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Articles, reviews, and development updates on the many awesome Linux music player apps, from Rhythmbox and Amarok to streaming services like Spotify and Tidal, through to CLI/terminal-based players.

High Tide is a Promising New Linux TIDAL Client

Linux users hunting for a native client to stream music from TIDAL will want to keep an eye on a promising new open-source app called High Tide. High Tide is an unofficial but native Linux […]

30 January 2025

Rhythmbox Update Brings DAAP Server Fix, Podcast Tweaks

A new version of the GTK-based music player Rhythmbox has been released, the first major update in over a year. Rhythmbox 3.4.8 is billed as a ‘minor improvement release’, so there are no shiny new […]

14 November 2024
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Clementine Music Player Sees First Non-Preview Release in 8 Years

Remember Clementine music player? Well, it appears to be back – some 8 years after its last stable release. If Clementine feels like it’s slipped out of public consciousness it’s understandable: the last stable release […]

22 October 2024

Audacious 4.4.1 Released with Assorted Minor Improvements

A chorus of improvements are on offer in the newest update to the popular open source, cross-platform Audacious music player. Audacious 4.4.1 builds on the changes introduced in Audacious 4.4 (a release that brought GTK3 […]

2 October 2024
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Tauon Music Player Adds Native Support for PipeWire

Tauon music player (once known as Tauon Music Box) now offers native PipeWire audio playback on Linux —  albeit experimental for the moment. Fans of this streamlined music player have asked for native PipeWire support […]

1 September 2024
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Amarok 3.1 Released with Last.FM Tweaks, Qt 6 Prep + More

A new version of Qt-based music player Amarok is available to download. Amarok 3.1 lands three months after Amarok 3.0, which was the first release in nearly 6 years and saw the audio player’s developers […]

3 August 2024

Audacious Music App Now Defaults to GTK3, Adds New Plugins

A new version of the Audacious music player popped out a few weeks back, but I totally missed hearing about until today (when sifting through my GitHub stars to make sure no other apps I […]

4 July 2024

Amarok 3.0 Released, Ported to Qt5/KDE Frameworks 5

A new version of the open-source music player Amarok has been released, the first major update to the Qt-based media app since 2018. Amarok 3.0 is the first stable release to use Qt 5 and […]

30 April 2024
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MusicPod, the All-In-One Linux Music Player, Has Improved

MusicPod, an all-in-one music, radio and podcast player for Linux created in Flutter, has matured at a clip since I first looked at it in the spring. The app was already in pretty good form […]

8 November 2023

MPD Frontend Ymuse Gets New Icon, More Features

A new version of Ymuse, a nimble front-end to the Music Player Daemon (MPD) is out. Ymuse 0.22 ‘Xylophone’ intros support for drag-and-drop in the play queue (a real doozy of a feature), adds a single-track repeat […]

5 October 2023
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MusicPod is a New Music, Podcast, and Radio Player for Ubuntu

MusicPod is a promising new music, podcast, and internet radio app for Ubuntu desktops that's built with Flutter. Learn more inside.

11 March 2023
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G4Music is a GTK4 Music App for Linux Desktops

G4Music bills itself as a "beautiful, fast, fluent, light weight music player" and after using it I can't disagree. Learn more about this GTK4 music app.

6 December 2022