
  5. Nightingale icon
     45 likes

    Nightingale is a free and powerfull music player for Linux, Windows and Mac based on the Songbird media player source code. A beautiful interface with a wide range of supported audio formats, all with multi-platform support!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
  6. cmus is a small, fast and powerful console music player for Linux and *BSD.

    Input/Output Plugins Input: Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Musepack, WavPack, WMA, WAV, AAC, MP4, and everything supported by libmodplug Output: PulseAudio, ALSA, OSS, libao, aRts, Sun, and WaveOut (Wind.

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
     
  7. aTunes icon
     78 likes

    aTunes is a full-featured audio player and manager, developed in Java programming language, so it can be executed on different platforms: Windows, Linux and Unix-like systems.

    135 aTunes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Guayadeque icon
     43 likes

    Guayadeque is a music management program designed for all music enthusiasts. It is a full featured Linux media player that can easily manage large collections and uses the Gstreamer media framework. Using it, Guayadeque has all the format support that entails.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
     
  9. Museeks icon
     19 likes

    Minimalist cross-platform player offering clean UI, support for multiple formats, playback speed adjustment, cover art, playlists, queue management, shuffle, loop, dark theme, library auto-refresh, sleep mode blocker, and m3u import/export.

    135 Museeks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
  10. Madsonic icon
     21 likes

    Madsonic is a web-based media streamer and jukebox fork of Subsonic Based on Java technology, Madsonic runs on most platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, OSX, and Unix variants.

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kindle Fire
     
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