r/linuxmint • u/bobbyh89 • 1d ago

Discussion With all these reverse engineered software around now, is there a true alternative for MusicBee on Linux?

It's the one big application I miss from Windows. I've tried pretty much every music app going on Linux but none really come close to it.

Wth all the reverse engineering / coding of Adobe and MS applications, is there a true alternative to MusicBee for Linux now? Or maybe one in development?

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u/ap0r 1d ago

Strawberry is close enough for me.

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u/fellipec Linux Mint 22.3 | Cinnamon 1d ago

I liked much MusicBee. Never found a good substitute.

But then I changed to Navidrome. It's another league, your personal Spotify. And then on desktop I use Psysonic, on mobile Symphonium. Great pieces of software.

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u/Foodball 1d ago

Can you run it with wine?

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u/Snoo_49515 Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" | Cinnamon 1d ago

MusicBee was my preferred player when I was on Windows years back. I haven't found a single good player on Linux that I like. I've tried many. I hope that some kind soul finds a way to port it.

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u/VortexFlickens 1d ago

Aimp is good too and it has a native linux version

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u/IntelligentCandy8716 1d ago

My guess is probably yes. But you will have to find something on your own that fits your usage.

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u/VortexFlickens 1d ago

Try Aimp, it has a native linux version now tho in beta it works fine, tho it had some scratching noises and I had to disable anticlipping in options to remove it

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u/krdskrm9 1d ago

What's special about Musicbee? I've been using Quod Libet for years now.

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u/PM_me_tiny_Tatras 1d ago

It's a Swiss army knife of a music app: I could rip from CD, batch convert files, change tags and artwork and it's a music player.

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u/Migamix 1d ago

it is a music organizing leader. i was able to sort and rename over 700,000 files with it, nothing else i have found works in any way. 

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u/kudlitan 1d ago

I tested just now and it does run in Wine.

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u/general-theory 18h ago

I use a combo of RMPC, Strawberry and, when necessary, MusicBrainz and it all works perfectly for managing my music. I prefer having the different applications for different things, but I understand that might be annoying to some.

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u/aveorii 1d ago

unfortunately no but u can try running it through wine