Open source alternatives to Winamp

One project on starwire does the same job. Ranked by how much of what Winamp does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What Winamp does

  1. Play local music filescore
  2. Playlistscore
  3. Skins
  4. Equalizer
  5. Visualizations
  6. Internet radio

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

ProjectCoversStarsCommits, 12 weeksLast releaseClosed vs openedSetupLicense
webampWinamp 2 reimplemented in the browser with the Web Audio API Same job, different way44%11k+9
79
NoneToo few Runs in a browser MIT
Covers 0 of 2 core jobs. Partly: Play local music files; Equalizer. Not shown: Playlists; Internet radio.See the evidence
  • Play local music filescorePartlylisten to audio tracks using Webamp
  • PlaylistscoreNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
  • SkinsYeswith full skin support
  • EqualizerPartlyWinamp equalizer preset files
  • VisualizationsYesMilkdrop 2 WebGL implementation
  • Internet radioNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.

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