Comparison of free software for audio
Players
Table:
Component	GUI	Programming language	Database

Amarok	Qt	C++	MySQL

aTunes	Swing_ ( Java )	Java

Aqualung	GTK+	C	no database

Audacious	GTK+ / Qt	C	no database

Banshee	GTK+	C #	SQLite

Clementine	Qt	C++	SQLite3

Exaile	GTK+	Python	Pickle

Guayadeque	wxWidgets	C++ , C	SQLite3

JuK	Qt	C++

Miro	WebKit in GTK+/ Cocoa	Python	?

Muine	Mono	C #	no database

Nightingale	XULRunner	C++	SQLite ?

Quod Libet	GTK+	Python	Pickle

qmmp	Qt	C++	no database

Rhythmbox	GTK+	C

Songbird	XULRunner	C++	SQLite ?

Tomahawk	Qt	C++	SQLite

XMMS	GTK+	C++	no database

XMMS2	C	SQLite

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Amarok /ˈæmərɒk/ is a cross-platform free and open-source music player . Although Amarok is part of the KDE project , it is released independently of the central KDE Software Compilation release cycle . Amarok is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 .
Qt ( pronounced cute ) is a free and open-source widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces as well as cross-platform applications that run on various software and hardware platforms such as Linux , Windows , macOS , Android or embedded systems with little or no change in the underlying codebase while still being a native application with native capabilities and speed . Qt is currently being developed by The Qt Company , a publicly listed company , and the Qt Project under open-source governance , involving individual developers and organizations working to advance Qt . Qt is available under both commercial licenses and open source GPL 2.0 , GPL 3.0 , and LGPL 3.0 licenses .
C++ ( /ˌsiːˌplʌsˈplʌs/ ) is a high-level , general-purpose programming language created by Bjarne Stroustrup as an extension of the C programming language , or C with Classes . The language has expanded significantly over time , and modern C++ has object-oriented , generic , and functional features in addition to facilities for low-level memory manipulation . It is almost always implemented as a compiled language , and many vendors provide C++ compilers , including the Free Software Foundation , LLVM , Microsoft , Intel , Oracle , and IBM , so it is available on many platforms . C++ was designed with a bias toward system programming and embedded , resource-constrained software and large systems , with performance , efficiency , and flexibility of use as its design highlights . C++ has also been found useful in many other contexts , with key strengths being software infrastructure and resource-constrained applications , including desktop applications , video games , servers ( e.g . e-commerce , Web search , or SQL servers ) , and performance-critical applications ( e.g . telephone switches or space probes ) . C++ is standardized by the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ) , with the latest standard version ratified and published by ISO in December 2017 as ISO/IEC 14882:2017 ( informally known as C++17 ) . The C++ programming language was initially standardized in 1998 as ISO/IEC 14882:1998 , which was then amended by the C++03 , C++11 and C++14 standards . The current C++17 standard supersedes these with new features and an enlarged standard library . Before the initial standardization in 1998 , C++ was developed by Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Labs since 1979 as an extension of the C language ; he wanted an efficient and flexible language similar to C that also provided high-level features for program organization . C++20 is the next planned standard , keeping with the current trend of a new version every three years .
MySQL ( /ˌmaɪˌɛsˌkjuːˈɛl/ My S-Q-L ) is an open-source relational database management system ( RDBMS ) . Its name is a combination of My , the name of co-founder Michael Widenius 's daughter , and SQL , the abbreviation for Structured Query Language . MySQL is free and open-source software under the terms of the GNU General Public License , and is also available under a variety of proprietary licenses . MySQL was owned and sponsored by the Swedish company MySQL AB , which was bought by Sun Microsystems ( now Oracle Corporation ) . In 2010 , when Oracle acquired Sun , Widenius forked the open-source MySQL project to create MariaDB . MySQL is a component of the LAMP web application software stack ( and others ) , which is an acronym for Linux , Apache , MySQL , Perl/PHP/Python . MySQL is used by many database-driven web applications , including Drupal , Joomla , phpBB , and WordPress . MySQL is also used by many popular websites , including Facebook , Flickr , MediaWiki , Twitter , and YouTube .
aTunes is a free and open source audio player with MPlayer as its playback engine . aTunes supports MP3 , Ogg Vorbis , FLAC and other formats . aTunes allows users to edit tags , organize music and rip audio CDs easily .
