Nightingale Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Nightingale for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. 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 50 alternatives to Nightingale and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Nightingale are Strawberry, Amarok, Rhythmbox and Miro Player.

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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...

    256 Clementine alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
  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.

    246 Strawberry alternatives

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    • Warning

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
  3. Amarok icon
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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.

    170 Amarok alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
     
  4. Miro Player icon
     242 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. 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.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  6. Roon icon
     9 likes

    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.

    233 Roon alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Synology C2
     
  7. Plexamp icon
     12 likes

    Plexamp is a small music player for your desktop, with a number of unique features.Throw your best FLACs at it and experience sonic bliss!.

    148 Plexamp alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  8. Museeks icon
     19 likes

    Minimalist cross-platform player offering clean UI, support for multiple formats, playback speed adjustment, cover art, playlists, queue management, shuffle, loop, dark theme, library auto-refresh, sleep mode blocker, and m3u import/export.

    136 Museeks alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. MusicPod icon
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    MusicPod is a local music, radio, television and podcast player for Linux, MacOS and Windows.

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    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  10. Mtoc icon
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    Mtoc is a visually-rich music player and library browser that emphasizes a smooth, continuous experience with album artwork at the forefront.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  11. JuK icon
     7 likes

    Juk is a music player and a music manager. JuK is, well, at its heart, a jukebox. As is typical with many jukebox applications, JuK allows you to edit the tags of your audio files, and manage your collection and playlists. JuK is part of the KDE Multimedia package.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE
     
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