Xfmpc AlternativesAudio Players and other similar apps like Xfmpc

Xfmpc is described as 'A graphical GTK+ MPD client focusing on low footprint' and is a Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Xfmpc for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Xfce and BSD apps. The best Xfmpc alternative is DeaDBeeF, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Xfmpc are Euphonica, Exaile, Qmmp and Cantata.

More about Xfmpc

Xfmpc alternatives page was last updated Sep 7, 2025

DeaDBeeF
198 likes
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.
180 DeaDBeeF alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Audio Player
Origin
Denmark
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
KDE Plasma
Cinnamon
GNOME
MATE
Xfce
+4
Is DeaDBeeF a good alternative to Xfmpc?
DeaDBeeF is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Xfmpc.
DeaDBeeF is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Xfmpc.
DeaDBeeF is Free and Open SourceXfmpc is also Free and Open Source
DeaDBeeF is LightweightXfmpc is not according to our users
Euphonica
16 likes
Euphonica is an MPD client with integrated spectrum visualiser, metadata downloading & more.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Audio Player
Origin
Vietnam
Platforms
Linux
Flathub
Flatpak
+6
Is Euphonica a good alternative to Xfmpc?
Exaile
109 likes
Exaile is a cross-platform music manager and player for GTK+ written in Python and is easily extensible via plugins. It incorporates automatic fetching of album art, handling of large libraries, lyrics fetching, artist/album information via Wikipedia, streaming Internet radio...
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application types
Audio Player
Internet Radio Service
Origin
United States
Platforms
Windows
Linux
BSD
Xfce
Is Exaile a good alternative to Xfmpc?
Qmmp
47 likes
Qmmp is an audio-player, written with help of Qt library. The user interface is similar to Winamp or xmms.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Audio Player
Platforms
Windows
Linux
BSD
Flathub
Xfce
Haiku
Is Qmmp a good alternative to Xfmpc?
Cantata
15 likes
A graphical (Qt5) client for MPD.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Audio Player
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Windows
Linux
Flathub
Flatpak
Haiku
Is Cantata a good alternative to Xfmpc?
Music Player Daemon
42 likes
Music Player Daemon (MPD) is a flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music. Through plugins and libraries it can play a variety of sound files while being controlled by its network protocol.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Audio Player
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Self-Hosted
Is Music Player Daemon a good alternative to Xfmpc?
Music Player Daemon is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Xfmpc.
Music Player Daemon is Free and Open SourceXfmpc is also Free and Open Source
Music Player Daemon is LightweightXfmpc is not according to our users
Switch Player
4 likes
Switch allows you to play a variety of web and professional media formats, inspect and adjust the properties of the file and export a new file.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Media Player
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
+2
Is Switch Player a good alternative to Xfmpc?
Movies & TV
3 likes
Movies & TV (Canada and the US) or Films & TV (UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand), previously Xbox Video and Zune Video, is the default video player of Windows 10 and Xbox One.
266 Movies & TV alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application types
Media Player
Audio Player
Origin
United States
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Windows
Windows Phone
Xbox
Is Movies & TV a good alternative to Xfmpc?
vitunes
3 likes
vitunes is a curses-based music player and playlist manager for *nix whose goals are: 1. a minimalistic appearance, 2. strong vi-like bindings, and 3. quick playlist creation/management. vitunes does not strive to be a feature-rich media player, but rather a quick, vi-like media...
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Audio Player
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Linux
BSD
Is vitunes a good alternative to Xfmpc?
mpc
8 likes
A minimalist command line interface to MPD.
25 mpc alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Audio Player
Platforms
Linux
Xfce
Is mpc a good alternative to Xfmpc?
Music Player Mp3 Player
2 likes
Music player for Android that supports multiple file formats like mp3, mp4/m4a (incl. alac), ogg, wma*, flac, wav, ape, wv, tta, mpc, aiff create ring tones best music player with Ring tone maker, Equalizer, Shuffle, shake, Multi select.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application type
Media Player
Platforms
Android
Is this a good alternative to Xfmpc?
Music Player Mp3 Player is the most popular Android alternative to Xfmpc.
Music Player Mp3 Player is Free and ProprietaryXfmpc is Free and Open Source
PlayerXtreme
10 likes
PlayerXtreme Media Player is the most popular cross-platform audio, video, movie and online streaming Player for your device. With this Free Media Player you can watch movies, music, videos, and others with mesmerizing audio video results, on the go from anywhere even if they’re...
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Media Player
Origin
India
Platforms
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
Apple TV
Android TV
Fire TV
Is PlayerXtreme a good alternative to Xfmpc?
PlayerXtreme is the most popular iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Xfmpc.
PlayerXtreme is Freemium and ProprietaryXfmpc is Free and Open Source