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24 alternatives to Koel Player

The official mobile player for Koel music streaming server

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Koel Player launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Koel▲127

   A personal music streaming server that works

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2YA
   Yami – An Open Source Music Player with Spotdl Integration▲88

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3SA
   Simple access to your music from the web▲217

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4KO
   Koel – Open source personal music streaming server▲10

   2015 · koel.phanan.net · its alternatives →

5. 5
   TimberX▲127

   An open-source music player that works on all form factors

   2019 · its alternatives →

6. 6PA
   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 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   New Spotify Web Player▲437

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

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   MusicSource▲106

   An open source desktop music player.

   2022 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Alpha Player: Lyrics & Podcast▲62

   New generation Z music player

   2023 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    KOLLEKT.FM 2.0▲130

    Stay up to date with new music shared by sources you trust

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    🐵 MotionMonkey 1.3.0▲92

    Streamlined Web + BitTorrent player from a VLC developer

    2021 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    OneLinePlayer▲190

    The simple and beautiful embed video player for web

    2019 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    SoundCloud Pulse▲110

    A new official mobile app built for SoundCloud creators

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Musikalia▲75

    An iOS music player for kids

    2023 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Kollekt.fm▲123

    Great music, selected by people just like you.

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Black Hole▲83

    An open source music streaming app

    2021 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Timber▲118

    Open source material design music player

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    AutoBeat Player▲76

    Discover, share & play music from YouTube, SoundCloud, ..

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Nēdl▲80

    Find what's playing or saying now on live audio broadcasts!

    2018 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Cymbal Universal Translator for Chrome▲73

    Listen to any song with your streaming subscription

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    playAppleMusic.com▲89

    An (unofficial) web player for Apple Music

    2018 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Sol, my macOS music player and jukebox app, is now free and open source▲30

    A music player and jukebox app for macOS. Contribute to FulltimeFeline/Sol development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Evermusic▲18

    cloud & offline music player, equalizer, crossfade, playlist

    2024 · its alternatives →

24. 24CA
    CloudPlay - A music player for YouTube, SoundCloud, and more▲54

    2012 · cloudplay.fm · its alternatives →

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