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About MusicBee
MusicBee is built around a library you own rather than a service you rent. It reads and writes tags in bulk, looks up missing metadata and artwork, converts formats on the way to a device, and syncs to phones and MP3 players. Playback supports gapless, replay gain, WASAPI and ASIO output.
The interface is dense and heavily skinnable, and a large plugin ecosystem covers scrobbling, lyrics and visualisations. It is Windows only and closed source, funded by donations.
Strengths
- Bulk tag editing and automatic metadata and artwork lookup
- Gapless playback with WASAPI and ASIO output for good hardware
- Syncs and converts on the fly to phones and portable players
- Portable build and a Microsoft Store listing alongside the installer
Limitations
- Windows only, with no official macOS or Linux version
- Closed source and maintained by one developer
- The interface is dense and takes a while to lay out the way you want
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree. Development is funded by donations; there is no paid tier.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Steven Mayall
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Running a big local music collection on Windows without handing it to a service
- Categories
- Audio tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus downloads catalog (Audio); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.
Alternatives to MusicBee
Compare allSoftware that can replace MusicBee for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
foobar2000
A light, deeply configurable audio player for people who care about their local music library.
foobar2000 is also free and closed source but runs on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, with built-in CD ripping and a component system that needs configuration.
Strawberry Music Player
A Clementine fork aimed at collectors, with proper support for high-resolution files and CD ripping.
Strawberry is free and open source under GPL-3.0 with native Windows, macOS and Linux builds, CD ripping and tag editing, but no mobile app or sync.
AIMP
A long-running Windows music player with an 18-band equaliser, internet radio and a built-in converter.
AIMP is a free, closed-source player for Windows and Android with an 18-band equaliser, a bundled converter and internet radio recorder.
DeaDBeeF
A light, plugin-driven music player for Linux, Windows and macOS that stays out of the way.
DeaDBeeF is free and open source under Zlib for Linux, Windows and macOS with very low resource use, though its library management is weaker than MusicBee's.
Plexamp
A music player from Plex for listening to and exploring the music library on a Plex server.
Plexamp runs on desktop and mobile platforms but depends on a Plex Media Server holding your music, and some features require a paid Plex Pass.
MusicBee as an alternative
Listings that name MusicBee as an alternative.
HQPlayer
Play audio with configurable digital filtering and resampling.
MusicBee is a free Windows-only library manager with gapless WASAPI and ASIO output, trading HQPlayer's advanced PCM and DSD processing for bulk tagging and device syncing.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Mp3tag
A tag editor that fixes the metadata of a whole music folder at once, with online database lookups.
MusicBrainz Picard
The official MusicBrainz tagger, which identifies music by its audio fingerprint and fills in the tags.
Supersonic
Play music from your Subsonic or Jellyfin server.
Volumio
A music player operating system that turns a Raspberry Pi or PC into a network audio streamer.
TagScanner
Rename music files and edit their tags in batches.
