Alternatives to Winamp
The long-running Windows music player, still available to download from its developer. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Winamp
The long-running Windows music player, still available to download from its developer.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Winamp.
WACUP
A classic-style media player that extends the Winamp 5 player and stays compatible with its plug-ins.
WACUP extends the Winamp 5 player and keeps classic Winamp-era plug-ins working, though it is still a preview build rather than a final release.
foobar2000
A light, deeply configurable audio player for people who care about their local music library.
foobar2000 is a free, closed-source player for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS with gapless playback, ReplayGain, CD ripping and a component system, but it needs configuration.
MusicBee
A Windows music manager for people with a large local library and opinions about tags.
MusicBee is a free Windows music manager with bulk tag editing, automatic artwork lookup, WASAPI and ASIO output, and syncing to phones and portable players.
AIMP
A long-running Windows music player with an 18-band equaliser, internet radio and a built-in converter.
AIMP stays free and closed source on Windows, adds Android, and bundles an 18-band equaliser, converter, tag editor and internet radio recorder with deep skinning.
Audacious
A lightweight open-source audio player descended from XMMS, with optional Winamp Classic skins.
Audacious is an open-source, lightweight player for Windows, macOS and Linux that supports Winamp Classic skins, with an equalizer, effects and bundled plugins.
Qmmp
A Qt-based audio player with a Winamp-style skinned interface, an alternative simple interface and plugins.
Qmmp offers an open-source, Winamp-style skinned interface on Windows and Linux, with plugins, visualisations, a lyrics editor and an experimental batch tag editor.
DeaDBeeF
A light, plugin-driven music player for Linux, Windows and macOS that stays out of the way.
DeaDBeeF is an open-source, low-resource player for Linux, Windows and macOS with a plugin architecture and tracker format support, though its default interface is plain.
Strawberry Music Player
A Clementine fork aimed at collectors, with proper support for high-resolution files and CD ripping.
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.
Mp3tag
A tag editor that fixes the metadata of a whole music folder at once, with online database lookups.
Equalizer APO
A system-wide parametric and graphic equaliser for Windows that hooks into the audio stack itself.
MusicBrainz Picard
The official MusicBrainz tagger, which identifies music by its audio fingerprint and fills in the tags.
Super Audio CD Decoder
A foobar2000 input plugin that plays Super Audio CD ISO images and DSD audio files.
Exact Audio Copy
A Windows CD ripper that reads audio CDs precisely and reports any errors it cannot correct.
EarTrumpet
A Windows tray app that gives per-app volume control from the taskbar.
