Skip to main contentSkip to site search
  • Windows
  • Online
  • Mac
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Linux
  • iPad
  • Android Tablet
  • Productivity
  • Social
  • Development
  • Backup
  • Remote Work & Study
LoginSign up
AlternativeTo Logo
  1. Home
  2. Audio & Music
  3. Rhythmbox
  4. About

    Rhythmbox

    • Free • Open Source
    • Linux
    • BSD
    ...
    Rhythmbox info, screenshots & reviewsAlternatives to Rhythmbox
    Rhythmbox is an audio player for Linux that plays and organizes digital music. Inspired by Apple's Small iTunes iconiTunes, it is free software that is designed to work well under the Small GNOME iconGNOME Desktop using the GStreamer media framework.

    Among the many features of Rhythmbox, you will find:

    Easy to use music browser
    Searching and sorting
    Comprehensive audio format support through GStreamer
    Internet Radio support including last.fm streams
    Playlists
    Display audio visualizations
    Transfer music to and from iPod, MTP, and USB Mass Storage music players
    Display album art and song lyrics downloaded from the internet
    Play, rip, and burn audio CDs
    Automatically download audio podcasts (also from iTunes)
    Browse, preview, and download albums from Magnatune and Jamendo
    Show full description ▾

    Features Vote on or suggest new features

    • CD Ripper
    • Internet Radio
    • iPhone/iPod sync
    • Spotify integration
    • Crossfading

    Comments and Reviews Post a comment / reviewSort: relevance • date

    UncleNinja
    Comment • over 10 years ago • 2 users agree • 0 replies
    If this Comment contains spam or other abuse, notify admins about it.

    The simplicity of this player makes it awesome. Or at least more awesome than iTunes.

    Show entire comment ▾

    scrat
    Comment • almost 9 years ago • 2 users agree • 0 replies
    If this Comment contains spam or other abuse, notify admins about it.

    Rhythmbox crashes when it tries to index huge libraries of audio files (think: 100 GB+). If you must have your library indexed by your player software, try Amarok instead. I prefer audio software that does NOT index the files, that way there is no added logic, no overhead, etc. etc.

    Show entire comment ▾

    anniesboobs
    ★
    ★
    ★
    ★
    ★
    • Positive comment • 13 days ago • 0 replies
    If this Review contains spam or other abuse, notify admins about it.

    For some reason, when you first start Rhythmbox (3.4.4) , you can't see the volume control and the songs will keep playing after you close the program, two "features" I don't like and almost made me quit it but luckily both of those issues can be solved through plugins. Overall, it's a very good player and owes nothing to Clementine/Strawberry, which are the best Windows players, IMO.

    Show entire comment ▾

    AnotherPersona
    Comment • about 3 years ago • 1 users agree and 2 don't • 0 replies
    If this Comment contains spam or other abuse, notify admins about it.

    Inspired by Itunes? That is NOT a good thing. The farther you get from Itunes the closer you get to common sense and reality. Itunes is horrendous. I really want MediaMonkey back, but is is such a hassle to get working on Linux.

    Show entire comment ▾

    DanMan
    ★
    ★
    ★
    ★
    ★
    • Review • almost 3 years ago • 0 users agree and 1 doesn't • 0 replies
    If this Review contains spam or other abuse, notify admins about it.

    Let's say the music on your PC is in FLAC format for max. quality. You can set Rhythmbox up so it'll do on-the-fly transcoding to MP3 (e.g.) to save space when you drag and drop files to an external player like an iPod. Super convenient, right?

    Show entire comment ▾

    Show more comments ▾
    5 of 9

    Categories

    Audio & Music • CD/DVD Tools

    Tags

    • podcast
    • Music Player
    • transfer-to-iphone
    • ipod-transfer
    • audio-cd
    • music-organization
    • audio-cd-burner
    • album-downloader

    Lists containing Rhythmbox

    ch
    Music
    Na
    Multimedia Toolbox
    Rhythmbox

    Links and Download

     Official Website

    Other

    Source, Ubuntu Software Center

    Social

    Rhythmbox

    Summary and Relevance

    Our users have written 9 comments and reviews about Rhythmbox, and it has gotten 411 likes

    • Developed by The GNOME Project
    • Open Source and Free product.
    • Average rating of 3
    • 122 alternatives listed

    Popular alternatives

    • 1foobar2000
    • 2Clementine
    • 3AIMP
    View all
    Rhythmbox was added to AlternativeTo by Geekgangas on Apr 1, 2009 and this page was last updated Nov 18, 2020.
    AlternativeTo

    AlternativeTo is a free service that helps you find better alternatives to the products you love and hate.

    The site is made by Ola and Markus in Sweden, with a lot of help from our friends and colleagues in Italy, Finland, USA, Colombia, Philippines, France and contributors from all over the world. That's right, all the lists of alternatives are crowd-sourced, and that's what makes the data powerful and relevant.

    Feel free to send us your questions and feedback at hello@alternativeto.net, in our forums or on social media.

    Follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram or chat with us on Discord. This is build 20210302.7.

    • Suggest an application
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Advertising preferences
    • Privacy Policy
    • Cookie Policy
    • About AlternativeTo