Alternatives to Cantata
A Qt graphical client for controlling and browsing music on a Music Player Daemon server. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Cantata
A Qt graphical client for controlling and browsing music on a Music Player Daemon server.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Cantata.
ncmpcpp
An ncurses terminal client for Music Player Daemon, with a tag editor and visualizer.
ncmpcpp controls MPD from a keyboard-driven terminal interface with a tag editor and visualizer, but it is in maintenance mode with no major new features planned.
myMPD
A standalone, mobile-friendly web client for controlling a Music Player Daemon server.
myMPD controls an MPD server from a mobile-friendly web interface with no separate web server needed, so phones and tablets work instead of a Qt desktop app.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Mopidy
An extensible Python music server that plays local files, Internet radio and streaming services.
moOde audio player
An open-source audiophile music player and streamer operating system for Raspberry Pi computers.
Volumio
A music player operating system that turns a Raspberry Pi or PC into a network audio streamer.
Rhythmbox
A music player and library manager for the GNOME desktop with podcast and internet radio support.
Snapcast
A multiroom client-server audio player that keeps every client time-synchronized with the server.
