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The state of Linux music players in 2026
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this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2026
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i just want one i can use to sync [only 20 gBs] to my phone, keep my playlists updated, and listen to music. syncing to my phone wirelessly is a big plus, but i am old enough to have two boxes of cables.
If you go with a subsonic server like navidrome, you could pair that with something like Symfonium (paid, and only available on google play unfortunately). That's what I do currently, until something better comes along (Tempus is starting to look nice!)
You can just use Syncthing for syncing.
But then you need a player on each platform, that works with m3u files
Which is very few, and buggy.
I use "Anrimians Simple Music Player" and Gapless/G4music, but songs are randomly disappearing from playlists. Also you need to usw default directories for the files.
I'd recommend using something like Navidrome instead of manually syncing the files.