Alternatives to Amarok

A KDE music player and collection manager for organising and playing a local music library. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Amarok.

  • Strawberry Music Player

    A Clementine fork aimed at collectors, with proper support for high-resolution files and CD ripping.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Strawberry Music Player is a GPL-3.0 library player for Windows, macOS and Linux with hi-res format support, CD ripping and built-in tag editing.

  • Elisa

    A KDE music player for browsing and playing a local music library and listening to online radio.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinuxAndroid

    Elisa is another KDE player that adds Windows and Android builds, focusing on simple playback and online radio rather than advanced library tools.

  • Rhythmbox

    A music player and library manager for the GNOME desktop with podcast and internet radio support.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Rhythmbox is a GPL library music player built for the GNOME desktop, combining library management, podcasts and internet radio in one app.

  • JuK

    A KDE jukebox-style music player focused on managing a collection, playlists and tags.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    JuK is a KDE jukebox player centred on tagging and playlists, with a tag editor and file renamer, but supports only MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC.

  • Exaile

    A GTK music player and library manager with smart playlists, tagging, radio streaming and podcasts.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    Exaile is a GTK library player with smart playlists, advanced tag editing and over 50 plugins, adding a Windows installer alongside Linux.

  • Sayonara Player

    A fast Qt audio player and music library manager for Linux and BSD.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Sayonara Player is a fast GPL-3.0 Qt player for Linux and BSD with album and directory views, batch tag editing and an equalizer.

  • Tauon

    An open-source desktop music player for local collections, with Jellyfin and Airsonic streaming support.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Tauon is a GPL-3.0 Linux player for local collections that adds Jellyfin and Airsonic streaming, gapless playback and CUE sheet support.

  • Audacious

    A lightweight open-source audio player descended from XMMS, with optional Winamp Classic skins.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Audacious is a lightweight open-source player with Winamp skin support on Windows, macOS and Linux, but it is not built around managing a large collection.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Amarok as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Clementine

    Cross-platform music player forked from Amarok with cloud and streaming support.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Amarok is the KDE player Clementine was forked from, licensed GPL-2.0 with regular 3.x bugfix releases, but it targets Linux and local libraries rather than streaming services.

  • JRiver Media Center

    Organize and play a local media collection with a configurable media-center application.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Amarok is a free GPL-2.0 KDE music player and collection manager for large local libraries, but it runs on Linux only and handles music rather than video.

  • MediaMonkey

    Organize, tag and play large music collections.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsAndroid

    Amarok is a free GPL-2.0 KDE player built around managing large local collections, but it runs on Linux rather than Windows or Android.

  • Quod Libet

    Organize and play music with flexible metadata tools.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Amarok is a GPL KDE music player built around managing a large local collection, and it is designed mainly for Linux and KDE desktops.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.