cliamp plays local music, podcasts, Spotify, and Qobuz from a terminal interface.
fooyin
fooyin plays music and lets users customize its interface, according to its homepage.
About fooyin
fooyin is a music player for playing and managing local music collections. Users can arrange widgets into a layout starting from a preset or a blank canvas, and use library views, search, filtering and playlists to organise collections.
It plays audio files, archives, CUE sheets, internet radio and audio CDs. Plugins add functionality, and FooScript is used for formatting, queries and autoplaylists. It is developed and supported on Linux and Windows, with build support for macOS.
Key features
- Arrange widgets into a custom layout from presets or blank canvas
- Organise, search and filter large local collections with playlists
- Play audio files, archives, CUE sheets, internet radio and CDs
- Install plugins and use FooScript for queries and autoplaylists
- Handle lyrics, artwork, ratings, ReplayGain, MusicBrainz and AccurateRip
- Use notifications, shortcuts, media controls, scrobbling and Discord Rich Presence
Best for: People on Linux or Windows who manage large local collections and want a customizable layout.
Good for
- Custom layout built from widgets, presets or blank canvas
- Supports files, archives, CUE sheets, internet radio and CDs
- Plugin and FooScript support for queries and autoplaylists
Watch out for
- macOS is listed with build support, not full development and support
fooyin at a glance
- Website
- fooyin.org
- Category
- Software & Utilities › Linux Apps
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Linux, macOS, Web, Windows
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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