pianobar Alternatives

pianobar is described as '“pianobar” is a free/open-source, console-based replacement for Pandora ’s flash player. Create, delete, rename stations and add more music. Rate and temporary ban tracks as well as move them to another station. “Shared stations”, last' and is a Internet Radio service in the audio & music category. There are five alternatives to pianobar for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best pianobar alternative is Pandora, which is free. Other great apps like pianobar are Pithos, Hermes, Pandorita and PandoraBrowse.

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  1. Pandora icon

    Pandora

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    Pandora offers a free, ad-supported internet radio, analyzing over 400 song attributes through the Music Genome Project. Customize your listening with Pandora One for $4.99/month, featuring high-quality streaming, unlimited skips, no ads, and enhanced user interaction across desktop applications.

    190 Pandora alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Apple TV
    • Kindle Fire
    • Android Auto
    • Apple Car Play
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    • Pandora is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to pianobar.

    • Pandora is the most popular free alternative to pianobar.

    • Pandora is Freemium and Proprietarypianobar is Free and Open Source
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    Pithos

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    Pithos is a Pandora client for the GNOME Desktop. The official Flash-based client is a CPU hog, and Pianobar is command-line only. Neither integrate with the desktop very well, missing things like media key support and song notifications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    • Pithos is the most popular Linux alternative to pianobar.

    • Pithos is the most popular Open Source alternative to pianobar.

    • Pithos is Free and Open Sourcepianobar is also Free and Open Source
    • Pithos is Lightweightpianobar is not according to our users
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    Hermes

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    Pandora Client for OS X.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Pandorita

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    Pandorita is a native Mac OS X client for the internet radio service Pandora. It is written entirely in Cocoa, and built to be lightweight, easy to use, and fully functional. Internally it uses the amazing pianobar library to communicate with Pandora's server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    PandoraBrowse

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    PandoraBrowse is a mini-browser for Pandora that allows you to minimize the music service to the task bar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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