Swing is a GUI widget toolkit for Java . It is part of Oracle 's Java Foundation Classes ( JFC ) - an API for providing a graphical user interface ( GUI ) for Java programs . Swing was developed to provide a more sophisticated set of GUI components than the earlier Abstract Window Toolkit ( AWT ) . Swing provides a look and feel that emulates the look and feel of several platforms , and also supports a pluggable look and feel that allows applications to have a look and feel unrelated to the underlying platform . It has more powerful and flexible components than AWT . In addition to familiar components such as buttons , check boxes and labels , Swing provides several advanced components such as tabbed panel , scroll panes , trees , tables , and lists . Unlike AWT components , Swing components are not implemented by platform-specific code . Instead , they are written entirely in Java and therefore are platform-independent . The term lightweight is used to describe such an element . In December 2008 , Sun Microsystems ( Oracle 's predecessor ) released the CSS / FXML based framework that it intended to be the successor to Swing , called JavaFX .
Java is a general-purpose programming language that is class-based , object-oriented , and designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible . It is intended to let application developers write once , run anywhere ( WORA ) , meaning that compiled Java code can run on all platforms that support Java without the need for recompilation . Java applications are typically compiled to bytecode that can run on any Java virtual machine ( JVM ) regardless of the underlying computer architecture . The syntax of Java is similar to C and C++ , but it has fewer low-level facilities than either of them . As of 2019 [ update ] , Java was one of the most popular programming languages in use according to GitHub , particularly for client-server web applications , with a reported 9 million developers . Java was originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems ( which has since been acquired by Oracle ) and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems ' Java platform . The original and reference implementation Java compilers , virtual machines , and class libraries were originally released by Sun under proprietary licenses . As of May 2007 , in compliance with the specifications of the Java Community Process , Sun had relicensed most of its Java technologies under the GNU General Public License . Meanwhile , others have developed alternative implementations of these Sun technologies , such as the GNU Compiler for Java ( bytecode compiler ) , GNU Classpath ( standard libraries ) , and IcedTea-Web ( browser plugin for applets ) . The latest versions are Java 13 , released in September 2019 , and Java 11 , a currently supported long-term support ( LTS ) version , released on September 25 , 2018 ; Oracle released for the legacy Java 8 LTS the last free public update in January 2019 for commercial use , while it will otherwise still support Java 8 with public updates for personal use up to at least December 2020 . Oracle ( and others ) highly recommend uninstalling older versions of Java because of serious risks due to unresolved security issues . Since Java 9 ( and 10 and 12 ) is no longer supported , Oracle advises its users to immediately transition to the latest version ( currently Java 13 ) or an LTS release .
Aqualung is a free and open-source audio player originally targeted at the GNU/Linux operating system , but also running on FreeBSD , OpenBSD , Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows . It plays audio CDs , internet radio streams and podcasts as well as soundfiles in just about any audio format and has the feature of inserting no gaps between adjacent tracks .
GTK ( formerly GTK+ , GIMP Toolkit ) is a free and open-source cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces ( GUIs ) . It is licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License , allowing both free and proprietary software to use it . Along with Qt , it is one of the most popular toolkits for the Wayland and X11 windowing systems .
C ( /siː/ , as in the letter c ) is a general-purpose , procedural computer programming language supporting structured programming , lexical variable scope , and recursion , while a static type system prevents unintended operations . By design , C provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions and has found lasting use in applications previously coded in assembly language . Such applications include operating systems and various application software for computers , from supercomputers to embedded systems . C was originally developed at Bell Labs by Dennis Ritchie between 1972 and 1973 to make utilities running on Unix . Later , it was applied to re-implementing the kernel of the Unix operating system . During the 1980s , C gradually gained popularity . It has become one of the most widely used programming languages , with C compilers from various vendors available for the majority of existing computer architectures and operating systems . C has been standardized by the ANSI since 1989 ( see ANSI C ) and by the International Organization for Standardization . C is an imperative procedural language . It was designed to be compiled using a relatively straightforward compiler to provide low-level access to memory and language constructs that map efficiently to machine instructions , all with minimal runtime support . Despite its low-level capabilities , the language was designed to encourage cross-platform programming . A standards-compliant C program written with portability in mind can be compiled for a wide variety of computer platforms and operating systems with few changes to its source code .
