VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

VLC media player, the open-source multimedia player

Kodi allows users to play and view videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local storage, network storage and the internet. It's optimized for a 10-foot user interface to be used with televisions and remote controls.Kodi spawned from the love of media. It is an entertainment hub that brings all your digital media together into a beautiful and user friendly package. It is 100% free and open source, very customisable and runs on a wide variety of devices. It is supported by a dedicated team of volunteers and a huge community.

Kodi

Watch videos, movies, TV series and TV channels instantly.

Stremio

Plex for Linux is your client for playback on the Linux desktop. It features the point and click interface you see in your browser but uses a more powerful playback engine as well as some other advanced features.

Plex

Rhythmbox is a music management application, designed to work well under the GNOME desktop. In addition to music stored on your computer, it supports network shares, podcasts, radio streams, portable music devices (including phones), and internet music services such as Last.fm and Magnatune.Rhythmbox is Free software, based on GTK+ and GStreamer, and is extensible via plugins written in Python or C.

Rhythmbox

Mpv is a movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2. It supports a wide variety of video file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types. Special input URL types are available to read input from a variety of sources other than disk files. Depending on platform, a variety of different video and audio output methods are supported.Features:Drag and drop playlistLoading external configuration filesFlatpak: mpv-mpris support - multimedia keys play/pause supportFlatpak: mpv.conf: Screenshots (shortcut key 's') are saved in ~/Pictures/mpv directoryFlatpak: mpv config directory is  ~/.var/app/io.mpv.Mpv/config/mpvFlatpak: mpv scripts directory is ~/.var/app/io.mpv.Mpv/config/mpv/scriptsFlatpak: subliminal is added for autosub.lua like scriptsFlatpak: mpv scripts needs write access. Use flatseal app to set home or host write permission

A free, open source, and cross-platform media player

Celluloid is a simple media player that can play virtually all video and audio formats. It supports playlists and MPRIS2 media player controls. The design of Celluloid follows the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines, but can also be adapted for other systems that don't use client-side decorations (CSD). It is based on the mpv library and GTK.Features:Drag and drop playlistLoading external mpv configuration filesMPRIS2 D-Bus interface

Celluloid

Jellyfin Desktop Client based on Plex Media Player. Play your Jellyfin media in the jellyfin-web application with significantly improved media support. The client also supports SyncPlay.

Jellyfin Media Player

SMPlayer is a free media player with built-in codecs that can play virtually all video and audio formats. It doesn't need any external codecs. Just install SMPlayer and you'll be able to play all formats without the hassle to find and install codec packs.It provides many interesting features like the possibility to play YouTube videos, search and download subtitles or cast to external devices like smartphones and tablets.One of the main features is the ability to remember the settings of previously played files, so when you play them later they will be resumed at the same point and with the same settings.

SMPlayer

Videos is the official movie player of the GNOME desktop environment. It features a searchable list of local videos, and DVDs, as well as local network video shares (using UPnP/DLNA) and video highlights from a number of web sites.Videos comes with added functionality such as a subtitle downloader, the ability to speed up or down playback, create screenshot galleries, and support for recording DVDs.

Videos

Clementine is a multiplatform music player. It is inspired by Amarok 1.4, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and playing your music.Search and play your local music libraryListen to internet radio from Spotify, Grooveshark, SomaFM, Magnatune, Jamendo, SKY.fm, Digitally Imported, JAZZRADIO.com, Soundcloud, Icecast and Subsonic serversSearch and play songs you've uploaded to Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDriveCreate smart playlists and dynamic playlistsTabbed playlists, import and export M3U, XSPF, PLS and ASXCUE sheet supportPlay audio CDsVisualisations from projectMLyrics and artist biographies and photosTranscode music into MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Speex, FLAC or AACEdit tags on MP3 and OGG files, organise your musicFetch missing tags from MusicBrainzDiscover and download PodcastsDownload missing album cover art from Last.fm and AmazonCross-platform - works on Windows, Mac OS X and LinuxNative desktop notifications on Linux (libnotify) and Mac OS X (Growl)Remote control using an Android device, a Wii Remote, MPRIS or the command-lineCopy music to your iPod, iPhone, MTP or mass-storage USB playerQueue manager

Clementine Music Player

The Adobe Flash Player Projector is an offline player for content created on the Adobe Flash platform.While the Flash platform is abandoned, there's still , such as games, and animations from Flash's “Golden Age”.NOTE: This wrapper is not verified by, affiliated with, or supported by Adobe, and does not contain a web browser plug-in.

