Winamp Alternatives for Mac

Winamp is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is foobar2000. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Audacious or Clementine. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Winamp and loads of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Winamp are MPV, Amarok, DeaDBeeF and Quod Libet.

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Winamp

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Audio Player
Free Personal • Proprietary

Winamp is a media player for Windows developed by Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev by their company Nullsoft, which they later sold to AOL, who sold to Radionomy in January 2014. Since version 2 it has been sold as...

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Winamp alternatives page was last updated Jul 11, 2024

foobar2000
foobar2000 is an advanced multi-platform freeware audio player.
182 foobar2000 alternatives
License model
- Free Personal • Proprietary
Application types
- Audio Player
- Media Player
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
+3
Top foobar2000 Features
1. Customizable
2. Lightweight
3. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
4. Music Library
5. Audio Conversion
6. Replay Gain
7. Ad-free
8. Dark Mode
9. MP3 / ID3 Renaming
10. Portable
11. No Tracking
12. No registration required
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foobar2000 VS Winamp
Is foobar2000 a good alternative to Winamp?
Comments about foobar2000 as an Alternative to Winamp

InsaneFromEarth
Not discontinued, so yea...
Positive comment •Jun 29, 2016
1
- Most users think foobar2000 is a great Winamp alternative.
- foobar2000 is the most popular Mac, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Winamp.
- foobar2000 is Free Personal and ProprietaryWinamp is also Free Personal and Proprietary
- foobar2000 is CustomizableWinamp is not according to our users

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 a wide range of audio codecs. There is also support for several visual styles from Winamp.
128 Audacious alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Audio Player
- Media Player
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- Xfce
Top Audacious Features
1. Lightweight
2. Music Library
3. Create Playlist
4. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
5. Windows Compatible
6. Playlists management
7. Ad-free
8. No Tracking
9. Dark Mode
10. Works Offline
11. Portable
12. Lossless Audio
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Audacious VS Winamp
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Comments about Audacious as an Alternative to Winamp

damonh
Its skins and interface is almost identical to Winamp. It's simple, minimalistic and it works like a charm, just like good ol'Winamp
Top positive comment •Sep 4, 2017
4
Bryan McKnight
Excellent code craftsmanship, beautiful design and efficient on memory and CPU/GPU usage, as well as being a near identical twin or clone of WinAmp, my all-time favorite multimedia player.
Top positive comment •Mar 23, 2019
1
Guest
It just works with no fuss.
Positive comment •Aug 18, 2020
0
Lonser
It's Open Source and a real music player.
Positive comment •Aug 3, 2019
0
Guest
similar with Winamp, simple beautiful interface, easy to use, run on windows and linux, open source
Positive comment •Jul 30, 2019
2
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- Most users think Audacious is a great Winamp alternative.
- Audacious is the most popular Linux alternative to Winamp.
- Audacious is the most popular Open Source alternative to Winamp.
- Audacious is Free and Open SourceWinamp is Free Personal and Proprietary

Clementine
Clementine is a cross-platform free and open source music player and library organizer. It is a port of Amarok 1.4 to the Qt 4 framework and the GStreamer multimedia framework, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and...
239 Clementine alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Audio Player
- Internet Radio Service
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Top Clementine Features
1. Smart playlists
2. Podcast Player
3. Lightweight
4. Dynamic/Intelligent Playlists
5. Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
6. Playlists management
7. Lossless Audio
8. Privacy focused
9. File Tagging
10. Ad-free
11. No registration required
12. No Tracking
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Clementine VS Winamp
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Comments about Clementine as an Alternative to Winamp

alego4710
Clementine has Last.Fm integration, better visual aesthetics (in my opinion,) song fingerprinting for tag finding, and it's cross platform.
Positive comment •Mar 27, 2018
1
Guest
The last.fm tagging is awfull
Negative comment •Jan 23, 2018
0
- Most users think Clementine is a great Winamp alternative.
- Clementine is Free and Open SourceWinamp is Free Personal and Proprietary
- Clementine is Privacy focusedWinamp is not according to our users

MPV
MPV is an audio and movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of video file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.
100 MPV alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Audio Player
- Media Player
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
- Xfce
Top MPV Features
1. Lightweight
2. Minimalistic
3. Integrated Codecs
4. Low resource footprint
5. Command line interface
6. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
7. Drag and Drop
8. Configurable
9. Video playback
10. Lua scripting
11. HDR source support
12. GNU/linux-libre
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MPV VS Winamp
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Comments about MPV as an Alternative to Winamp

Guest
MPV is a movie player. Movie players are not dedicated, library-based music players.
Negative comment •Feb 27, 2018
13
Guest
Movie players are not good, library based music players.
Negative comment •Jun 28, 2019
5
Guest
The only similarity is the ability to play audio files - It is not a good alternative for a dedicated music player.
Negative comment •May 17, 2024
0
- Some users think MPV is a great Winamp alternative, some don't.
- MPV is Free and Open SourceWinamp is Free Personal and Proprietary
- MPV is MinimalisticWinamp is not according to our users

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 before — and it looks good doing it.
165 Amarok alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Audio Player
- Media Player
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE Plasma
- Mac
Amarok Features
1. Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
2. Podcast Subscription
3. Music Library
4. Ad-free
5. Dark Mode
6. Privacy focused
7. Support for scripting
8. Multiple languages
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Amarok VS Winamp
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Comments about Amarok as an Alternative to Winamp

Guest
Users can add plugins to add more functionality.
Positive comment •Feb 10, 2018
0
- Some users think Amarok is a great Winamp alternative, some don't.
- Amarok is Free and Open SourceWinamp is Free Personal and Proprietary
- Amarok is Privacy focusedWinamp is not according to our users

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, gapless playback, streaming audio, command line control, and has an 18-band equalizer.
172 DeaDBeeF alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Audio Player
- Audio Converter
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE
- Cinnamon
- GNOME
- MATE
- Xfce
+4
Top DeaDBeeF Features
1. Lightweight
2. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
3. Fully customizable interface
4. Replay Gain
5. Playlists management
6. Support for Hotkeys
7. Lossless Audio
8. Portable
9. Command line interface
10. Works Offline
11. Ad-free
12. Integrated Last.fm scrobbler
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DeaDBeeF VS Winamp
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Guest
Hot / shortcut keys. EQ. :)
Positive comment •Sep 22, 2017
0
- Most users think DeaDBeeF is a great Winamp alternative.
- DeaDBeeF is Free and Open SourceWinamp is Free Personal and Proprietary

Quod Libet
A extensible Music player with Podcast support, web radio, playlists and many more. As it is written in Python, writing new plug-ins is really easy.
160 Quod Libet alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Audio Player
- Media Player
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Debian
- Xfce
+6
Top Quod Libet Features
1. Library Management
2. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
3. Customization
4. Tagging
5. Music Library
6. Media library
7. Built-in Tag editor
8. Ad-free
9. Works Offline
10. Support for Themes
11. User Rating
12. Portable
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Quod Libet VS Winamp
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Comments about Quod Libet as an Alternative to Winamp

Guest
The best, most full featured media library compared to Winamp. The views are different, but maybe the only other media player that has the same library functionality.
Positive comment •Aug 22, 2019
0
- Some users think Quod Libet is a great Winamp alternative, some don't.
- Quod Libet is Free and Open SourceWinamp is Free Personal and Proprietary