Alternatives to Winamp for all platforms with any license

VLC Media Player

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework. Owned by the non-profit organization VideoLAN.
- Winamp plays and organizes music. VLC just plays everything. It also doesn't support critical features like replaygain and tagging. teque5 • Jun 2016 • 26 agrees and 4 disagrees
- It's only a media player. Not a software for album organizing. Guest • Oct 2017 • 11 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Saying VLC is an alternative for Winamp is like saying a hammer is an alternative for a swiss army knife. You can pound, pry, and cut with both, but that doesn't mean that you're going to be having a good time doing so. Guest • Nov 2017 • 5 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Does not allow playlists and other features essential in a music player. Fantastic at playing videos though. Guest • Apr 2017 • 14 agrees and 12 disagrees
- Not nearly enough library / playlist / organization features as WinAmp Guest • Aug 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- VLC's media management capabilities is nowhere close to Winamp's Guest • Aug 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Winamp is a classic desktop library-based music player valued largely for its aesthetics and expansive skins library and visualization support. VLC is the opposite regarding UI and UX, being a ramshackle video 'Swiss Army Knife', skins being an afterthought that often break. It's like recommending FileZilla as a replacement for Vuze. Guest • Feb 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It's only a player not a library manager/organizer Guest • Mar 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- doesn't have crossfading between audio you are playing Guest • Apr 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- it is mostly for videos not audio Guest • May 2018
- No proper library management or ratings. Guest • Sep 2016
- video player, not audio player. Guest • Sep 2016
- No decent playlist management or library Guest • Jan 2017
- The functionality is not the same. Guest • Feb 2017
- VLC is a media player that can also function as a music player, with playlists and management similar to Winamp. Guest • Jul 2016 • 7 agrees and 10 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Chrome OS Windows S Android Tablet BSD Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Apple TV PortableApps.com Kindle Fire Haiku Xbox
Lightweight Automatic subtitles download Replay Gain Support for subtitles ... Ad-free Audio recording Automatic conversion to multiple formats Automatic Tagging Built-in Media converter Built-in subtitle search Integrated codecs Create PlayList Customizable Google Drive integration Internet radio Low memory usage Multiple languages Media Streaming Music Library Network Traffic Obfuscation Playlists management Portable Visualize Music Voice pitch visualization Add a feature

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AIMP

Freeware Winamp-like media player, based on BASS audio library with support for large number of formats and playlists. It works with multiple playlists immediately...
- AIMP is a spiritual successor of Winamp, with similar UI, but with modern features, full Unicode support, CUE files support etc. Killy • Feb 2017 • 13 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Lots of powerful features. This player can do it all. Crossfade, change the speed, change the pitch, stream radio, analyze BPM of tracks, convert, edit one playlist while you listen to another, the possibilities are endless. Guest • Sep 2017 • 7 agrees and 1 disagrees
- That's (one of the) best audio player app available on-line, in many ways similar to Winamp, but with some new features. Highly recommend! Guest • Nov 2017 • 5 agrees and 0 disagrees
- AIMP it's like Winamp, but not abandoned and more powerful. Guest • Dec 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- free, customizable and always up-to-date Guest • May 2018
Free Windows Android PortableApps.com
Internet radio Music Library Built-in Tag editor Collaborative Playlists ... Customizable Icon sets Interface Overlay Internet radio Last.FM Scrobbler Multiple languages Multiuser mode support Playlists management Portable Skinnable Support for Hotkeys Support for Themes Support for VST plugins Waveform Seekbar Add a feature

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MPC-HC

MPC-HC is an extremely light-weight, open source media player for Windows®. It supports all common video and audio file formats available for playback. We are 100%...
- Discontinued Tool is discontinued due to lack of active developers https://mpc-hc.org/2017/07/16/1.7.13-released-and-farewell/
- MPC-HC is a video player, not a dedicated music player in any stretch. It's also ugly as sin, making it the opposite of a music player like Winamp which sports a massive skins library. Guest • Feb 2018 • 6 agrees and 0 disagrees
- No proper library management or ratings. Guest • Sep 2016
- well i used winamp for almost 10 years thermotemp • Mar 2017
Free Open Source Windows
Lightweight Support for 4K Audio recording Apps with Chromecast Support ... Codec Tweak Tool Customizable Media Streaming Support for subtitles Supports H265 Codec Add a feature

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foobar2000

foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Main features Supported audio formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, Opus...