Audacious is a free and open-source audio player software with a focus on low resource use , high audio quality , and support for a wide range of audio formats . It is designed primarily for use on POSIX-compatible Unix-like operating systems , with limited support for Microsoft Windows . Audacious is the default audio player in Lubuntu and Ubuntu Studio .
Banshee is a cross-platform open-source media player , called Sonance until 2005 . Built upon Mono and Gtk # , it uses the GStreamer multimedia platform for encoding and decoding various media formats , including Ogg Vorbis , MP3 and FLAC . Banshee can play and import audio CDs and supports many portable media players , including Apple 's iPod , Android devices and Creative 's ZEN players . Other features include Last.fm integration , album artwork fetching , smart playlists and podcast support . Banshee is released under the terms of the MIT License . Stable versions are available for many Linux distributions , as well as a beta preview for OS X and an alpha preview for Windows . Banshee was the default music player for a year in Ubuntu and for some time in Linux Mint , but was later replaced by Rhythmbox in both distributions . Banshee uses the SQLite database library .
C # ( pronounced see sharp , like the musical note C♯ , but written with the number sign ) [ b ] is a general-purpose , multi-paradigm programming language encompassing strong typing , lexically scoped , imperative , declarative , functional , generic , object-oriented ( class-based ) , and component-oriented programming disciplines . It was developed around 2000 by Microsoft as part of its .NET initiative , and later approved as an international standard by Ecma ( ECMA-334 ) and ISO ( ISO/IEC 23270:2018 ) . Mono is the name of the free and open-source project to develop a compiler and runtime for the language . C # is one of the programming languages designed for the Common Language Infrastructure ( CLI ) . C # was designed by Anders Hejlsberg , and its development team is currently led by Mads Torgersen . The most recent version is 8.0 , which was released in 2019 alongside Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3 .
SQLite ( /ˌɛsˌkjuːˌɛlˈaɪt/ , /ˈsiːkwəˌlaɪt/ ) is a relational database management system ( RDBMS ) contained in a C library . In contrast to many other database management systems , SQLite is not a client-server database engine . Rather , it is embedded into the end program . SQLite is ACID-compliant and implements most of the SQL standard , generally following PostgreSQL syntax . However , SQLite uses a dynamically and weakly typed SQL syntax that does not guarantee the domain integrity . This means that one can , for example , insert a string into a column defined as an integer . SQLite will attempt to convert data between formats where appropriate , the string 123 into an integer in this case , but does not guarantee such conversions , and will store the data as-is if such a conversion is not possible . SQLite is a popular choice as embedded database software for local/client storage in application software such as web browsers . It is arguably the most widely deployed database engine , as it is used today by several widespread browsers , operating systems , and embedded systems ( such as mobile phones ) , among others . SQLite has bindings to many programming languages .
Clementine is a free and open-source audio player . It is a port of Amarok 1.4 to the Qt 4 framework and the GStreamer multimedia framework . It is available for Unix-like , Windows and macOS . Clementine is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License . Clementine was created due to the transition from version 1.4 to version 2 of Amarok , and the shift of focus connected with it , which was criticized by many users . The first version of Clementine was released in February 2010 .
SQLite ( /ˌɛsˌkjuːˌɛlˈaɪt/ , /ˈsiːkwəˌlaɪt/ ) is a relational database management system ( RDBMS ) contained in a C library . In contrast to many other database management systems , SQLite is not a client-server database engine . Rather , it is embedded into the end program . SQLite is ACID-compliant and implements most of the SQL standard , generally following PostgreSQL syntax . However , SQLite uses a dynamically and weakly typed SQL syntax that does not guarantee the domain integrity . This means that one can , for example , insert a string into a column defined as an integer . SQLite will attempt to convert data between formats where appropriate , the string 123 into an integer in this case , but does not guarantee such conversions , and will store the data as-is if such a conversion is not possible . SQLite is a popular choice as embedded database software for local/client storage in application software such as web browsers . It is arguably the most widely deployed database engine , as it is used today by several widespread browsers , operating systems , and embedded systems ( such as mobile phones ) , among others . SQLite has bindings to many programming languages .