Adobe Flash Player

Player for content created using Adobe Flash

Audacious is an open source audio player. A descendant of XMMS, Audacious plays your music how you want it, without stealing away your computer’s resources from other tasks.Drag and drop folders and individual song files, search for artists and albums in your entire music library, or create and edit your own custom playlists. Listen to CD’s or stream music from the Internet. Tweak the sound with the graphical equalizer or change the dynamic range with audio effects. Enjoy the modern Qt-themed interface or change things up with Winamp Classic skins. Use the plugins included with Audacious to fetch lyrics for your music, display a VU meter, and more.

Audacious

Make listening to internet radio stations fun again!Instead of providing you with all the stations you already know, Tuner presents you a new selection of stations from all over the world every time you hit the Shuffle button.Tuner uses the community-driven station catalog radio-browser.info.Discover new stations every dayStar stations you like and visit their websiteControl Tuner from your volume indicator

Tuner

Discover and listen to internet radio stations

Strawberry is a music player and music collection organizer. It is aimed at music collectors and audiophiles. With Strawberry you can play and manage your digital music collection, or stream your favorite radios. It also has unofficial streaming support for Tidal and Qobuz. Strawberry is free software released under GPL. The source code is available on GitHub. It's written in C++ using the Qt toolkit and GStreamer. Strawberry is compatible with both Qt version 5 and 6.Features:Play and organize musicSupports most popular audio formats and CD playbackNative desktop notificationsPlaylist management and playlists in multiple formatsSmart and dynamic playlistsAdvanced audio output and device configuration for bit-perfect playback on LinuxEdit tags on audio filesAutomatically retrieve tags from MusicBrainzAlbum cover art from Last.fm, Musicbrainz, Discogs, Musixmatch, Deezer, Tidal, Qobuz and SpotifySong lyrics from Lyrics.com, AudD, Genius, Musixmatch, ChartLyrics, lyrics.ovh and lololyrics.comSupport for multiple backendsAudio analyzer and equalizerTransfer music to mass-storage USB players, MTP compatible devices and iPod Nano/ClassicScrobbler with support for Last.fm, Libre.fm and ListenBrainzStreaming support for Subsonic-compatible serversUnofficial streaming support for Tidal and Qobuz

Strawberry Music Player

AudioTube can search YouTube Music, list albums and artists, play automatically generated playlists, albums and allows to put your own playlist together.

AudioTube

Clapper is a GNOME media player built using GJS with GTK4 toolkit. The media player is using GStreamer as a media backend and renders everything via OpenGL. Player works natively on both Xorg and Wayland. It also supports hardware acceleration through VA-API on AMD/Intel GPUs, NVDEC on Nvidia and V4L2 on mobile devices.The media player has an adaptive GUI. When viewing videos in "Windowed Mode", Clapper will use mostly unmodified GTK widgets to match your OS look nicely. When player enters "Fullscreen Mode" all GUI elements will become darker, bigger and semi-transparent for your viewing comfort. It also has a "Floating Mode" which displays only video on top of all other windows for a PiP-like viewing experience. Mobile friendly transitions are also supported.

Clapper

Webcamoid is a full featured and multiplatform webcam suite.Cross-platform (GNU/Linux, Mac, Windows)Take pictures and record videos with the webcamManages multiple webcamsWritten in C++ and QtCustom controls for each webcamAdd funny effects to the webcam+60 effects availableTranslated to many languages.Use custom network and local files as capture devicesCapture from desktopMany recording formatsVirtual webcam support for feeding other programs

Webcamoid

Take photos and record videos with your webcam

Open source media player built with Qt/QML and libmpv.Featuresplay online videos, through youtube-dlsupports youtube playliststoggle playlist with mouse-over, playlist overlays the videoauto skip chapter containing certain wordsconfigurable shortcuts and mouse buttonsquick jump to next chapter by middle click on progress bar

Haruna Media Player

Open source media player built with Qt/QML and libmpv.

Tauon Music Box is a modern, comfortable and streamlined music player for the playback of your music collection.Packed with features while maintaining simplicity. Use drag and drop for easy file importing and playlist management. Groups albums by folder and allows you to manage your music with built-in functions such as file and folder renaming, cover art downloading and file deleting.Features:Playback local audio files including MP3, FLAC and OGGImport Spotify tracks and manage Spotify playlistsAdd network tracks from Jellyfin, Airsonic and Plex serversGapless playbackAutomatic CUE sheet detectionLookup artists on Rate Your Music and BandcampSupport for last.fm and ListenbrainzImport downloaded music archives in one clickLarge album art and gallery layoutsSupport for lyrics including synced lrc files and guitar chordsMultiple preset colour themes

