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Rhythmbox

Rhythmbox is a music player, available on Linux: plugins and add-ons.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Rhythmbox is a music player, available on Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: plugins and add-ons.

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
  • “Audio player.” — Wikidata, 10 November 2026
  • “Rhythmbox is Free software, based on GTK+ and GStreamer, and is extensible via plugins written in Python or C.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

Its licence could not be established at the source: check the terms on the official website.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Rhythmbox is a music management application, designed to work well under the GNOME desktop. In addition to music stored on your computer, it supports network shares, podcasts, radio streams, portable music devices (including phones), and internet music services such as Last.fm and Magnatune. Rhythmbox is Free software, based on GTK+ and GStreamer, and is extensible via plugins written in Python or C.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from LicitPro manual check (account, watermark, free status, ads, commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Facts manually checked on 10 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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