Alternatives to Feishin
Listen to music from a compatible server through a desktop client. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Feishin
Listen to music from a compatible server through a desktop client.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Feishin.
Plexamp
A music player from Plex for listening to and exploring the music library on a Plex server.
Plexamp plays music from a Plex Media Server instead, adds Android and iOS apps, but is closed source and puts some features behind a paid Plex Pass.
Tauon
An open-source desktop music player for local collections, with Jellyfin and Airsonic streaming support.
Tauon is a GPL-3.0 desktop player aimed mainly at Linux that streams from Jellyfin and Airsonic servers and also plays local collections with gapless playback.
Symfonium
An Android music player for local files, NAS shares and servers like Plex, Jellyfin and Navidrome.
Symfonium is a paid Android-only player for Plex, Jellyfin and Navidrome servers plus local files, adding Hi-Res USB DAC output and casting.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Feishin as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Spotube
Music streaming player that pulls metadata and playlists through community plugins.
Feishin is a GPL-3.0 desktop client that streams from your own compatible music server instead of third-party services, with no Android version.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Jellyfin Media Player
A desktop client for Jellyfin built on libmpv, with hardware decoding and audio passthrough so fewer files need transcoding.
Clementine
Cross-platform music player forked from Amarok with cloud and streaming support.
Quod Libet
Organize and play music with flexible metadata tools.
fooyin
Build a personalized music player around your local library.
musikcube
A terminal-based music player, library and audio streaming server for Windows, macOS and Linux.
