Alternatives to JRiver Media Center

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

  • MediaMonkey

    Organize, tag and play large music collections.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsAndroid

    MediaMonkey is freemium on Windows and Android, drops macOS and Linux, and focuses on music library tagging and device syncing, with some features needing a Gold license.

  • Clementine

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Clementine is free and open source on Windows, macOS and Linux with cloud and streaming support, but it is a music player and its development has slowed.

  • Quod Libet

    Organize and play music with flexible metadata tools.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Quod Libet is free and open source on Windows, macOS and Linux, built around managing an audio library with flexible metadata searches and plugins.

  • Audirvāna

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

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    Audirvāna is also paid and closed source but runs only on Windows and macOS, combining a local music library with supported streaming services.

  • fooyin

    Build a personalized music player around your local library.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    fooyin is free and open source under GPL-3.0 on Windows and Linux, offering flexible layouts and plugins for a local music library.

  • VLC media player

    A free player that opens almost any video or audio file, disc or stream without installing a codec pack.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    VLC media player is free and open source on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS and plays almost any file, but offers little library organization compared with JRiver.

  • Exaile

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    Exaile is a free open-source GTK player for Windows and Linux with smart playlists, tag editing, radio and podcasts, limited to music rather than all media.

  • Amarok

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    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.

Also worth comparing

These listings name JRiver Media Center as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • VOX

    A music player for Mac and iPhone aimed at high-resolution audio files such as FLAC.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSiOS

    JRiver Media Center is a paid media-center application for Windows, macOS and Linux combining library organisation with playback, though features differ between editions.

  • Zoom Player

    A customizable Windows media player with a media library, streaming, skins and keyboard control.

    PaidProprietaryWindows

    JRiver Media Center is also paid and closed source, combining library organisation with playback for home media, and it runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.