Shazam Alternatives for Linux

Shazam is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Mousai, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Shazam and five of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Shazam are ACRCloud, SongRec, Musixmatch and Music Radar.

Shazam alternatives are mainly Music Recognition Apps but may also be Music Discovery Services. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Shazam.

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Freemium • Proprietary
Music Recognition App

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Shazam gives instant satisfaction for when you want to know the name of that song playing on the radio.

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Mousai
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Free • Open Source
Music Recognition App
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12 alternatives to Mousai
Mousai is a simple application that can identify songs similar to Shazam. Just click the listen button, and then wait a few seconds. It will magically return the title and artist of that song!

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schmebi
Best open source alternative for linux when you just want to detect music
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ACRCloud
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Freemium • Proprietary
Music Recognition App
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22 alternatives to ACRCloud
ACRCloud provides best audio fingerprinting cloud services with its 40m music database for audio recognition, query by humming, broadcast monitoring ( music / ads ) , live TV channel detection, copyright detection and customised content recognition.
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ACRCloud Features
Acoustic fingerprinting
Cloud based
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ACRCloud vs Shazam opinions
Most users think ACRCloud is a great alternative to Shazam.
BarnMTB
ACRCloud provide app developers the ability to build Shazam-like functionality into their apps and services - ACRCloud doesn't provide their own standalone music identification app itself.

Shazam is a standalone app that identifies songs playing using microphone.
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stevewang
ACRCloud provides the best audio fingerprinting service for companies and developers to build Shazam-like apps. It has 40 million music databases to ensure the recognition rate and a super fast response time to get excellent user experience.
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SongRec
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Free • Open Source
Music Recognition App
Linux
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3 alternatives to SongRec
An open-source Shazam client for Linux, written in Rust.

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Musixmatch
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Freemium • Proprietary
Music Recognition App
Music Discovery Service
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38 alternatives to Musixmatch
Musixmatch is the world’s largest collection of song lyrics used by millions of people to get instant synchronised lyrics for Youtube, Spotify, Pandora and more. You can also now use it to get song translations on the go.
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Musixmatch Features
1. IFTTT IntegrationYou can connect different services to automatically trigger actions within Musixmatch using IFTTT.
2. Chromecast SupportCast your content to a Chromecast connected device with Musixmatch.
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Automatic Lyrics Finder
Musixmatch vs Shazam opinions
Some users think Musixmatch is a great alternative to Shazam, some don't.
Guest
Musixmatch gives lyrics while Shazam identifies songs
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Guest
It doesn't identify the song by listening to it.
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I doesn't do what shazam does obviously
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Doesn't recognise music by listening to it on Windows, I think
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Music Radar
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Free • Open Source
Music Recognition App
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23 alternatives to Music Radar
Music Radar is music recognition application for Linux Desktop.

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Mousai

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ACRCloud

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SongRec

Musixmatch

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