Exaile is a music player and library manager for GTK desktops. Inspired by Amarok, it provides collection browsing, flexible playlists and tools for organizing music without requiring a KDE desktop environment.
The application uses GStreamer for audio playback and Mutagen for reading and editing music metadata. Its library browser can manage large collections, while searches and smart playlists allow tracks to be selected using detailed criteria.
Exaile includes functionality for retrieving album artwork and lyrics, as well as playing internet radio and podcasts. Its plugin architecture is an important part of the application, with more than 50 plugins providing additional music management, playback and service integration features.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Browse music libraries by artist, album and other metadata.
- Tabbed playlists allowing multiple playlists to remain open simultaneously.
- Create smart playlists using configurable filtering and search criteria.
- Advanced track tagging through the Mutagen metadata library.
- Automatically retrieve and display album artwork.
- Retrieve and display song lyrics.
- Play streaming radio from Icecast, SomaFM and other supported services.
- Podcast subscriptions and episode management through plugins.
- Last.fm scrobbling to record listening activity.
- ReplayGain support for volume adjustment.
- Support for secondary audio output devices.
- Blacklist selected tracks from playback.
- Support for portable music players through plugins.
- Configurable proxy settings for network connections.
- Playback of audio formats supported by GStreamer.
- Extend functionality with more than 50 bundled plugins.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: www.exaile.org
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Developer: Jamie Cameron and contributors
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
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