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 Audacious, Strawberry, Amarok and Rhythmbox.

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  1. Clementine icon

    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...

    250 Clementine alternatives

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    • BSD
    • Haiku
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    Comments about Clementine as an Alternative to iTunes
    glengaldine
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    2

    Really good. Started to use it in my Linux years (mostly on Arch), and using it still on macOS. Interface is a bit chaotic, but it's much better then iTunes so far.

    Guest
    Positive
    2

    Amazing playback and sync capabilites. Especially great for streaming or handling big music libraries.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    phenn
    Positive
    1

    Easy to use. Doesn't nag constantly.

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    • Most users think Clementine is a great iTunes alternative.

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

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

    • Clementine is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • Clementine is Lightweight and Privacy focusediTunes is not according to our users
  2. Audacious icon

    Audacious

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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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
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    Strawberry

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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

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    • Warning

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Fork from Clementine which was excellent.

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

    • Strawberry is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • Strawberry is Lightweight, Customizable and Privacy focusediTunes is not according to our users
  5. Amarok icon

    Amarok

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    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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    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
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    Comments about Amarok as an Alternative to iTunes
    Hasan Yildiz
    Positive
    0

    Difficult to use. It's confusing.

    ewanneil
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    Not really up to the job. It made a total mess of my collection of around 40k tracks. I couldn't find anything. For example, it stuck lots of my single artist albums into "various" and missed out a whole host of second discs from double albums. To make matters worse it crashed or failed to respond more often than not. I think iTunes is pretty poor but this is considerably worse.

    Guest
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    No music store. Also not available for Mac. GPL, which is copyleft, and I really don't care for copyleft. I care more for open source, but I most care that it's free. I don't hate open-source though. Any other software licensed under MIT or BSD?

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think Amarok is a great iTunes alternative, some don't.

    • Amarok is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • Amarok is Privacy focusediTunes is not according to our users
  6. Rhythmbox icon

    Rhythmbox

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    Rhythmbox is an audio player for Linux that plays and organizes digital music. Inspired by Apple's iTunes, it is free software that is designed to work well under the .

    150 Rhythmbox alternatives

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    • Linux
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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • GNOME
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    Comments about Rhythmbox as an Alternative to iTunes
    Guest
    Positive
    2

    Similar concept and functionality.

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

    • Rhythmbox is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • Rhythmbox is LightweightiTunes is not according to our users
  7. Apple Music icon

    Apple Music

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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.

    135 Apple Music alternatives

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    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Apple Car Play
    • Xbox
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    Comments about Apple Music as an Alternative to iTunes
    Guest
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    0

    It is an audio player for a streaming service. Not a audio player collection manager for a personal digital library stored locally.

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    • This alternative is disputed. Apple Music is a legitimate iTunes alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

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

    • Apple Music is Paid and ProprietaryiTunes is Free 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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    • KDE Plasma
    • Cinnamon
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    • MATE
    • Xfce
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    Euphonica

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    Euphonica is an MPD client with integrated spectrum visualiser, metadata downloading & more.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  11. Quod Libet icon

    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.

    163 Quod Libet alternatives

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    The paned browser, providing a customizable hierarchy of filters for finding your music
     
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    Guest
    Positive
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    The hi hat and cymbals on Mr Mister's "we belong to no one" are clearer than foobar the bass is deep but not annoying the entire playback of this song is extremely clear.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Quod Libet is a great iTunes alternative.

    • Quod Libet is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • Quod Libet is CustomizableiTunes is not according to our users
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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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  13. Elisa icon

    Elisa

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    Elisa is a music player developed by the KDE community that strives to be simple and nice to use. We also recognize that we need a flexible product to account for the different workflows and use-cases of our users.

    70 Elisa alternatives

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    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Snapcraft
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    Comments about Elisa as an Alternative to iTunes
    Guest
    Negative
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    It is an audio player but doesn't really manage the library. Track/album/artist information seems to be non existent and doesn't seem to support and scraping features to make sure meta data and album art are accurate.

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    • Elisa is Free and Open SourceiTunes is Free and Proprietary
    • Elisa is Lightweight and Privacy focusediTunes is not according to our users
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