Alternatives to XLD
A Mac tool for ripping CDs and decoding, converting and splitting lossless audio files. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
XLD
A Mac tool for ripping CDs and decoding, converting and splitting lossless audio files.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as XLD.
dBpoweramp
A secure CD ripper and batch audio converter for Windows and macOS.
dBpoweramp is a paid, closed-source secure CD ripper and batch converter with AccurateRip verification, running on Windows as well as macOS.
fre:ac
A free audio converter and CD ripper that converts between MP3, AAC, FLAC, Opus and more.
fre:ac is a free, open-source CD ripper and converter for Windows, macOS and Linux with automatic CDDB tagging, though releases are infrequent.
Exact Audio Copy
A Windows CD ripper that reads audio CDs precisely and reports any errors it cannot correct.
Exact Audio Copy offers verified secure CD ripping with AccurateRip checks, but it runs only on Windows and is free only for non-commercial use.
Flacon
Split a full-album audio file into separate tagged tracks.
Flacon is a free, open-source tool for macOS and Linux that splits full-album files into tagged tracks via CUE sheets, but it does not rip CDs.
MediaHuman Audio Converter
A free batch audio converter for macOS, Windows and Linux that also splits CUE-indexed files.
MediaHuman Audio Converter is a free batch converter that splits CUE-indexed files on Mac, Windows and Linux, but it has no CD ripping and fewer encoder settings.
foobar2000
A light, deeply configurable audio player for people who care about their local music library.
foobar2000 is a free player that also includes CD ripping, transcoding and tagging, available on Windows, macOS and mobile, though conversion is not its main focus.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
MusicBrainz Picard
The official MusicBrainz tagger, which identifies music by its audio fingerprint and fills in the tags.
Mp3tag
A tag editor that fixes the metadata of a whole music folder at once, with online database lookups.
Spek
Drops an audio file on the window and draws its spectrogram, so you can see where the quality really stops.
Permute
A drag-and-drop macOS converter for video, audio, images and PDFs across about 50 formats.
Swinsian
A macOS music player and library manager with wide format support and advanced tag editing.
Kid3
Edit audio-file tags individually or in batches.
