Rhythmbox Alternatives for Mac

Rhythmbox 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 Rhythmbox and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Rhythmbox are DeaDBeeF, Quod Libet, gPodder and Tomahawk.

Rhythmbox alternatives are mainly Audio Players but may also be Internet Radio Services or Media Players. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Rhythmbox.

Rhythmbox

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Free • Open Source
Audio Player

Rhythmbox is an audio player for Linux that plays and organizes digital music. Inspired by Apple's...

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foobar2000
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Audio Player
Internet Radio Service
CD Ripper
Mac
Windows
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
178 foobar2000 alternatives
foobar2000 is an advanced multi-platform freeware audio player.
- - foobar2000 is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Rhythmbox.
- - foobar2000 is the most popular free alternative to Rhythmbox.
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foobar2000 Features
1. Lightweightfoobar2000 consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Extensible by Plugins/Extensionsfoobar2000 can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
3. Ad-freefoobar2000 doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
4. Dark Modefoobar2000 supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
5. File Taggingfoobar2000 can organize and highlight your files with tags and labels.
6. Privacy focusedfoobar2000 is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
7. No Trackingfoobar2000 will not track you or use your personal data.
8. Support for ThemesYou can use themes and templates to change the look and feel of foobar2000.
9. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in foobar2000 without registration.
Customizable
Music Library
Replay Gain
Audio processing/resampling
Library Organization
Minimalistic
Better tags service
Gapless Playback
Music collection
Great Opus codec support
Comments about foobar2000 as a Alternative to Rhythmbox
Some users think foobar2000 is a great Rhythmbox alternative, some don't.
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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
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Clementine
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Free • Open Source
Audio Player
Internet Radio Service
Media Player
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
237 Clementine alternatives
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...
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Clementine Features
1. LightweightClementine consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Lossless AudioClementine has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.
Smart playlists
Dynamic/Intelligent Playlists
Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
Playlists management
Audio Visualization
Ratings
Podcast Subscription
Moodbar
Built-in Tag editor
Music Library
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Most users think Clementine is a great Rhythmbox alternative.
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Easy to use, clear interface, good library management
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Doesn't crash on import of a huge music library
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Audacious
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Free • Open Source
Audio Player
Media Player
Internet Radio Service
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Haiku
Xfce
125 Audacious alternatives
Audacious is an advanced audio player. It is free, lightweight, based on GTK+, runs on Linux and many other *nix platforms and is focused on audio quality and supporting a wide range of audio codecs. There is also support for several visual styles from Winamp.
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Audacious Features
1. LightweightAudacious consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsAudacious can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
3. Ad-freeAudacious doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
4. No TrackingAudacious will not track you or use your personal data.
5. Dark ModeAudacious supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
6. Works OfflineAudacious can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
7. PortableAudacious can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
8. Lossless AudioAudacious has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.
Windows Compatible
Create Playlist
Music Library
Playlists management
3D visualization
Supports audio media keys
Dynamic Range Compressor
Skinnable
Queued Operations
Global hotkey
Comments about Audacious as a Alternative to Rhythmbox
Almost everyone thinks Audacious is a great Rhythmbox alternative.
Guest
Ease to use and has a cleaner interface, but mediakeys won't work with some keyboards for some reason
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DeaDBeeF
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Free • Open Source
Audio Player
Audio Converter
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
KDE
Cinnamon
GNOME
MATE
Xfce
165 DeaDBeeF alternatives
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.
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DeaDBeeF Features
1. LightweightDeaDBeeF consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsDeaDBeeF can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
3. PortableDeaDBeeF can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
4. Command line interfaceDeaDBeeF either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
5. Lossless AudioDeaDBeeF has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.
6. Works OfflineDeaDBeeF can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
7. Ad-freeDeaDBeeF doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Fully customizable interface
Replay Gain
Playlists management
Support for Hotkeys
Mods
Quod Libet
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Free • Open Source
Audio Player
Media Player
Mac
Windows
Linux
Debian
Xfce
158 Quod Libet alternatives
Quod Libet is a Gapless GTK+-based audio player written in Python. Its designed around the idea that you know how to organize your music better than we do. It lets you make playlists based on regular expressions (dont worry, regular searches work too).
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Quod Libet Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsQuod Libet can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
2. Ad-freeQuod Libet doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. PortableQuod Libet can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
4. Support for ThemesYou can use themes and templates to change the look and feel of Quod Libet.
5. User RatingQuod Libet supports user ratings and reviews to help you make up your mind.
Library Management
Customization
Tagging
Music Library
Media library
Waveform Seekbar
Built-in Tag editor
Sits in the System Tray
Audio playback
Sorting
gPodder
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Free • Open Source
Podcast Player
Podcast Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
PortableApps.com
Xfce
107 gPodder alternatives
gPodder downloads and manages free audio and video content ("podcasts") for you. Listen directly on your computer or on your mobile devices.
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gPodder Features
1. Cloud SyncSync your data (notes, documents, bookmarks, etc.) across your different devices and to the cloud.
2. PortablegPodder can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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pros, cons and recent comments
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not a music player by itself – downloads and displays podcast episodes
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Tomahawk
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Free • Open Source
Audio Player
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
88 Tomahawk alternatives
Tomahawk gives you to access to all of your favorite music in one powerful media player. Seamlessly jump from playing a song off your local machine, to one streaming from your other machines, to a recommendation from Spotify, to a pre-release on SoundCloud to your favorite...
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Tomahawk Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsTomahawk can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Spotify integration
Deezer integration
Youtube integration
SoundCloud Integration
Google Play Music integration
Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
Owncloud integration
Discontinued
The project is no longer maintained. Last version, 0.8.4, released in April 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Vox Music Player
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Freemium • Proprietary
Audio Player
Mac
iPhone
Apple Watch
145 Vox Music Player alternatives
It just sounds better! The beauty is in its simplicity, yet behind the minimal exterior lies a powerful music player with a ton of features & support for all audio formats you should ever need.
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Vox Music Player Features
1. Cloud SyncSync your data (notes, documents, bookmarks, etc.) across your different devices and to the cloud.
2. Lossless AudioVox Music Player has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.
3. LightweightVox Music Player consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
Support for Audio Units Plugins
Sound Effects
Music Library
CPod
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Free • Open Source
Podcast Player
Podcast Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
109 CPod alternatives
A simple, beautiful podcast app.
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Discontinued
The project is no longer actively maintained. Last version, 1.28.0, released in July 2021, can be still downloaded from GitHub
UMPlayer
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Free • Open Source
Media Player
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
142 UMPlayer alternatives
UMPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems. It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs.
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UMPlayer Features
Resume playback
Discontinued
No more updates, latest downloads from 2011: https://sourceforge.net/projects/umplayer/files/