{"id":49038,"date":"2025-06-06T14:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T14:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=49038"},"modified":"2025-06-09T09:16:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T09:16:51","slug":"fooyin-foobar2000-qt-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/fooyin-foobar2000-qt-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Fooyin &#8211; Foobar2000 Like Music Player Designed for Qt Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-icon.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-49039\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-icon-700x700.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Foobar2000 fans? Here&#8217;s a similar music player designed for Linux with KDE Plasma, LxQt, etc Qt based desktop environments.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As you may know, Foobar2000 does not support Linux, but it can be installed through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winehq.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wine<\/a>. And, Ubuntu users can search &amp; install the wine based version of the music player (unofficial) in App Center (or Ubuntu Software) through Snap package which runs in sandbox environment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_49040\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-f2000-style.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49040\" class=\"size-large wp-image-49040\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-f2000-style-700x430.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-f2000-style-700x430.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-f2000-style-300x184.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-f2000-style-768x472.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-f2000-style.webp 1316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-49040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fooyin Music Player<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>However, for those who prefer native Linux packages, there are free open-source alternatives, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/deadbeef.sourceforge.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeaDBeef<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/audacious-media-player.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audacious<\/a>. While, in this tutorial I&#8217;m going to introduce Fooyin music player.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fooyin\/fooyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fooyin<\/a> is a free open-source application written mostly in C++ and uses <b>Qt6<\/b> for its user interface that&#8217;s well integrated with KDE Plamsa, though it also works in all other Linux desktops.<\/p>\n<p>It features a customizable user interface with <b>layout editing mode<\/b>, allowing to adjust the UI layout as user prefer. While, there are some built-in presets under &#8220;Layout&#8221; menu, allowing to one click change the app appearance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-editmode.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49041\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-editmode-700x441.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-editmode-700x441.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-editmode-300x189.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-editmode-768x484.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-editmode.webp 1259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides UI layout, it also supports custom keyboard shortcuts, plugins with extensible features, and a scripting language for advanced configuration of widgets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-plugins.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49042\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-plugins-700x492.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-plugins-700x492.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-plugins-300x211.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-plugins-768x540.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-plugins.webp 977w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The player uses <b>FFmpeg<\/b> library for the popular audio files support, including <b>FLAC<\/b>, <b>MP3<\/b>, <b>MP4<\/b>, <b>Vorbis<\/b>, <b>Opus<\/b>, <b>WavPack<\/b>, <b>WAV<\/b>, <b>AIFF<\/b>, <b>Musepack<\/b>, <b>Monkey&#8217;s Audio<\/b>. And, it supports VGM and tracker module formats playback.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes include gapless playback, M3U\/M3U8 playlists import\/export, as well as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>CUE sheet support<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Tag editing<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>MPRIS support<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>ReplayGain support<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Scrobbling<\/b>, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fooyin is still moving with new features. According to the road-map, it will probably add audio conversation, internet radio, DSP plugins, as well as musical spectrum widget support in future.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Fooyin in your Linux<\/h3>\n<p>The application is available to install by either .deb\/.rpm packages for Fedora\/Debian based systems, or Flatpak package in most Linux that runs in sandbox.<\/p>\n<h4>Option 1: Native .deb\/.rpm packages<\/h4>\n<p>Fooyin offers pre-build packages for <b>Fedora<\/b>, <b>Debian<\/b>, and <b>Ubuntu<\/b>, which are available to download in Github releases page via the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fooyin\/fooyin\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Fooyin (under Assets)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>So far the latest is version supports only <b>Intel\/AMD<\/b> (x86_64 amd64) platform. You may select download <code>.rpm<\/code> package for Fedora, <code>.deb<\/code> package for Debian, Ubuntu, and Linux Mint. If you don&#8217;t even know your Linux Distribution name \/ version, open terminal and run <code>cat \/etc\/os-release<\/code> command to tell.<\/p>\n<p>After downloaded the package, either click open with your system package manager (e.g., Gnome Software, App Center, or Ubuntu Software) then install. Or, open terminal and run command below to install:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For Debian, Ubuntu:\n<pre>sudo apt install \/path\/to\/deb<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>For Fedora:\n<pre>sudo dnf install \/path\/to\/rpm<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instead of manually typing <code>\/path\/to\/deb-or-rpm<\/code>, you may drag&#8217;n&#8217;drop it from file manager into terminal to auto insert the path.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-deb.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49043\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-deb-700x474.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-deb-700x474.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-deb-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-deb-768x520.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fooyin-deb.webp 996w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Option 2: Flatpak package<\/h4>\n<p>For most Linux, the music player is also available to install as <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/org.fooyin.fooyin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flatpak package<\/a> that runs in sandbox environment. And both <code>amd64<\/code> (modern Intel\/AMD) and <code>arm64<\/code> (RasPi etc) platforms are supported.<\/p>\n<p><b>Linux Mint 21\/22<\/b> and <b>Fedora<\/b> Workstation (with 3rd party repository enabled) may search &amp; install the package from either Software Manager or GNOME Software.<\/p>\n<p>While <b>Debian\/Ubuntu<\/b> and other Linux may follow the steps below one by one to install it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, open terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut in keyboard, and run command to install Flatpak daemon package:\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<p>Other Linux may follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/flatpak.org\/setup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">setup guide<\/a> to enable Flatpak support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45732\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble-700x501.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble-700x501.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble-300x215.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble-768x550.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/apt-flatpak-noble.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>After that, run the single command below to install the app as Flatpak package:\n<pre>flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/org.fooyin.fooyin.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<p>NOTE: Flatpak package will take more disk space, as it needs to install run-time libraries, also in sandbox.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/flatpak-fooyin.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49044\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/flatpak-fooyin-700x545.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/flatpak-fooyin-700x545.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/flatpak-fooyin-300x234.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/flatpak-fooyin.webp 754w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After install the package, either search and start it from system application launcher. If this is the first time you install the flatpak package, then you may need a log out and back in to apply variable change.<\/p>\n<p>Or run <code>flatpak run org.fooyin.fooyin<\/code> to start the app from terminal, and replace <code>run<\/code> with <code>update<\/code> in command to check updates.<\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall:<\/h3>\n<p>To uninstall the <code>.deb<\/code> package, open terminal and run command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt remove --purge fooyin<\/pre>\n<p>Or run <code>sudo dnf remove fooyin<\/code> to remove the <code>.rpm<\/code> package for Fedora.<\/p>\n<p>For the Flatpak package, use the command to remove:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.fooyin.fooyin<\/pre>\n<p>Also run <code>flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code> to remove useless flatpak run-times from your system.<\/p>\n<p>In the commands above <code>--purge<\/code> and <code>--delete-data<\/code> told to also remove local app data (e.g., personal app configurations). You can skip to keep them.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foobar2000 fans? Here&#8217;s a similar music player designed for Linux with KDE Plasma, LxQt, etc Qt based desktop environments. As you may know, Foobar2000 does not support Linux, but it can be installed through Wine. 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