Exaile is a cross-platform free and open-source audio player , tag editor and library organizer . It was originally conceived to be similar in style and functions to KDE 's Amarok 1.4 , but uses the GTK+ widget toolkit rather than Qt . It is written in Python and utilizes the GStreamer media framework . Exaile incorporates many features from Amarok ( and other media players ) like automatic fetching of album art , handling of large libraries , lyrics fetching , Last.fm support , advanced tag editing , and optional iPod and MSC device support via plugins . Compared to typical music players , Exaile is able to handle large music libraries without requiring a massive importing of all music files into its own organizational structure . To facilitate this , Exaile allows users to organize their music library in a wide variety of ways . Such as by tags , group tags , smart playlists , genre , storage location , and more . In addition , Exaile supports plugins that provide features such as ReplayGain support , an equalizer with presets , previewing tracks via a secondary soundcard , and Moodbar integration .
Python is an interpreted , high-level , general-purpose programming language . Created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991 , Python 's design philosophy emphasizes code readability with its notable use of significant whitespace . Its language constructs and object-oriented approach aim to help programmers write clear , logical code for small and large-scale projects . Python is dynamically typed and garbage-collected . It supports multiple programming paradigms , including procedural , object-oriented , and functional programming . Python is often described as a batteries included language due to its comprehensive standard library . Python was conceived in the late 1980s as a successor to the ABC language . Python 2.0 , released in 2000 , introduced features like list comprehensions and a garbage collection system capable of collecting reference cycles . Python 3.0 , released in 2008 , was a major revision of the language that is not completely backward-compatible , and much Python 2 code does not run unmodified on Python 3 . The Python 2 language , i.e . Python 2.7.x , was officially discontinued on 1 January 2020 ( first planned for 2015 ) after which security patches and other improvements will not be released for it . With Python 2 's end-of-life , only Python 3.5.x and later are supported .
In computer science , in the context of data storage , serialization ( or serialisation ) is the process of translating data structures or object state into a format that can be stored ( for example , in a file or memory buffer ) or transmitted ( for example , across a network connection link ) and reconstructed later ( possibly in a different computer environment ) . When the resulting series of bits is reread according to the serialization format , it can be used to create a semantically identical clone of the original object . For many complex objects , such as those that make extensive use of references , this process is not straightforward . Serialization of object-oriented objects does not include any of their associated methods with which they were previously linked . This process of serializing an object is also called marshalling an object in some situations . The opposite operation , extracting a data structure from a series of bytes , is deserialization ( also called unmarshalling ) .
Guayadeque is a free and open-source audio player with database written in C++ using the wxWidgets toolkit . Guayadeque uses gstreamer .
wxWidgets ( formerly wxWindows ) is a widget toolkit and tools library for creating graphical user interfaces ( GUIs ) for cross-platform applications . wxWidgets enables a program 's GUI code to compile and run on several computer platforms with minimal or no code changes . A wide choice of compilers and other tools to use with wxWidgets facilitates development of sophisticated applications . wxWidgets supports a comprehensive range of popular operating systems and graphical libraries , both proprietary and free , and is widely deployed in prominent organizations ( see text ) . The project was started under the name wxWindows in 1992 by Julian Smart at the University of Edinburgh . The project was renamed wxWidgets in 2004 in response to a trademark claim by Microsoft UK . It is free and open source software , distributed under the terms of the wxWidgets Licence , which satisfies those who wish to produce for GPL and proprietary software .
JuK is a free software audio player by KDE , the default player since K Desktop Environment 3.2 . JuK supports collections of MP3 , Ogg Vorbis , and FLAC audio files . JuK was started by Scott Wheeler in 2000 , and was originally called QTagger ; however , it was not until 2002 that the application was moved into KDE CVS , where it has grown into a mature audio application . It was first officially part of KDE in KDE 3.2 .
Miro ( formerly named Democracy Player or DTV ) was an audio , video player and Internet television application developed by the Participatory Culture Foundation . It runs on Microsoft Windows , macOS , FreeBSD and Linux and supports most known video file formats . It offers both audio and video , some in HD quality . The Participatory Culture Foundation no longer develops Miro . The last version ( 6.0 ) was released in 2013 and is no longer functioning correctly because of changes to the YouTube API . [ citation needed ] Miro is free software , released under the terms of the GNU General Public License .
