Alternatives to Exaile

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

  • Rhythmbox

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Rhythmbox is a GNOME library player with podcasts and internet radio built in, open source under the GPL, but it runs only on Linux desktops with no Windows build.

  • Strawberry Music Player

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Strawberry Music Player adds native macOS builds, CD ripping and high-resolution formats such as DSD, with tag editing and lyrics lookup included, while keeping an older Clementine-style layout.

  • Amarok

    A KDE music player and collection manager for organising and playing a local music library.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Amarok is a KDE player built around managing large local collections, with regular 3.x bugfix releases, but it is designed mainly for Linux and has no Windows installer.

  • Sayonara Player

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Sayonara Player is a Qt player for Linux and BSD with batch renaming, tag editing and equalizer plugins, but it has no Windows build.

  • Elisa

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinuxAndroid

    Elisa is a simpler KDE player that ships monthly with KDE Gear and adds an Android build, but it focuses on playback rather than advanced tagging or smart playlists.

  • JuK

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    JuK is a KDE jukebox with a tag editor and file renamer, but it supports only MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC and runs on Linux.

  • DeaDBeeF

    A light, plugin-driven music player for Linux, Windows and macOS that stays out of the way.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    DeaDBeeF uses much less memory and CPU and runs on Linux, Windows and macOS, but its library management is weaker than Exaile's database-driven collection tools.

  • Tauon

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Tauon is an open-source Linux player with gapless playback, CUE sheet support and smart playlist generators, and it can also stream from Jellyfin and Airsonic servers.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Exaile 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

    Exaile is an open-source GTK library player for Windows and Linux with smart playlists, advanced tag editing, podcasts, radio and more than 50 plugins, with regular releases.

  • fooyin

    Build a personalized music player around your local library.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    Exaile is an open-source GTK library player for Windows and Linux with smart playlists, advanced tag editing, secondary output preview and more than 50 plugins.

  • MediaMonkey

    Organize, tag and play large music collections.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsAndroid

    Exaile is a free open-source GTK player for Windows and Linux with smart playlists, advanced tag editing and over 50 plugins, but no Android app.

  • Podcasts

    A lightweight GNOME app for subscribing to, updating and listening to podcasts.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Exaile is a GTK music player and library manager that also supports podcasts and radio streaming, with more than 50 plugins, on Linux and Windows.

  • Quod Libet

    Organize and play music with flexible metadata tools.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Exaile is an open-source GTK library player with smart playlists, advanced tag editing and over 50 plugins, offered for Windows and Linux rather than macOS.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.