Sonata Alternatives

Sonata is described as 'Elegant GTK+ music client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD). It has been forked from the unmaintained Pygmy project in order to fix bugs, introduce new features, and proceed down a different path' and is a Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Sonata for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best Sonata alternative is VLC Media Player, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sonata are foobar2000, Clementine, Audacious and Winamp.

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Sonata is an elegant GTK+ music client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD). It has been forked from the unmaintained Pygmy...

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Sonata alternatives page was last updated Feb 18, 2021
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  1. Qmmp icon

    Qmmp

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    Qmmp is an audio-player, written with help of Qt library. The user interface is similar to Winamp or xmms.

    93 Qmmp alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Xfce
    Qmmp screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    3.  Built-in Media converter

    Qmmp VS Sonata

     
  2. Winyl icon

    Winyl

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    Winyl is a free digital audio player and music library application for organizing and playing audio on Windows.

    358 Winyl alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • UA flagUkraine

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Winyl screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    No updates since late 2018

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Skinnable
    3.  Music collection
    4.  Music Library
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Built-in Equalizer
    8.  Crossfading

    Winyl VS Sonata

     
  4. gmusicbrowser icon

    gmusicbrowser

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    An open-source jukebox for large collections of mp3/ Vorbis / FLAC / mpc/ape files, written in perl. Its made with big (> 10,000 songs) libraries in mind.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    One of the included alternate layouts.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline

    gmusicbrowser VS Sonata

     
  5. Museeks icon

    Museeks

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    A simple, clean and cross-platform music player.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Museeks screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Music Library
    6.  Electron based
    7.  Playlists

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  6. Cantata icon

    Cantata

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    A graphical (Qt5) client for MPD.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Cantata screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    As stated in README, The software's development has ceased and the repository has been archived on March 2, 2022. https://github.com/CDrummond/cantata

    Cantata Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Music Library
    4.  Music collection
    5.  Kde support
    6.  QT Based

    Cantata VS Sonata

     
  7. Volumio icon

    Volumio

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    Volumio is a free and Open Source Linux Distribution, designed and fine-tuned exclusively for music playback. It runs on a variety of devices, typically small and cheap computers like the Raspberry PI, but also on low power PCs, notebooks or thin clients.

    165 Volumio alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Homepage

    Volumio Features

    1.  Stream audio

    Volumio VS Sonata

     

    • Volumio is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Sonata.

    • Volumio is Freemium and Open SourceSonata is Free and Open Source
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    musikCube

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    Featuring a solid core set of functions, musikCube is very lightweight and fast, with an interface that will be immediately familiar to anyone who's used an iTunes or Amarok 1.x style player (that is, nearly everyone).

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    musikCube screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

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  10. Switch Player icon

    Switch Player

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    Switch allows you to play a variety of web and professional media formats, inspect and adjust the properties of the file and export a new file.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Switch Player screenshot 1

    Switch Player Features

    1.  Built-in editor
    2.  Support for subtitles

    Switch Player VS Sonata

     
  11. Musique icon

    Musique

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    Musique unclutters your music listening experience with a clean interface that keeps you focused on what really matters: music.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Musique screenshot 1

    Musique Features

    1. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    2.  Automatic album art download
    3.  Music Library
    4.  Automatic Lyrics Finder

    Musique VS Sonata

     
  12. 1by1 icon

    1by1

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    1by1 is a small, fast and handy audio player which is not only small: it provides a smart and versatile environment to handle your file collection and listen to your tracks - with no need to fuddle with playlists or media databases.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  User friendly

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Small-footprint
    3.  Sits in the System Tray
    4.  Playlists
    5.  Support for Unicode
    6.  OGG

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  13. Stellio Music Player icon

    Stellio Music Player

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    Stellio is an advanced music player with themes support, powerful audio and integration with VK and Dropbox.

    167 Stellio Music Player alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Android Wear
    Stellio Music Player screenshot 1
    Stellio Music Player screenshot 2
    Stellio Music Player screenshot 3

    Stellio Music Player Features

    1.  Waveform Seekbar
    2. VK icon  VK integration
    3.  Sound Effects
    4.  Built-in Equalizer
    5. Last.fm icon  Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
    6. Dropbox icon  Dropbox integration

    Stellio Music Player VS Sonata

     
  14. Foobnix icon

    Foobnix

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    Foobnix audio player for Linux, Windows and Android.

    Main features player

    Support for CUE (also wv, iso.wv) is the best under Linux (zavlab); Formats MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND ... Converter any format to any (mp3.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • SK flagSlovakia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce
    version 0.2.3 , crunchbang statler, flac playback, search window off.
    Discontinued

    The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 3.1, released in June 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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