Alternatives to Tauon

An open-source desktop music player for local collections, with Jellyfin and Airsonic streaming support. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • Tauon

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Tauon.

  • Strawberry Music Player

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Strawberry is open source with native Windows, macOS and Linux builds, adds CD ripping and hi-res format support, but has no Jellyfin or Airsonic streaming.

  • Rhythmbox

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Rhythmbox is an open-source GNOME library player that adds podcasts and internet radio, but it lacks Tauon's Jellyfin and Airsonic support.

  • Elisa

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinuxAndroid

    Elisa is KDE's open-source local player with online radio and lyrics, available on Linux, Windows and Android, focused on simple playback rather than advanced tools.

  • Amarok

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Amarok is KDE's open-source collection manager for large local libraries on Linux, centred on local files rather than self-hosted streaming servers.

  • Sayonara Player

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Sayonara Player is an open-source Qt player for Linux and BSD with batch renaming, tag editing, an equalizer and a spectrum analyzer.

  • DeaDBeeF

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    DeaDBeeF is a lighter open-source player for Linux, Windows and macOS that also plays tracker formats, though its library management is weaker than Tauon's.

  • 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 with smart playlists, tag editing, podcasts and more than 50 plugins, with a Windows installer too.

  • Audacious

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

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Audacious is a lightweight open-source player with Winamp Classic skin support and builds for Windows, macOS and Linux, without Tauon's server streaming.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Tauon 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

    Tauon is an open source GPL-3.0 player mainly for Linux, adding CUE sheets, gapless playback, smart playlists and streaming from Jellyfin and Airsonic servers.

  • Feishin

    Listen to music from a compatible server through a desktop client.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    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.

  • Finamp

    An open-source music player app that streams and plays music from a Jellyfin server.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroidiOS

    Tauon is an open-source Linux desktop player that streams from Jellyfin and Airsonic servers and also plays local files, with smart playlists and gapless playback.

  • Harmonoid

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

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    Tauon is an open-source GPL-3.0 player aimed at Linux desktops, adding gapless playback, CUE sheets and Jellyfin or Airsonic streaming, but without Harmonoid's mobile apps.

  • JuK

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Tauon is an open source Linux music player with wide codec support, CUE sheets, smart playlist generators and Jellyfin and Airsonic streaming, going well beyond MP3, Ogg and FLAC.

  • Plexamp

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

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    Tauon is an open-source Linux desktop player that streams from Jellyfin and Airsonic servers or plays local files, with no Plex dependency or paid tier.

  • Quod Libet

    Organize and play music with flexible metadata tools.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Tauon is GPL-3.0 and aimed at Linux desktops, adding Jellyfin and Airsonic streaming, gapless playback, CUE sheets and smart playlist generators.

  • Supersonic

    Play music from your Subsonic or Jellyfin server.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Tauon is a GPL-3.0 Linux-focused player that streams from Jellyfin and Airsonic while also playing local files, with smart playlists and visualisations.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.