MediaMonkey Alternatives for Linux

MediaMonkey 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 MediaMonkey and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to MediaMonkey are Strawberry, Quod Libet, Harmonoid and Kid3.

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MediaMonkey alternatives are mainly Audio Players, but if you're looking for Media Players or Internet Radio Services you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac + Open Source. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to MediaMonkey.
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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.

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MediaMonkey alternatives page was last updated Mar 28, 2025
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  1. Clementine icon
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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...

    239 Clementine alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Smart playlists
    2.  Podcast Player
    3.  Dynamic/Intelligent Playlists
    4. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    5.  Playlists management
    6.  Audio Visualization
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Lossless Audio
    10.  File Tagging
    11.  No registration required
    12.  Moodbar

    Clementine VS MediaMonkey

     
    Comments about Clementine as an Alternative to MediaMonkey
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    Apr 28, 2017
    0

    Is the most complete audio player you can get on linux (at least at the moment), all other audio players aren't as complete as this one is or are based on it and are not as complete as clementine.

    Top Negative Comment
    michaelolsen
    Mar 28, 2025
    1

    While it is an excellent audio player, it is NOT a file/content manager. Also it is NOT video capable. Therefore it only provides less than 1/4 the functionality of MediaMonkey. The most powerful and meaningful functions of MediaMonkey are its content management capabilities.

    Most Recent Comment
    Guest
    Negative Jul 11, 2018
    -1

    On my Mac (late 2013) Clementine does not easily rip CDs from an external drive. It loses Album Artist information. It does not read .aiff files. I don't know what else it can't do, because those functions are so basic I refuse to dig deeper.

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    • Some users think Clementine is a great MediaMonkey alternative, some don't.

    • Clementine is the most popular Linux alternative to MediaMonkey.

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

    • Clementine is Free and Open SourceMediaMonkey is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Clementine is Lightweight and Privacy focusedMediaMonkey is not according to our users
  2. Strawberry icon
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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.

    233 Strawberry alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • NO flagNorway

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    Warning

    It is still open source but now the Windows and macOS builds are tied to having a Patreon subscription.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Music Library
    2.  Music collection
    3.  Automatic Lyrics Finder
    4.  Auto fetch album covers
    5.  Playlists management
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Lossless Audio
    8. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    9.  Cross-Platform
    10.  Gapless Playback
    11.  Automatic album art download
    12.  ListenBrainz scrobbling

    Strawberry VS MediaMonkey

     
    Comments about Strawberry as an Alternative to MediaMonkey
    Most Recent Comment
    michaelolsen
    Negative Mar 28, 2025
    0

    It suffers from the same lack of content management as Clementine and Amarok. It is purely and audio player. MediaMonkey is a library database manager that happens to also play audio and video files. Strawberry has no database management (i.e., file organizational control).

    Guest
    Positive May 3, 2020
    0

    It's better than Clementine :-)

    Guest
    Positive Sep 9, 2019
    0

    It continues where Clementine stopped. A developed version of "old" Clementine. If you need a music library software, this is probably the closest to MediaMonkey. Simpler, with less functions but adequate.

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    • Most users think Strawberry is a great MediaMonkey alternative.

    • Strawberry is Free and Open SourceMediaMonkey is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Strawberry is Lightweight and CustomizableMediaMonkey is not according to our users
  3. Quod Libet icon
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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Xfce

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Library Management
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Tagging
    4.  Music Library
    5.  Media library
    6.  Built-in Tag editor
    7.  Waveform Seekbar
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Sorting
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  User Rating
    12.  Portable

    Quod Libet VS MediaMonkey

     
    Comments about Quod Libet as an Alternative to MediaMonkey
    kittenzzz
    Positive Mar 23, 2024
    0

    I have been using Quod Libet for mass-editing tags on my music and it's been great for that.

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    • Quod Libet is Free and Open SourceMediaMonkey is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Quod Libet is CustomizableMediaMonkey is not according to our users
  4. Harmonoid icon
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    🎵 Plays & manages your music library. Looks beautiful & juicy. Playlists, visuals, synced lyrics, pitch shift, volume boost & more.

