Alternatives to Strawberry
Clementine fork for audiophiles
Strawberry ranks #1 of 9 in Music players, with an Alt Score of 96. It is licensed under GPL-3.0, free and available on Windows, macOS and Linux. 10 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Music collectors and audiophiles on Windows, macOS, or Linux who manage large local music libraries and care about audio quality and metadata accuracy.
A free, open-source player (a fork of Clementine, built with C++/Qt/GStreamer) that organizes collections with smart and dynamic playlists, edits and auto-fetches tags via MusicBrainz, and pulls cover art and lyrics from sources like Last.fm, Spotify, Tidal, and Discogs. It plays FLAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, MP4, and other formats, with a built-in equalizer and audio analyzer. It also supports Subsonic-compatible server streaming, internet radio, and scrobbling to Last.fm/ListenBrainz.
Point Strawberry at your local music folders to build a library, then browse, tag, and organize tracks into playlists; transfer files to USB or MTP devices, or connect to a Subsonic server to stream your collection remotely.
Where Strawberry stands out
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Feature comparison
Rows come from the Music players checklist (14 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for Strawberry is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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License GPL-3.0 verified 2026-07-10
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, 29 June 2007
https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/blob/master/COPYING -
Pricing model Free verified 2026-07-10
Strawberry is free software released under the GPL.
https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/blob/master/README.md -
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux verified 2026-07-10
Tested on Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows.
https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/blob/master/README.md -
Status active verified 2026-07-10
Strawberry 1.2.23
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Format support (FLAC, DSD) Yes verified 2026-07-10
Support for WAV, FLAC, Ogg FLAC, WavPack, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, Ogg Speex, MPC, TrueAudio, AIFF, MP4/AAC, ALAC, MP3, ASF, Monkey's Audio, and DSD (DSF/DSDIFF)
https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/blob/master/README.md -
Library management Yes verified 2026-07-10
Strawberry is a music player and music collection organizer, originally forked from Clementine in 2018.
https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/blob/master/README.md -
Gapless playback Yes verified 2026-07-10
Fixed gapless playback sometimes not working.
https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/blob/master/Changelog -
ReplayGain Yes verified 2026-07-10
Volume normalization with ReplayGain and EBU R128 loudness analysis
https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/blob/master/README.md -
Streaming service integration Yes verified 2026-07-10
Unofficial streaming support for Tidal, Spotify and Qobuz
https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/blob/master/dist/unix/org.strawberrymusicplayer.strawberry.appdata.xml -
Plugins / skins Partial verified 2026-07-10
appearancesettingspage.cpp
https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/tree/master/src/settings -
Last.fm scrobbling Yes verified 2026-07-10
Scrobbler with support for Last.fm and ListenBrainz
https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/blob/master/dist/unix/org.strawberrymusicplayer.strawberry.appdata.xml -
Open source Yes verified 2026-07-10
Strawberry is free software released under the GPL.
https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/blob/master/README.md -
Remote server playback Yes verified 2026-07-10
Streaming support for Subsonic-compatible servers
https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/blob/master/dist/unix/org.strawberrymusicplayer.strawberry.appdata.xml -
EQ & DSP Yes verified 2026-07-10
Audio analyzer and equalizer
https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/blob/master/dist/unix/org.strawberrymusicplayer.strawberry.appdata.xml
FAQ
Yes. AIMP, foobar2000 and Plexamp have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.