Alternatives to Strawberry Music Player

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

  • foobar2000

    A light, deeply configurable audio player for people who care about their local music library.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOS

    foobar2000 is free but closed source, adds Android and iOS apps, drops the official Linux build, and extends through third-party components for formats and DSP.

  • MusicBee

    A Windows music manager for people with a large local library and opinions about tags.

    FreeProprietaryWindows

    MusicBee is a free, closed-source Windows-only manager with bulk tag editing, WASAPI and ASIO output, and syncing to phones, but no macOS or Linux version.

  • DeaDBeeF

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    DeaDBeeF is an open-source Zlib player with very low resource use and chiptune support, though its library management is weaker than Strawberry's collection features.

  • AIMP

    A long-running Windows music player with an 18-band equaliser, internet radio and a built-in converter.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsAndroid

    AIMP is a free, closed-source player for Windows and Android with an 18-band equaliser, converter and internet radio, but no macOS or Linux build.

  • HQPlayer

    Play audio with configurable digital filtering and resampling.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    HQPlayer is paid, closed-source software focused on configurable filtering, resampling and DSD processing, and can demand substantial computing power compared with Strawberry.

  • Amarok

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Amarok is a GPL-2.0 KDE library manager built for large local collections, but it targets Linux only, unlike Strawberry's Windows and macOS builds.

  • 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 that adds podcasts and internet radio, but has no official Windows or macOS build or built-in CD ripping.

  • Tauon

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Tauon is a GPL-3.0 Linux-focused player with gapless playback and CUE sheets that also streams from Jellyfin and Airsonic servers.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Strawberry Music Player as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Amberol

    A simple GNOME music player for local files that plays music and nothing else.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Strawberry Music Player adds a tagged collection, CD ripping, lyrics lookup and high-resolution format support, with native builds for Windows, macOS and Linux.

  • Elisa

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinuxAndroid

    Strawberry is an open-source player for Windows, macOS and Linux with tag editing, lyrics lookup and CD ripping, though it has no mobile app.

  • Exact Audio Copy

    A Windows CD ripper that reads audio CDs precisely and reports any errors it cannot correct.

    FreeProprietaryWindows

    Strawberry Music Player is an open-source library player that rips audio CDs straight into your collection on Windows, macOS and Linux, without EAC's multi-read verification and error reporting.

  • Exaile

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    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.

  • Gapless

    A lightweight GTK4 music player for local audio libraries with an adaptive interface.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Strawberry Music Player adds tag editing, CD ripping and high-resolution format support, with native builds for Windows, macOS and Linux, though its layout is older.

  • Museeks

    A simple, cross-platform music player for playing a local music collection on the desktop.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Strawberry Music Player is open source on Windows, macOS and Linux, adding hi-res format support, CD ripping, tag editing and lyrics lookup in an older Clementine-style layout.

  • Plexamp

    A music player from Plex for listening to and exploring the music library on a Plex server.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    Strawberry Music Player is open source and plays local files, including hi-res and DSD, on Windows, macOS and Linux, but has no mobile app or sync service.

  • Super Audio CD Decoder

    A foobar2000 input plugin that plays Super Audio CD ISO images and DSD audio files.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    Strawberry Music Player is a standalone open-source player for Windows, macOS and Linux that plays DSF and DSD files without needing foobar2000.

  • Swinsian

    A macOS music player and library manager with wide format support and advanced tag editing.

    PaidProprietarymacOS

    Strawberry is free and GPL-3.0 on macOS, Windows and Linux, playing FLAC and DSD with built-in tag editing, lyrics lookup and CD ripping.

  • Winamp

    The long-running Windows music player, still available to download from its developer.

    FreeProprietaryWindows

    Strawberry Music Player is an open-source Clementine fork for Windows, macOS and Linux that handles FLAC and DSD files, rips CDs and edits tags.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.