
aTunes is a feature packed audio player and manager, developed in the Java programming language, so it can be executed on multiple platforms.




Exaile is a music player for GTK+ written in Python. It incorporatesfeatures such as automatic fetching of album art, handling of large libraries, lyrics fetching, artist/album information via Wikipedia, Last.fm submission support, and optional iPod support via a plugin.


Amarok is the music player for Linux and Unix with an intuitive interface. Amarok makes playing the music you love easier than ever before - and looks good doing it.


Import, organize, play, and share your music using Banshee’s simple, powerful interface. Banshee has been packaged for a variety of Linux distributions.


Songbird is a desktop media player mashed-up with the Web. It provides a public playground for Web media mash-ups by providing developers with both desktop and Web APIs, developer resources and fostering Open Web media standards.




MusikCube works well as an alternative to iTunes to manage your music collection. ” It helps you just listen to what you want to hear,while offering innovative features not seen elsewhere.”

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