MusicBee Alternatives for Mac

MusicBee is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is foobar2000. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Clementine or Audacious. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to MusicBee and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to MusicBee are DeaDBeeF, Amarok, Quod Libet and Dopamine.

filter to find the best alternatives

MusicBee 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 Android + Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to MusicBee.
MusicBee iconMusicBee
  579
  • ...

Manages and organizes music libraries, playlists, and folders, supports podcasts and web radio, advanced tagging, CD ripping, device sync, and multiple audio formats.

More about MusicBee
More about MusicBee
MusicBee alternatives page was last updated May 9, 2025
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
  1. foobar2000 icon

    foobar2000

     1524 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Audio player offering MP3, FLAC support, gapless playback, customizable interfaces, CD ripping, advanced tagging, ReplayGain, plugins, and is known for its freeware model, running on various Windows versions with high audio fidelity.

    185 foobar2000 alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Foobar custom.

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Privacy focused
    4.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Music Library
    3.  Audio Conversion
    4.  Replay Gain
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    9.  Portable
    10.  Audio processing/resampling
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  File Organizer

    foobar2000 VS MusicBee

     
    Comments about foobar2000 as an Alternative to MusicBee
    Most Recent Comment
    Ian James
    Positive Jul 7, 2020
    0

    Simple to use, customizable, stable. A Great program. For my uses, the best one out there.

    Melatonin-Samba
    Aug 28, 2024
    0

    Takes long time to set it up not to look awful and be usable. Barely usable out of the box. Absence of built-in album art grid for browsing library is huge disadvantage for me. Can be added with some extensions tho. With time you can make it look really how you want and it is fast too

    Guest
    Negative Jul 21, 2024
    0

    Way too ugly, it's more of a music player, a very capable, but not a music manager.

    MusicBee Icon
    foobar2000 icon

    • Most users think foobar2000 is a great MusicBee alternative.

    • foobar2000 is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to MusicBee.

    • foobar2000 is the most popular free alternative to MusicBee.

    • foobar2000 is Free Personal and ProprietaryMusicBee is also Free Personal and Proprietary
    • foobar2000 is Customizable and LightweightMusicBee is not according to our users
  2. Clementine icon

    Clementine

     737 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Clementine with lyrics pane

    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 MusicBee

     
    Comments about Clementine as an Alternative to MusicBee
    Guest
    Positive Oct 3, 2017
    -15

    Clementine is easier than musicbee

    MusicBee Icon
    Clementine icon

    • 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 Lightweight and Privacy focusedMusicBee is not according to our users
  4. Audacious icon

    Audacious

     294 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    126 Audacious alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
    Audacious screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Create Playlist
    2.  Windows Compatible
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Music Library
    5.  Playlists management
    6.  3D visualization
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Supports audio media keys
    10.  No Tracking
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  Lossless Audio

    Audacious VS MusicBee

     
    Comments about Audacious as an Alternative to MusicBee
    Most Recent Comment
    F0rZ3r0
    Sep 8, 2024
    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 Sep 15, 2020
    2

    No music collection management

    Ruhart Solnacht
    Positive Jun 8, 2023
    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).

    MusicBee Icon
    Audacious icon

    • Some users think Audacious is a great MusicBee alternative, some don't.

    • Audacious is Free and Open SourceMusicBee is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Audacious is LightweightMusicBee is not according to our users
  5. DeaDBeeF icon

    DeaDBeeF

     196 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    170 DeaDBeeF alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE
    • Cinnamon
    • GNOME
    • MATE
    • Xfce
    DeaDBeeF screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Fully customizable interface
    3.  Playlists management
    4.  Support for Hotkeys
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Portable
    8.  Lossless Audio
    9.  Command line interface
    10.  Replay Gain
    11. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    12.  Mods

    DeaDBeeF VS MusicBee

     
  6. Amarok icon

    Amarok

     404 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    162 Amarok alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Overview

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Ad-free
    4. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    5.  Podcast Subscription
    6.  Music Library
    7.  Multiple languages

    Amarok VS MusicBee

     
  7. Quod Libet icon

    Quod Libet

     167 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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 MusicBee

     
    Comments about Quod Libet as an Alternative to MusicBee
    Methatronc
    Positive Jun 2, 2021
    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.

    MusicBee Icon
    Quod Libet icon
    • Quod Libet is Free and Open SourceMusicBee is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • Quod Libet is CustomizableMusicBee is not according to our users
  9. Dopamine icon

    Dopamine

     55 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    58 Dopamine alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Dopamine screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Clean design
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Music Library
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Theme Customization
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Works Offline
    7. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    8.  Support for Lyrics
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  Automatic Lyrics Finder
    11.  WASAPI Output
    12.  Auto fetch album covers

    Dopamine VS MusicBee

     
  10. Crates icon

    Crates

     16 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Crates is a user-focused, next generation music app, that merges all user’s music collections into one, enables them to own their data, listen from any source and discover new music recommended by the community.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GR flagGreece
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Crates screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Lossless Audio
    3.  Music Library
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  AirPlay Support
    7.  File Tagging
    8.  Personalized Recommendations
    9. Discogs icon  Discogs Integration
    10. Basecamp icon  Basecamp integration
    11.  Community-based
    12. Apple Music icon  Apple Music integration

    Crates VS MusicBee

     
  11. Rune Player icon

    Rune Player

     9 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Enhance your music experience with a player that combines classic design and advanced tech. Features dynamic playlists, community-driven development, and privacy-first approach, all tailored for seamless and visually appealing music exploration.

    License model

    • Free Personal • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • SteamOS
    Rune Player screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Audio playback
    7.  Audio Analysis
    8.  Music Recommendation
    9.  Material design

    Rune Player VS MusicBee

     
  12. Miro Player icon

    Miro Player

     240 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Miro (formerly Democracy Player) is a free and open source internet TV application, media library, and video player.

    103 Miro Player alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Miro Player screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    "Although we are no longer developing Miro, we do continue to make the media player available."https://pculture.org/pcf-projectsSee also:"The last version (6.0) was released in 2013 and is no longer functioning correctly because of changes to the YouTube API."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miro_(video_software)

    Miro Player Features

    1.  Music Store
    2.  TV Streaming
    3.  Fullscreen support
    4.  Built-in Torrent client
    5.  Media library
    6. Android icon  Android Sync
    7.  Built-in Media converter
    8.  Music Library
    9.  Create Playlist

    Miro Player VS MusicBee

     
10 of 39 MusicBee alternatives