    51 Harmonoid alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Music Library
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for Lyrics
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Lossless Audio
    8. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler

    Harmonoid VS MediaMonkey

     
    Comments about Harmonoid as an Alternative to MediaMonkey
    michaelolsen
    Positive Mar 28, 2025
    1

    Finally a true library manager! Others simply parrot what you have but do not actually manage content Harmonoid does. It also has a quality integrated player. So it actually parallels MediaMonkey for audio files (I have not tried it on video yet). This is the first true alternative I have seen,

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    • Harmonoid is Free and Open SourceMediaMonkey is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Harmonoid is Lightweight and Privacy focusedMediaMonkey is not according to our users
  5. Kid3 icon
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    If you want to easily tag multiple MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, FLAC, MPC, MP4/AAC, MP2, Speex, TrueAudio, WavPack, WMA, WAV and AIFF files (e.g. full albums) without typing the same information again and again and have control over both ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags, then Kid3 is the program you...

    60 Kid3 alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Mp3 Tag Editor
    2.  Batch Editing
    3.  Batch Rename Files
    4.  Search and Replace
    5.  Support for regular expressions
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Portable
    10.  No registration required

    Kid3 VS MediaMonkey

     
    Comments about Kid3 as an Alternative to MediaMonkey
    Guest
    Negative Nov 22, 2023
    1

    MediaMonkey is a media (Audio & Video) player/organizer, Kid3-QT is an Audio TAGGER (not player and limited organizing ability). Great at what it does, but is not an alternative to MediaMonkey

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    • Kid3 is Free and Open SourceMediaMonkey is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Kid3 is LightweightMediaMonkey is not according to our users
  6. beets icon
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    Beets is the media library management system for obsessive-compulsive music geeks. The purpose of beets is to get your music collection right once and for all. It catalogs your collection, automatically improving its metadata as it goes using the MusicBrainz database.

    37 beets alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    beets Features

    1.  Music Library
    2.  Music collection
    3.  Automatic Import
    4.  Artwork

    beets VS MediaMonkey

     
    Comments about beets as an Alternative to MediaMonkey
    michaelolsen
    Positive Mar 28, 2025
    0

    Beets provides all the audio media management capabilities of MediaMonkey, but lacks an integrated player.

    One 'drawback' for some is its design to be used from the command line. This can be overcome by opening it from your web browser which then provides an effective graphical interface.

    Unlike MediaMonkey, there is no easy 'built-in' method of transferring files to other devices (e.g., your phone or tablet).

    On a 10 point scale I would say this is a 6.5 as an alternative.

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    • beets is Free and Open SourceMediaMonkey is Freemium and Proprietary
  7. Nightingale icon
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    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!

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update was on January 12, 2014 for version 1.12.1 - https://blog.getnightingale.com/2014/01/12/announcing-nightingale-1-12-1/

    Nightingale Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Playlists management
    3.  Skins
    4.  Media library
    5. iTunes icon  Import from iTunes
    6.  Gapless Playback
    7.  Skinnable
    8.  Integrated Web Browser

    Nightingale VS MediaMonkey

     
  8. Roon icon
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    Roon identifies your music files and streams, and then overlays a ton of rich metadata to add context to what you're listening to. That information drives Roon's unique experience of browsing, discovering, and organizing music.

    228 Roon alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Synology C2

    Roon Features

    1.  AirPlay Support
    2.  Artwork
    3.  Radio Player
    4.  Music Library

    Roon VS MediaMonkey

     
    • Roon is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to MediaMonkey.

    • Roon is Paid and ProprietaryMediaMonkey is Freemium and Proprietary
  9. Fooyin icon
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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.

    52 Fooyin alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    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

    Fooyin VS MediaMonkey

     
  10. gmusicbrowser icon
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    An open-source jukebox for large collections of mp3/ Vorbis / FLAC / mpc/ape files, written in perl. Its made with big (> 10,000 songs) libraries in mind.

    91 gmusicbrowser alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline

    gmusicbrowser VS MediaMonkey

     
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