Winamp clone for macOS
Shares rank 28 of 30 music players by recommenders
Free open-source Winamp clone praised as a native Swift app that looks well designed. Critics note it skips Apple's standard toolkit and may need macOS 13.
5 people recommended Winamp clone for macOS in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
5 of the 5 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Winamp clone in Swift for macOS”.
Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- mixed feelings
- 1
- warn against or regret it
- 4
The record
Recommended in 1 of 12 months
In 1 different thread.
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
- Recommended in 1 threadNeeds 5 or more, not met.
- 5 of its 5 recommenders came from one threadNeeds half or less, not met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 8 of the 11 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Native Swift app, not web-based
“Native app!!! It is not a trashpile of javascript plus a huge copy of V8.”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “Winamp clone in Swift for macOS” Looks well designed
“it looks really nice and well-designed”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “Winamp clone in Swift for macOS” Useful open source project
“Great to see useful open source projects.”
Comment from 15 Nov 2025 in “Winamp clone in Swift for macOS”
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLC media player | 139 | 31 | 79 | 64% | 12 | — | — |
| mpv media player | 68 | 11 | 11 | 86% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Infuse video player | 61 | 14 | 9 | 87% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Winamp | 53 | 6 | 6 | 90% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Winamp clone for macOSThis page | 5 | 1 | 4 | 56% | 1 | — | — |
Also compared with Kodi, foobar2000, iTunes and Plexamp.
What people said
8 of the 11 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Great to see useful open source projects.”
“doesn't play/pause with space bar”
“Crashes when playing a flac file”
“Native app!!! It is not a trashpile of javascript plus a huge copy of V8.”
“it looks really nice and well-designed”
“It's a clone with a stolen name, and given that it's not been abandoned it's likely they'll come down on this like a bag of…”
“Does not use the macOS standard toolkit or comply with Apple user interface guidelines.”
“it also probably doesn’t compile on OS X. Looks like minimum macOS version is 13.”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 3 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.