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Amarok

Amarok is a music player, available on Windows and Linux: playlists, scripting and macros.

  • Completely free
  • Windows and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Amarok is a music player, available on Windows and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and in its Winget manifest: playlists, scripting and macros.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Amarok, the classic music player originating from the early” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Dynamic playlists matching different criteria” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Scripting support” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Amarok is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-2.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Amarok is a free, cross-platform, versatile, powerful and feature-rich music player and collection manager. Features: Dynamic playlists matching different criteria Collection managing with rating support Support for basic iPod, MTP and UMS music player devices Integrated Internet services: last.fm, Magnatune, Ampache and more. Scripting support Cover manager Replay gain support

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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