Open Source Song Director Alternatives
Song Director is described as 'program that plays and keeps track of all your music files. Easier to use and understand than iTunes or Windows Media Player. It unleashes the full power of a modern database system in an extremely simple, easy to use manner'. There are more than 100 alternatives to Song Director for various platforms. The best alternative is Clementine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Song Director are Strawberry (Free, Open Source), Audacious (Free, Open Source), Rhythmbox (Free, Open Source) and Quod Libet (Free, Open Source).
- Nightingale is a free and powerfull music player for Linux, Windows and Mac based on the Songbird media player source code. View 55 alternatives to Nightingale
Discontinued
Last update was on January 12, 2014 for version 1.12.1 - https://blog.getnightingale.com/2014/01/12/announcing-nightingale-1-12-1/
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Jajuk is software that organizes and plays music using Java. It is a full-featured application geared towards advanced users with large or scattered music collections. View 78 alternatives to Jajuk
- A simple, clean and cross-platform music player. Polished, elegant and minimalist. Offers playback speed control and supports keyboard media shortcuts. View 124 alternatives to Museeks
- VUPlayer is a freeware multi-format audio player for Windows 7 SP1 or later. Gracenote functionality requires an internet connection. View 127 alternatives to VUPlayer
- Foobnix audio player for Linux, Windows and Android. Main features player Support for CUE (also wv, iso. View 124 alternatives to Foobnix
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The program seems to be no longer updated.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.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- Xfce
- Kantaris is an all new media player based on code from Videolan client (http://alternativeto.net/software/vlc-media-player/) and Bass audio library. View 133 alternatives to Kantaris
Discontinued
Last Update: 2013-04-25. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/kantaris/
Warning
Sourceforge has detected malware in Kantaris builds.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- JuK is an audio jukebox application, supporting collections of MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and FLAC audio files. View 121 alternatives to JuK
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- 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. View 92 alternatives to musikCube
Discontinued
musikcube was actively developed by Casey Langen between 2003 and 2006. Now it's an abandoned open source project, but last version, 1.1, and the source code can still be downloaded from the official website.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Cog is a free open source audio player for OS X. FeaturesGeneralGapless playbackSeekingAutomatic updatingFeedback formFile drawerPreferences View 35 alternatives to CogNo screenshots yet
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Goggles Music Manager is a music collection manager and player that automatically categorizes your music files based on genre, artist, album, and song. View 68 alternatives to Goggles Music Manager
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Xfce