Alternatives to fooyin

Build a personalized music player around your local 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 fooyin.

  • Quod Libet

    Organize and play music with flexible metadata tools.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Quod Libet is free and open source under GPL-2.0, adds macOS, and centres on flexible metadata searches and plugins for managing an audio library.

  • Clementine

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Clementine is free and open source, adds macOS plus cloud and streaming support, but its development has slowed and the interface feels dated.

  • MediaMonkey

    Organize, tag and play large music collections.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsAndroid

    MediaMonkey is freemium and closed source on Windows and Android, drops Linux, and adds tagging and device syncing, with some features requiring a paid Gold license.

  • JRiver Media Center

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

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    JRiver Media Center is paid and closed source on Windows, macOS and Linux, combining library organization and playback, with features varying between operating-system editions.

  • Audirvāna

    Play a local music library and supported streaming services from a desktop application.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    Audirvāna is paid and closed source on Windows and macOS, drops Linux, and mixes a local library with supported streaming services that require their own subscriptions.

  • Audacious

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Audacious is a lightweight open-source audio player for Windows, macOS and Linux with Winamp Classic skins, equalizer, effects and bundled plugins.

  • Exaile

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

    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.

  • Tauon

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Tauon is a GPL-3.0 player aimed mainly at Linux with CUE sheets, gapless playback, smart playlist generators and streaming from Jellyfin and Airsonic servers.

Also worth comparing

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

  • Dopamine

    A simple desktop audio player for playing and browsing a local music collection.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    fooyin is an open source GPL-3.0 player for Windows and Linux with flexible layouts and a plugin system, but it has no macOS build.

  • Harmonoid

    A cross-platform music player and library manager built on mpv and FFmpeg, with a Material Design interface.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    fooyin is an open-source GPL-3.0 local library player for Windows and Linux with flexible layouts and plugins, dropping macOS and mobile support.

  • Sayonara Player

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    fooyin is an open source GPL-3.0 player for Windows and Linux that lets you build a personalised layout around a local library, with a plugin system.

  • WACUP

    A classic-style media player that extends the Winamp 5 player and stays compatible with its plug-ins.

    FreeProprietaryWindows

    fooyin is a GPL-3.0 music player for Windows and Linux with flexible layouts and its own plugin system, rather than compatibility with Winamp plug-ins.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.