Alternatives

Products that do what Desktop MP3 does

Minimalist, retro-style MP3 player for Windows, Mac & Linux

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   Minimal native MP3 player for Mac▲156

   2018 · catnapgames.com

2. 2
   Spotify Miniplayer▲510

   Discreetly play music, podcasts & videos on desktop

   2024

3. 3
   Harmony▲193

   Lightweight music player for SoundCloud, Spotify and more

   2016

4. 4
   Pod▲112

   A desktop iPod that plays local music and radio

   2025

5. 5
   Tiny Player for Mac▲86

   Minimalistic music player with clean UI & quick search

   2021

6. 6SA
   Simple access to your music from the web▲217

   2021 · github.com

7. 7WM
   We missed Winamp, so we built an audio player for macOS▲71

   May 2026 · advanced-research.net

8. 8
   Plexamp▲147

   A small music player with a number of unique features

   2017

9. 9PA
   Petrichor – a free, open-source, offline music player for macOS▲202

   I have a large collection of music files gathered over the years, so I was sorely missing a decent offline music player that can serve as a frontend for the collection. I tried several Mac apps over the years, but since streaming music is mainstream now, there aren't good offline music players that meet my needs. So I spent the last 3 months building Petrichor! The idea is to solve my problem and learn Swift UI development along the way, while giving back to the community with this open-source project! Here's a list of features it has, with more getting added in future; - Everything you'd…

   2025 · github.com

10. 10
    Poolside FM 2.0▲671

    Super-summer music website inspired by a '90s OS

    2019 · v2.poolside.fm

11. 11
    The New Spotify Desktop▲229

    Explore, browse, and organize just like you do on mobile

    2023

12. 12
    Harmony 0.7▲234

    A lightweight music player for SoundCloud, Spotify and more

    2017

13. 13
    SoundNode▲312

    SoundCloud desktop app (OS X, Windows, Linux)

    2016

14. 14
    New Spotify Web Player▲437

    Spotify new UI for web player (no more Adobe Flash)

    2017

15. 15
    Jam-Pod▲114

    A player for people who keep their own music collection

    Jul 2026 · testflight.apple.com

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    CassetteOne▲239

    Retro design ambience & music

    2024

17. 17
    Timber▲118

    Open source material design music player

    2016

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    108▲111

    A minimal beat machine played in the browser

    2016

19. 19BW
    BitMidi – Wayback machine for old-school MIDI files▲168

    2018 · bitmidi.com

20. 20
    Soundbar▲213

    A lightweight SoundCloud player for Mac

    2016

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    Rewound▲187

    Give your iPhone an iPod click wheel

    2019

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    iPod Classic Player▲102

    Classic iPod interface for Spotify or Apple music library

    2021

23. 23
    The New Winamp▲124

    Limitless music, radio stations and podcasts

    2023

24. 24
    Plug▲117

    Lightweight OSX player for Hype Machine

    2013

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