gmusicbrowser
The facts below are what the maker publishes about gmusicbrowser, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From gmusicbrowser's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| gmusicbrowser | Free | Open-source jukebox; no paid plans listed |
The facts
Each one read from gmusicbrowser's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audio formats
- It supports Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and FLAC, with Opus, MPC, APE, and M4A supported when using GStreamer, MPlayer, or mpv.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Availability
- The download page lists stable version 1.1.16 and beta version 1.1.99.1, both released in November 2020.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Users can customize window layouts and the SongTree widget.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Format support
- Ogg Vorbis,MP3,FLAC,Opus,MPC,APE,M4A,WMAchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Large libraries
- The project says it is designed for libraries over 10,000 songs and is developed with a library of over 32,000 songs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Library tools
- Features include artist and album locks, related-song browsing, mass tagging, and mass renaming.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License model
- freechecked 22 Sep 2026
- Plugins
- Included plugins cover now playing updates, Last.fm, picture finding, lyrics, artist or album information, and desktop widgets.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- gmusicbrowser describes itself as a customizable open-source jukebox for large music collections.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Remote listening
- The homepage says it can act as an Icecast server for remote listening, and describes this feature as very experimental.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The download page lists Perl, GTK bindings, and an audio playback backend such as GStreamer, mpv, MPlayer, or command-line players among the requirements.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Search and playback
- It offers nested-condition search, regular-expression or fuzzy search, and weighted random playback that can use ratings and other fields.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The homepage invites users to email comments, suggestions, and bugs or post in the project forums, and requests that email subjects include gmusicbrowser or gmb.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Linux packages
- The download page provides a source tarball and Debian package, and points to Fedora, openSUSE, Arch Linux, and Gentoo packages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Linuxchecked 22 Sep 2026
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