WebKit is a browser engine developed by Apple and primarily used in its Safari web browser , as well as all the iOS web browsers . WebKit is also used by the BlackBerry Browser , the Tizen mobile operating systems , and a browser included with the Amazon Kindle e-book reader . WebKit 's C++ application programming interface ( API ) provides a set of classes to display Web content in windows , and implements browser features such as following links when clicked by the user , managing a back-forward list , and managing a history of pages recently visited . WebKit 's HTML and JavaScript engine started as a fork of the KHTML and KJS libraries from KDE , and has since been further developed by KDE contributors , Apple , Google , Nokia , Bitstream , BlackBerry , Igalia , and others . WebKit supports macOS , Windows , Linux , and various other Unix-like operating systems . On April 3 , 2013 , Google announced that it had forked WebCore , a component of WebKit , to be used in future versions of Google Chrome and the Opera web browser , under the name Blink . WebKit is available under a BSD-form license with the exception of the WebCore and JavaScriptCore components , which are available under the GNU Lesser General Public License . As of March 7 , 2013 , WebKit is a trademark of Apple , registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office .
Cocoa is Apple 's native object-oriented application programming interface ( API ) for its desktop operating system macOS . Cocoa consists of the Foundation Kit , Application Kit , and Core Data frameworks , as included by the Cocoa.h header file , and the libraries and frameworks included by those , such as the C standard library and the Objective-C runtime . Cocoa applications are typically developed using the development tools provided by Apple , specifically Xcode ( formerly Project Builder ) and Interface Builder ( now part of Xcode ) , using the programming languages Objective-C or Swift . However , the Cocoa programming environment can be accessed using other tools , such as Clozure CL , LispWorks , Object Pascal , Python , Perl , Ruby , and AppleScript with the aid of bridge mechanisms such as PasCocoa , PyObjC , CamelBones , RubyCocoa , and a D/Objective-C Bridge . A Ruby language implementation named MacRuby , which removes the need for a bridge mechanism , was formerly developed by Apple , while Nu is a Lisp-like language that can be used with Cocoa with no bridge . It is also possible to write Objective-C Cocoa programs in a simple text editor and build it manually with GNU Compiler Collection ( GCC ) or Clang from the command line or from a makefile . For end-users , Cocoa applications are those written using the Cocoa programming environment . Such applications usually have a familiar look and feel , since the Cocoa programming environment automates many aspects of an application to comply with Apple 's human interface guidelines . For iOS , tvOS , and watchOS , a similar API exists , named Cocoa Touch , which includes gesture recognition , animation , and a different set of graphical control elements . It is used in applications for Apple devices such as the iPhone , the iPad , the iPod Touch , the Apple TV , and the Apple Watch .
Muine is an audio player for the GNOME desktop environment which runs on Linux , Solaris , BSD and other UNIX-like systems . Muine is written in C # using Mono and Gtk # . The default backend is GStreamer framework but Muine can also use xine libraries .
Mono is a free and open-source project to create an Ecma standard-compliant .NET Framework-compatible software framework , including a C # compiler and a Common Language Runtime . Originally by Ximian , it was later acquired by Novell , and is now being led by Xamarin , a subsidiary of Microsoft and the .NET Foundation . The stated purpose of Mono is not only to be able to run Microsoft .NET applications cross-platform , but also to bring better development tools to Linux developers . Mono can be run on many software systems including Android , most Linux distributions , BSD , macOS , Windows , Solaris , and even some game consoles such as PlayStation 3 , Wii , and Xbox 360 . The Mono project has been controversial within the open-source community , as it implements portions of .NET Framework that may be covered by Microsoft patents . Although standardized portions of .NET Framework are covered under Microsoft Open Specification Promise - a covenant stating that Microsoft will not assert its patents against implementations of its specifications under certain conditions - other portions are not , which led to concerns that the Mono project could become the target of patent infringement lawsuits . Following Microsoft 's open-sourcing of several core .NET technologies since 2014 and its acquisition of Xamarin in the beginning of 2016 , an updated patent promise has been issued for the Mono project ( § Mono and Microsoft 's patents ) . The logo of Mono is a stylized monkey 's face , mono being Spanish for monkey .
