MusicBee Alternatives for Linux

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

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  1. Clementine icon

    Clementine

     752 likes

    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...

    252 Clementine alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Haiku
    Clementine with lyrics pane
     
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    Comments about Clementine as an Alternative to MusicBee
    Guest
    Positive
    -15

    Clementine is easier than musicbee

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

    • Clementine is the most popular Linux alternative to MusicBee.

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

    • Clementine is Free and Open SourceMusicBee is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Clementine is Privacy focusedMusicBee is not according to our users
  2. Audacious icon

    Audacious

     299 likes

    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.

    134 Audacious alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
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    Comments about Audacious as an Alternative to MusicBee
    F0rZ3r0
    1

    Not as intuitive or cleanly built. Functions okay, and may very well be functional for what you require, but lacks any music collection management as noted previously. I'm not the hugest fan.

    Guest
    Negative
    2

    No music collection management

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Ruhart Solnacht
    Positive
    0

    One of my favorite music players in Linux and a great alternative to MusicBee. Unfortunately, it doesn't work so well with Windows, but that's what MusicBee is for.

    Comes very barebones, so no playlist or library management or minimize to taskbar by default, but all these features and more can be found as official plugins and attached to the main player through modular placement features.

    A+ for Linux, C for Windows (long startup time, very unresponsive when opening the window from taskbar).

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

    • Audacious is Free and Open SourceMusicBee is Free Personal and Proprietary
  4. Strawberry icon

    Strawberry

     249 likes

    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.

    244 Strawberry alternatives

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    • Windows
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    • BSD
    • Haiku
    Strawberry screenshot 1
     
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    Comments about Strawberry as an Alternative to MusicBee
    Curt-West
    Negative
    0

    It requires payment to use in Windows

    Nopoditor
    Positive
    0

    FOSS and the closes in functionality

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    • Most users think Strawberry is a great MusicBee alternative.

    • Strawberry is Free and Open SourceMusicBee is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Strawberry is Privacy focusedMusicBee is not according to our users
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    Amarok

     410 likes

    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.

    168 Amarok alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
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  6. Rhythmbox icon

    Rhythmbox

     433 likes

    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 .

    151 Rhythmbox alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • GNOME
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    Comments about Rhythmbox as an Alternative to MusicBee
    Guest
    Negative
    6

    this software doesn't keep your music library organized at all which is the main reason why people use musicbee over just a plain music player

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • This alternative is disputed. Rhythmbox is a legitimate MusicBee alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Rhythmbox is Free and Open SourceMusicBee is Free Personal and Proprietary
  7. DeaDBeeF icon

    DeaDBeeF

     198 likes

    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.

    182 DeaDBeeF alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Cinnamon
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
    DeaDBeeF screenshot 1
     
  10. Dopamine icon

    Dopamine

     60 likes

    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.

    66 Dopamine alternatives

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  11. Quod Libet icon

    Quod Libet

     169 likes

    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.

    165 Quod Libet alternatives

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    • Debian
    • Xfce
    The paned browser, providing a customizable hierarchy of filters for finding your music
     
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    Comments about Quod Libet as an Alternative to MusicBee
    Methatronc
    Positive
    1

    Great alternative, don't hesitate to go through the plugins since it's a goldmine, also the possibilty to switch theme easily, use the waveform sound bar and the cover panel with the songs as sidebar is great ! Works perfectly with debian 10 and eOS 5.1.7.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Quod Libet is Free and Open SourceMusicBee is Free Personal and Proprietary
  12. Elisa icon

    Elisa

     34 likes

    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.

    71 Elisa alternatives

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    • Windows
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    • Android
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Snapcraft
    Elisa Albums View
     
  13. Tauon Music Box icon

    Tauon Music Box

     28 likes

    A music player for the desktop. Designed to be powerful and streamlined, putting the user in control of their music collection.

    45 Tauon Music Box alternatives

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    • Windows
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    • Flatpak
    • Flathub
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    Comments about Tauon Music Box as an Alternative to MusicBee
    lempamo
    Negative
    0

    Very elegant like MusicBee is, however it lacks key library management features (tagging, automatic file organizing, etc.) to work for my case

    Faerly
    Positive
    0

    Unfortunately on Linux there isn't really a great single solution to everything MusicBee does, but Tauon manages the playing of files, gapless playback of FLAC, mini player, and last.fm scrobbling end of things, and offers a convenient workflow with MusicBrainz Picard to handle the library management.

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    • Tauon Music Box is Free and Open SourceMusicBee is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Tauon Music Box is Privacy focusedMusicBee is not according to our users
  14. Lollypop icon

    Lollypop

     46 likes

    A GNOME music player.

    36 Lollypop alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GTK+
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    Comments about Lollypop as an Alternative to MusicBee
    Daltro Auguso Campanher de Souza
    Negative
    2

    Lollypop may be a really clean and pretty interface piece of software, but compared to MusicBee, it lacks of more library-specific functionalities like path-driven organization, a lot of more filters for smart playlists, a more customizable interface (and well, MusicBee is one of the most customizable players I've ever seen).

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    As I recently switched to linux, I've tried almost every music players looking for a alternative to the album cover view, and I've finally found it !

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

    • Lollypop is Free and Open SourceMusicBee is Free Personal and Proprietary
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