Open Source Windows Media Player Alternatives

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

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  1. MusicPod icon
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    MusicPod is a local music, radio, television and podcast player for Linux, MacOS and Windows.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  2. MPV-EASY Player is a movie player based on MPV .It comes with an easy-to-use interface, you can quickly adjust many parameters, carefully adjusted default settings will be able to stimulate all the performance of the MPV player, so that...

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • mpv
     
  3. Winyl icon
     41 likes

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

    367 Winyl alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Kaffeine icon
     19 likes

    Kaffeine is a media player with support for digital television (DVB-C/S/S2/T, ATSC, CI/CAM) for the Linux KDE desktop environment.

    56 Kaffeine alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE
     
  5. Nora icon
     7 likes

    With simplicity and design in mind, this app was made to overcome problems when using default music apps on platforms that lack essential features.

    20 Nora alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  6. cmus is a small, fast and powerful console music player for Linux and *BSD.

    Input/Output Plugins Input: Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Musepack, WavPack, WMA, WAV, AAC, MP4, and everything supported by libmodplug Output: PulseAudio, ALSA, OSS, libao, aRts, Sun, and WaveOut (Wind.

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. Glide Player icon
     1 like

    Minimalist media player using GStreamer for multimedia support and GTK for UI, supporting multiple formats on Linux and macOS. Offers subtitle and audio track switching, playback controls, and fullscreen mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Homebrew
     
  8. CornPlayer icon
     3 likes

    very simple Media Player.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. MPZ icon
     2 likes

    If you like to organize your music in folders, then this player might be for you. It doesn't try to index all the files into a library, but rather treats your files and folders as a library and provides a convenient way to create playlists directly from folders.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Movist icon
     57 likes

    Movist is a movie player for Mac OS based on QuickTime & FFmpeg.

    A Simple and clean interface and high codec compatibility make this a real challenger to VLC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. MOC icon
     30 likes

    MOC (music on console) is a console audio player for LINUX/UNIX designed to be powerful and easy to use.

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
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