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 Linux 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 iTunes and loads of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to iTunes are Spotify, Audacious, Strawberry and Amarok.

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  1. JuK icon
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    Juk is a music player and a music manager. JuK is, well, at its heart, a jukebox. As is typical with many jukebox applications, JuK allows you to edit the tags of your audio files, and manage your collection and playlists. JuK is part of the KDE Multimedia package.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE
     
  2. MOC icon
     30 likes

    MOC (music on console) is a console audio player for LINUX/UNIX designed to be powerful and easy to use.

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    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  3. YaRock icon
     5 likes

    Yarock is Qt4 Modern Music Player designed to provide an easy and pretty music collection browser based on cover art.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  4. gtkpod icon
     11 likes

    gtkpod is a platform independent Graphical User Interface for Apple's iPod using GTK2. It supports the first to fifth Generation including the iPod mini, iPod Photo, iPod Shuffle, iPod nano, and iPod Video.

    23 gtkpod alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Cuberok icon
     4 likes

    Cuberok is a music player and a collection manager based on Qt4. It has lightweight interface, music collection support and many features, e.g. music autorating and Last.FM scrobbler.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Nulloy icon
     10 likes

    A cross-platform music player with waveform display.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Melody icon
     1 like

    A music player for listening to local music files, online radios, and Audio CD's

    17 Melody alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • elementary OS
     
  8. Noon Pacific icon
     9 likes

    Weekly mixtape of the best songs handpicked from the best music blogs, delivered to your inbox every Monday at Noon (Pacific Time).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  9. Listen is an audio player written in Python. Thanks to it, you can easily organize your music collections.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Mirage is an implementation of the latest research in automatic playlist generation and music similarity. Mirage analyzes your music collection and computes acoustic similarity models for each song. After your music collection has been analyzed, Mirage is able to automatically...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Banshee
     
  11. GNOME Music icon
     17 likes

    Music is the new GNOME music playing application. It aims to combine an elegant and immersive browsing experience with simple and straightforward controls.

    132 GNOME Music alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
     
  12. Noise icon
     10 likes

    The official elementary OS music player.

    Noise is a fast and beautiful GTK3 audio player with a focus on music and libraries. It handles external devices, CDs, and album art. Noise utilizes Granite for a consistent and slick UI.

    In elementary.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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