Rhythmbox AlternativesOnly apps categorised as CD Rippers

The best CD Ripper alternative to Rhythmbox is foobar2000. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try foobar2000 or AIMP. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Rhythmbox and 11 are CD Rippers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting CD Ripper alternatives to Rhythmbox are Winamp, Strawberry, Windows Media Player and jetAudio.

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  1. foobar2000 icon

    foobar2000

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    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.

    199 foobar2000 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Comments about foobar2000 as an Alternative to Rhythmbox
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    Foobar is fiendishly difficult to customize in any semblance of a logical order and has a lot of strange behaviors. Rhythmbox is basically dead simple

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think foobar2000 is a great Rhythmbox alternative, some don't.

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

    • foobar2000 is the most popular free alternative to Rhythmbox.

    • foobar2000 is Free Personal and ProprietaryRhythmbox is Free and Open Source
    • foobar2000 is Customizable, Privacy focused and MinimalisticRhythmbox is not according to our users
  2. AIMP icon

    AIMP

     873 likes
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    Feature-rich audio player for Windows and Android supporting diverse codecs and interfaces. Includes conversion tools, skins, plugins, and custom equalizer for enhanced audio streaming and podcast playback.

    340 AIMP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • PortableApps.com
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  4. MusicBee icon

    MusicBee

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    Offers library and playlist management, auto folder monitoring, podcast downloads, web radio, advanced tagging, custom ID3 tags, CD ripping with validation, syncing to iPods, iPhones, MTP, USB, converts and normalizes audio, fetches album art and tags from web.

    123 MusicBee alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Winamp icon

    Winamp

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    Media player for Windows offering ease of use, skinnable design, advanced audio visualizers, and support for plug-ins, playlists, music library, and various audio formats. Known for extensibility, music visualization, and online community support.

    259 Winamp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    Comments about Winamp as an Alternative to Rhythmbox
    Guest
    Positive
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    Because rhythmbox does not work in Windows environment. It is designed to work in gnome environment.

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

    • Winamp is the most popular Web-based alternative to Rhythmbox.

    • Winamp is Free and ProprietaryRhythmbox is Free and Open Source
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    Strawberry

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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.

    242 Strawberry alternatives

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    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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    More feature complete! Last release was Jan 31 2025 and Github is active, so still maintained as of now. Might need to change which audio back-end it uses to get it to sound right; not an issue, just a tip!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Strawberry is Free and Open SourceRhythmbox is also Free and Open Source
    • Strawberry is Customizable and Privacy focusedRhythmbox is not according to our users
  7. Windows Media Player icon

    Windows Media Player

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    Windows Media Player is a video and audio player developed by Microsoft for Windows 11 and Windows 10. It is the successor to Groove Music (previously Xbox Music), Microsoft Movies & TV and the original Windows Media...

    218 Windows Media Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. jetAudio icon

    jetAudio

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    JetAudio is integrated, multimedia software made of a single compact rack. Not only does it play various music and video files, it also has features such as CD burning, recording, and conversion to other file formats.

    112 jetAudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    aTunes

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    aTunes is a full-featured audio player and manager, developed in Java programming language, so it can be executed on different platforms: Windows, Linux and Unix-like systems.

    133 aTunes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. TuneBrowser icon

    TuneBrowser

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    TuneBrowser is the software that manages a large number of music tune files on the disk. TuneBrowser is supporting native playback of high resolution (Hi-Res) PCM and DSD sources by ASIO and WASAPI.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Music Man icon

    Music Man

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    Music Man is an easy to use digital music software for Mac OS X. Rip, convert, burn and play MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, M4A,M4B, AIFF, MP2 and Ogg Vorbis on Mac OS X. Music man offers all the features you want in an easy to use music player that also includes ripper, converter and...

    43 Music Man alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  13. mufin icon

    mufin

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    Simply music! Discover new sounds with mufin - your music discovery engine

    The free mufin player is the first music player to know the actual sound of your music collection to let you discover, manage, and listen to your music better. The mufin player helps you discover new musi.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
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