Nightingale was a free , open source audio player and web browser based on the Songbird media player source code . As such , Nightingale 's engine is based on the Mozilla XULRunner with libraries such as the GStreamer media framework and libtag providing media tagging and playback support , amongst others . Since official support for Linux was dropped by Songbird in April 2010 , Linux-using members of the Songbird community diverged and created the project . By contrast to Songbird , which is primarily licensed under the GPLv2 but includes artwork that is not freely distributable , Nightingale is free software , licensed under the GPLv2 , with portions under the MPL and BSD licenses . Nightingale has not seen a new release since 2014 and most , if not all , Nightingale developers are no longer actively contributing to its development .
XULRunner is a discontinued , packaged version of the Mozilla platform to enable standalone desktop application development using XUL , developed by Mozilla . It replaced the Gecko Runtime Environment , a stalled project with a similar purpose . The first stable developer preview of XULRunner was released in February 2006 , based on the Mozilla 1.8 code base . Mozilla stopped supporting the development of XULrunner in July 2015 . XULRunner was a technology experiment , not a shipped product , meaning there were no official XULRunner releases , only stable builds based on the same code as a corresponding Firefox release .
Quod Libet is a cross-platform free and open-source audio player , tag editor and library organizer . The main design philosophy is that the user knows how they want to organize their music best ; the software is therefore built to be fully customizable and extensible using regular expressions . Quod Libet is based on GTK and written in Python , and uses the Mutagen tagging library . Ex Falso is the stand-alone tag-editing app ( no audio ) based on the same code and libraries . Quod Libet is very scalable , able to handle libraries with tens of thousands of songs with ease . It provides a full feature set including support for Unicode , regular expression searching , key bindings to multimedia keys , fast but powerful tag editing , and a variety of plugins . Quod Libet is available on most Linux distributions , FreeBSD , macOS and Windows , requiring only PyGObject , Python , and an Open Sound System ( OSS ) or ALSA compatible audio device . The XFCE desktop ISO image provided by the Debian project installs Quod Libet as the default audio player .
qmmp ( for Qt-based MultiMedia Player ) is a free and open-source cross-platform audio player that is similar to Winamp . It is written in C++ using the Qt widget toolkit for the user interface . It officially supports the operating systems Linux , FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows . In most popular Linux distributions , it is available through the standard package repositories . It is the only audio player not featuring a database that uses the Qt library .
Rhythmbox is a free and open-source audio player software , tag editor and music organizer for digital audio files on Linux and Unix-like systems . Rhythmbox is designed to work well under GNOME , however it can function on other desktop environments . It is very scalable , able to handle libraries with tens of thousands of songs with ease . It provides a full feature set including full support for Unicode , fast but powerful tag editing , and a variety of plug-ins . Rhythmbox is the default audio player on many Linux distributions including Fedora , Ubuntu since v12.04 LTS , and Linux Mint as of version 18.1 .
Songbird is a discontinued music player originally released in early 2006 with the stated mission to incubate Songbird , the first Web player , to catalyze and champion a diverse , open Media Web . Songbird utilizes the cross-platform frameworks Mozilla XULRunner and GStreamer media framework . Songbird runs on Windows and macOS . In 2012 , an Android version and an iOS version were released . Songbird at one point also supported Solaris and Linux , but this support was dropped . As a result , users forked Songbird and created a Windows , Mac , and Linux compatible derivative under the name Nightingale . Songbird announced on 14 June 2013 that it would stop all operations and shut down by 28 June . The company was unable to fund further business operations and as a result all operations and associated services were discontinued .
Tomahawk is a free , open-source cross-platform music player for Windows , macOS and Linux . An Android client is currently [ when ? ] in beta . It focuses on the conglomeration of the user 's music library across local and network collections as well as streaming services . The project is currently [ when ? ] marked as abandoned by their authors .
X Multimedia System ( XMMS ) is an audio player for Unix-like systems released under a free software license .
XMMS2 ( X-platform Music Multiplexing System 2 ) is a new generation of the XMMS audio player . It is a new design , written from scratch , separate from the XMMS codebase . While Peter Alm , one of the original authors of XMMS , was responsible for the initial design and coding of XMMS2 ( late 2002 to early 2003 ) , he has since passed on the responsibility of furthering the project to Tobias Rundström and Anders Gustafsson . LXMusic , the default music player application in LXDE , is an XMMS2 client .