Free Windows Android iPhone Windows Phone
Music Library Customizable Lightweight Replay Gain ... Audio processing/resampling Automatic Tagging Auto update Better tags service Extensible by Plugins/Extensions File-organization Gapless Playback Great Opus codec support Library Organization Mic music playing Minimalistic Night mode/Dark Theme Portable Sample packs Sorting by folder Support for Themes UI customization Waveform Seekbar Add a feature

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Clementine

Clementine is a cross-platform free and open source music player and library organizer based on Amarok 1.4.
- Clementine has Last.Fm integration, better visual aesthetics (in my opinion,) song fingerprinting for tag finding, and it's cross platform. alego4710 • Mar 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Lightweight Built-in Tag editor IDevice sync Integrated last.fm scrobbler ... Internet radio iPhone/iPod sync iTunes integration Last.FM Scrobbler Music Library Add a feature

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PotPlayer

Potplayer is a minimalist media player that has an extensive range of configurable options to choose from and lots of functionality. The application supports Blu-ray...

Free Windows
Skinnable Built-in subtitle search Customizable Minimalistic ... Support for subtitles Ad-free Automatic subtitles download Capture image from video Integrated codecs Support for CUDA acceleration Gapless Playback Lightweight Live Looping Matroska Portable Support for Intel Quick Sync acceleration Skin Randomization Add a feature

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MPV

MPV is an audio and movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of...
- MPV is a movie player. Movie players are not dedicated, library-based music players. Guest • Feb 2018 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android BSD ... Xfce
Lightweight Command line interface Lua scripting Minimalistic ... Integrated codecs Download YouTube Playlist Drag n drop Add a feature

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MusicBee

MusicBee makes it easy to manage, find, and play music files on your computer. MusicBee also supports podcasts, web radio stations and SoundCloud integration.
- The User Interface is AMAZING! You can really make this Jukebox look the way, YOU want it too! Guest • Oct 2016 • 3 agrees and 3 disagrees
Free Personal Windows
Customizable Auto tag music Automatic Lyrics Finder Automatic Tagging ... Built-in CUE Sheet Editor Built-in Tag editor Doesn't rely on any Eco-system Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Internet radio Last.FM Scrobbler Lightweight Music Library Playlists management Podcast Hosting Portable Soundcloud integration Virtual Tags Waveform Seekbar Add a feature

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Audacious

Audacious is an advanced audio player. It is free, lightweight, based on GTK+, runs on Linux and many other *nix platforms and is focused on audio quality and supporting...
- It plays mod/chip tunes and MP3s Guest • Jul 2015
- Its skins and interface is almost identical to Winamp. It's simple, minimalistic and it works like a charm, just like good ol'Winamp damonh • Sep 2017
- Exactly like Winamp, except it's also open-source and runs on Linux too. Guest • Oct 2016 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees
Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD Xfce
Automatic Lyrics Finder Integrated codecs Create PlayList Crossfading ... Drag n drop Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Last.FM Scrobbler Lightweight Music Library Parametric Equalizer Playlists management Skinnable Add a feature

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Media Player Classic

Media Player Classic was designed to look just like Windows Media Player 6.4, but with many additional new features.
- Discontinued The currently active fork is Media Player Classic Home Cinema, but MPC is still downloadable from FreeCodec.com
- MPC is a good player, but it is not a library manager like WinAmp Guest • Mar 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Windows
Support for subtitles Add a feature

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iTunes

Media player, media library, Internet radio broadcaster, and iPhone device management application.
- Winamp was a lightweight, customizable, and robust media player which supported multiple audio and formats - unlike iTunes. Guest • Oct 2017 • 6 agrees and 0 disagrees
- iTunes is and always has been bloatware intended only for Mac users and/or Apple device support. No customization, limited functionality for media playback, and limited codec and format support. Windows users are better off sticking with Winamp or foobar2000. Guest • Nov 2015 • 6 agrees and 4 disagrees
- It works really well. The only alternative to iTunes that compares to it is VLC. rose64bit • May 2018 • 0 agrees and 3 disagrees
Free Mac Windows iPhone Windows S iPad
iPhone/iPod sync Playlists management ALAC support Access the AppStore ... Auto volume Crossfading Internet radio iPhone/iPod sync Music Library Music store Online shop Selecting songs Sync iTunes Libraries Add a feature

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Rhythmbox

Rhythmbox is an audio player for Linux that plays and organizes digital music. Inspired by Apple's iTunes, it is free software...
- Linux does not have many Winamp clones but this is very close DocFlay • Aug 2017
Free Open Source Linux BSD
Crossfading Internet radio iPhone/iPod sync Spotify integration Add a feature

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MediaMonkey

MediaMonkey is a music player and a music library manager with support for 50,000+ files and many features for organizing, tagging, converting and burning your music. It...

