Switch Player AlternativesOnly Open Source apps categorised as Audio Players

The best open source Audio Player alternative to Switch Player is VLC Media Player. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Switch Player and loads of them are open source Audio Players so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Audio Player alternatives to Switch Player are MPC-HC, MPV, SMPlayer and MPC-BE.

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  1. VLC Media Player icon
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    Enjoy seamless media experiences with this cross-platform, ad-free player supporting multimedia files, DVDs, streaming, Chromecast, 4K, and no tracking. Customize with themes, play offline, and get privacy-focused service without registration. Fully extensible by plugins.

    168 VLC Media Player alternatives

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad
    • AppImageHub
    • Apple Watch
    • Snapcraft
    • Google Chrome
    • Apple TV
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
    • Haiku
    • Android TV
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
     
  2. MPC-HC icon
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    A lightweight open-source media player for Windows, giving support for all video/audio formats. It boasts no ads, dark themes, codec support, and seamless YouTube playback. Developed by longtime contributors, it's mature software with community improvements and crash fixes.

    141 MPC-HC alternatives

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    • PortableApps.com
     
  3. MPV icon
     556 likes

    Versatile audio and video player featuring support for a wide range of formats, audio and video codecs, subtitle types, hardware acceleration via GPU, OpenGL output with high-quality scaling, on-screen controls, and embeddable C API for integration into applications.

    115 MPV alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Android
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
    • Chocolatey
     
  4. SMPlayer icon
     459 likes

    SMPlayer intends to be a complete front-end for MPlayer, from basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer filters and more. SMPlayer remembers the settings of all files you play.

    131 SMPlayer alternatives

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    • BSD
    • mpv
    • Snapcraft
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • MPlayer
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
     
  5. MPC-BE icon
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    Media Player Classic - Black Edition (MPC-BE) is a fork of MPC and MPC-HC. It moved away from MPC's aim to mimic the look and feel of Windows Media Player with updated player controls and provides additional features on top of MPC-HC such as a video preview tooltip when...

    120 MPC-BE alternatives

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    • Windows
     
  6. MPlayer icon
     341 likes

    MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). 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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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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    • BSD
    • AmigaOS
    • Xfce
    • MorphOS
    • Haiku
     
  7. PixelPlayer icon
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    PixelPlayer is a modern, offline-first music player for Android, built with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. It's designed to provide a beautiful and seamless experience for listening to your local music library.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Android
     
  8. Petrichor icon
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    An offline macOS music player.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
     
  9. ClassiPod icon
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    Step back in time with ClassiPod, a local music player app designed to capture the nostalgic essence of the iconic iPod Classic. Immerse yourself in the familiar click wheel interface and relive the joy of navigating your music library with a touch of retro charm.

    66 ClassiPod alternatives

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    • Online
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  10. Harmony Music icon
     18 likes

    Ad-free streaming client for Android, Windows, and Linux sourcing music from YouTube and YouTube Music, supporting offline play, playlist importing, song caching, lyrics, equalizer, quality control, dynamic themes, radio mode, artist bookmarks, and multi-language interface.

    117 Harmony Music alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • F-Droid
     
  11. HiFidelity icon
     8 likes

    Native offline macOS audio player powered by BASS for bit-perfect, gapless playback, real-time lyrics, advanced equalizer, exclusive audio device support, library browsing by album or genre, smart autoplay, playback history, open-source, Homebrew installable.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
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