Tauon Music Box

Spotube is a Flutter based lightweight Spotify client. It utilizes the power of Spotify &amp; Youtube's public API &amp; creates a hazardless, performant &amp; resource friendly User ExperienceFollowing are the features that currently spotube offers:Open SourceAnonymous/Guest LoginCross platformNo telemetry, diagnostics or user data collectionLightweight &amp; resource friendlyNative performance (Thanks to Flutter+Skia)Playback control is on user's machine instead of server basedSmall size &amp; less data hungryNo spotify or youtube ads since it uses all public &amp; free APIs (But it's recommended to support the creators by watching/liking/subscribing to the artists youtube channel or add as favourite track in spotify. Mostly buying spotify premium is the best way to support their valuable creations)Synced LyricsDownloadable track

Spotube

A lightweight free Spotify crossplatform-client which handles playback manually, streams music using Youtube & no Spotify premium account is needed

Lollypop is a lightweight modern music player designed to work excellently on the GNOME desktop environment. It also features a party mode which will auto-select party-related playlists; allows access the player from your couch thanks to it fullscreen mode; fetches lyrics, artwork and biography online; and provides native support for ReplayGain.

Lollypop

Plex HTPC for Linux is your client for playing on your Linux computer connected to the big screen. It features a 10-foot interface with a powerful playback engine.

Plex HTPC

Goodvibes is a simple internet radio player for GNU/Linux.It comes with every basic features you can expect from an audio player, such as multimedia keys, notifications, system sleep inhibition, and MPRIS2 support.

Goodvibes

Mixxx is free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live DJ mixes. Blend songs together with automatic BPM matching and remix on-the-fly with looping and hot cues. Whether you're a pro DJ or just getting started, Mixxx has you covered.Mixxx works with ALSA, JACK, OSS and supports many popular DJ controllers. Key features include:Parallel or split scratchable waveform displaysMP3, OGG, WAVE, FLAC, and optional AAC (M4A) playbackWAVE, OGG, and optional MP3 recordingFast, database-powered libraryCrates and playlists for organizing your musicReads iTunes, Traktor, and Rhythmbox librariesCross-platform - works on Windows, Mac OS X and LinuxShoutcast and Icecast broadcastingSupport for many DJ MIDI and HID controllers out-of-the-boxAdvanced MIDI scripting engine for maximum flexibilityVinyl emulation with Serato, Traktor, and Mixvibes timecode supportBeat and key detectionReplayGain volume normalizationAutomatic crossfading with Auto DJSkinnable interface with several skins bundled

Mixxx DJ Software

Everything you need to perform live DJ mixes

Bitwig Studio is a digital audio workstation (DAW) that inspires you to take greater control of your music, giving you access to every aspect of your production. Streamline your creative process and quickly evolve your ideas into complete songs, tracks, and compositions. Record and arrange, improvise and perform, or do it all at once. Design sounds. Build instruments. &lt;em&gt;Make music.&lt;/em&gt;

Bitwig Studio

An easy and pleasant way to play your music.Find tracks in your local collection, use automatically generated playlists or curate a fresh one.

Music

Do you like audio books? Then lets get cozy!Cozy is a audio book player. Here are some of the features:Import all your audio books into Cozy to browse them comfortablyListen to your DRM free mp3, m4b, m4a (aac, ALAC, …), flac, ogg and wav audio booksRemembers your playback positionSleep timerPlayback speed control for each book individuallySearch your libraryMultiple storage location supportOffline Mode! This allows you to keep an audio book on your internal storage if you store your audio books on an external or network drive. Perfect to listen to on the go!Drag and Drop to import new audio booksSort your audio books by author, reader and name

Cozy

A universal soundboard that uses PulseAudio modules or PipeWire linkingFeaturesDark and light themeFolder tabsSupports a variety of audio formatsSound search (can also be opened with CTRL + F)Sound hotkeysStop button and hotkeyApp Passthrough (can also be opened with CTRL + G)Media Controls

Soundux

vokoscreenNG is a powerful screencast creator in many languages to record the screen, an area or a window (Linux only). Recording of audio from multiple sources is supported. With the built-in camera support, you can make your video more personal. Other tools such as systray, magnifying glass, countdown, timer, Showclick and Halo support will help you do a good job.This program can save files in some formats and use some codecs for video  and audio:Video: H.264, VP8Audio: vorbis, flac, opus and mp3.File: mkv, webm, avi, mp4 and mov.vokoscreenNG is a modern full replacement for vokoscreen, both written by Volker Kohaupt. The main difference is that vokoscreen uses ffmpeg as base, while vokoscreenNG has been rewritten from scratch and is based in GStreamer.