mpg123 Alternatives

mpg123 is described as 'Free software cross-platform command-line MPEG audio player whose library, libmpg123, is noted for its speed at decompressing MPEG audio files. As the name suggests, it supports MPEG-1 and -2, layers 1, 2, and 3. Its most common use is to play MP3 files' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to mpg123 for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Mac, Windows and Xfce apps. The best mpg123 alternative is Quod Libet, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like mpg123 are kew, Qmmp, Winyl and C* Music Player.

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mpg123 is a free software cross-platform command-line MPEG audio player whose library, libmpg123, is noted for its speed at...

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mpg123 alternatives page was last updated Oct 13, 2024
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  1. 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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Xfce
    The paned browser, providing a customizable hierarchy of filters for finding your music

    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 mpg123

     

    • Quod Libet is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to mpg123.

    • Quod Libet is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to mpg123.

    • Quod Libet is Free and Open Sourcempg123 is also Free and Open Source
    • Quod Libet is Customizablempg123 is not according to our users
  2. kew icon

    kew

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    A terminal music player for Linux.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Homebrew
    kew screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Lossless Audio
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Terminal-based
    7.  Built-in search engine
    8.  Opus codec support
    9.  OGG
    10.   Support for MPRIS
    11.  Gapless Playback
    12.  Create Playlist

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  4. Qmmp icon

    Qmmp

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    Qmmp is an audio-player, written with help of Qt library. The user interface is similar to Winamp or xmms.

    94 Qmmp alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Xfce
    Qmmp screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    3.  Built-in Media converter

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  5. Winyl icon

    Winyl

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    Winyl is a free digital audio player and music library application for organizing and playing audio on Windows.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • UA flagUkraine

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Winyl screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    No updates since late 2018

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Skinnable
    3.  Music collection
    4.  Music Library
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Built-in Equalizer
    8.  Crossfading

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  6. C* Music Player

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    C* Music Player screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Configurable

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Terminal-based
    3.  Opus codec support
    4.  Themes
    5.  OGG
    6. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    7.  Create Playlist
    8.  Shoutcast streaming
    9.  Playlists management

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  7. ncmpcpp icon

    ncmpcpp

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    Ncurses Music Player Client (Plus Plus) Music player for the command line requiring mpd, the Music Player Daemon.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    ncmpcpp screenshot 1

    ncmpcpp Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Tagging

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    vitunes

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    vitunes is a curses-based music player and playlist manager for *nix whose goals are: 1. a minimalistic appearance, 2. strong vi-like bindings, and 3. quick playlist creation/management. vitunes does not strive to be a feature-rich media player, but rather a quick, vi-like media...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    vitunes screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The latest update is from March 2016.

    vitunes Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Vi keybindings

    vitunes VS mpg123

     
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    rmpc

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    Rmpc is a beautiful, modern and configurable terminal based Music Player Daemon client. It is heavily inspired by ncmpcpp and ranger/lf file managers.

    14 rmpc alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Queue

    rmpc Features

    1.  Tui

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  11. MOC icon

    MOC

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    MOC screenshot 1

    MOC Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Works Offline

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  12. ncmpc

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    ncmpc is a fully featured MPD client, which runs in a terminal (using ncurses). Its goal is to provide a keyboard oriented and consistent interface to MPD, without wasting resources.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

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  13. Mp3blaster icon

    Mp3blaster

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    Mp3blaster is an mp3 player for computers running a UNIX-like operating system, e.g. Linux, Free/Net/OpenBSD, etc. Its interface is entirely text based, thereby eliminating the need for a graphical environment like X-Windows.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Mp3blaster screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last update on 2017.

    Mp3blaster Features

    1.  Command line interface

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  14. Potamus

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    Potamus is a lightweight GTK-based audio player with a simple interface and an emphasis on high audio quality.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

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