Freemium Windows Android Windows S
Music Library Android Sync Automatic album art download Automatic file renaming ... Automatic Lyrics Finder Automatic Tagging Built-in Equalizer Crossfading Extensible by Plugins/Extensions iPhone/iPod sync Moddable Multiple languages Playcount Accessability Add a feature

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Amarok

Amarok is a powerful music player for Linux, Unix and Windows with an intuitive interface. It makes playing the music you love and discovering new music easier than ever...
- Users can add plugins to add more functionality. Guest • Feb 2018 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD
Last.FM Scrobbler Multiple languages Add a feature

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DeaDBeeF

DeaDBeeF is a lightweight graphical music player created for easy playback of music and management of playlists. It supports major audio codecs and tags, global hotkeys...

Free Open Source Mac Linux Android BSD Xfce
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Lightweight Playlists management Support for Hotkeys Add a feature

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Winamp Comments

Arabic Language

Comment by SherifAyad66

about Winamp · Nov 2016 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Winamp is a very good media player but it lacks Arabic Language

Not discontinued

Comment by Pierre_

about Winamp · Nov 2016 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Winamp is not discontinued and developments are still in progress : http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=374929

Listening to old console music

Comment by realnabarl

about Winamp and Chipamp, AIMP, MediaMonkey · Jul 2015 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

For listening those old console music, nothing can be better than Winamp plugins. But many people don't like Winamp's interface, so we need some players that support Winamp plugins, and I found 4 popular ones!

MediaMonkey is a very modern player, it supports Winamp plugins very well.
XMPlay supports well too.
AIMP may be the most handy player nowadays, but the newer versions seem to give up the support of Winamp plugins, but version 3.55 is just OK for that.
Musicbee supports, but not good, some plugin will crash the application.

No longer discontinued

Comment by hook54321a

about Winamp · Jan 2014 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

http://lifehacker.com/winamp-our-favorite-media-player-for-windows-is-shutt-1468411866/1501026364/@ericravenscraft

Klementh · Jan 2014

No, not at all.
http://marketing.radionomy.com/PR2014/01/EN160114.html
http://radionomygroup.com/en/Home/News

Danilo_Venom · Feb 2014

It's official: Winamp is no longer discontinued!

It has been acquired by Radionomy that updated the website winamp.com and promised to Reenergize Winamp.

Vox is the perfect alternative for Winamp for Mac

Comment by Repo

about Winamp and Vox Music Player · Aug 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Vox is the perfect alternative for Winamp if you are using a Mac

It took me a lot of time but finally I found what I wanted: a light application to play my music on my Mac like I do on my PC using Winamp Lite. Vox is free. You'll be pleased.

Comment by SSStylish

about Winamp and foobar2000 · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

If you're tired of Winamp, try Foobar. Beats Winamp every day :D

Comment by foldinghome

about Winamp and doubleTwist · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Prefer DoubleTwist for most applications even though they are very similar. Both support a ton of formats, both have clients that run on PC, but DT has a Mac client, is a little smoother and iTunes-like, and has a better navigation system.

I still keep a copy of Winamp on my Android as well in the hope that new versions will edge out DT.

Comment by JairJy

about Winamp · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Winamp is the king of media players. Excellent interface that still kick-ass, great equalizer with good presets and decibel adjuster; Replay Gain support and a lot of extensions.

The only downsides are the lack of embed cover art to files and is a little buggy with videos, specifically HD Mpeg-4 ones.

Comment by dgemu12

about Winamp and foobar2000 · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

I keep trying to find alternatives to Winamp (Foobar comes close) but honestly for me this is the best player. For those worried about memory usage switch to a classic skin and the memory drops alot.

Comment by gordita_de_lisoform

about Winamp · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

I tried other audio players like Foobar2000 and Alsong, but IMO Winamp remains the best. It reads so many audio formats, it's incredibly customizable and isn't a memory hog. It has the most intuitive and convenient interface. And there are hundreds of excellent plugins available out there.

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