8 best C# Music Player libraries in 2024

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The best way to start playing music on your PC is to use a C# music player library. The most popular and powerful ones are Dopamine-windows, BreadPlayer, gMusic and Meridian. These libraries are designed to be used in Windows Vista or later. They all use the same core API, but each one offers its own user interface and features. The most important part of these libraries is that they allow you to play any type of file format without having to install additional codecs or software. You can play everything from MP3s to OGGs with them! There are many C# music player libraries out there that you can use in your next project. Some of them require you to spend a lot of time and effort on building a custom UI while others are very simple and easy to use. Dopamine-windows is a free, open-source library that can be used in any Windows application. It supports all the common file formats and codecs, as well as streaming audio. BreadPlayer library is an alternative to the popular VLC media player. It was developed by the folks at Google, so you know it's well. GMusic library offers support for various audio players, including Winamp and Windows Media Player. Full list of the best open source C# music player libraries are below

dopamine-windowsby digimezzo

C# doticonstar image 1554 doticonVersion:v2.0.9doticon
License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-3.0)

Audio player which tries to make organizing and listening to music as simple and pretty as possible.

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            dopamine-windowsby digimezzo

            C# doticon star image 1554 doticonVersion:v2.0.9doticon License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-3.0)

            Audio player which tries to make organizing and listening to music as simple and pretty as possible.
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                      C# doticonstar image 304 doticonVersion:v1.1.xdoticon
                      License: Others (Non-SPDX)

                      Simple Music Player - SimpleMP - Keeps it simple and plays your music

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                                simple-music-playerby punker76

                                C# doticon star image 304 doticonVersion:v1.1.xdoticon License: Others (Non-SPDX)

                                Simple Music Player - SimpleMP - Keeps it simple and plays your music
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                                          BreadPlayerby thecodrr

                                          C# doticonstar image 294 doticonVersion:v2.7.9doticon
                                          License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-3.0)

                                          Bread Player, a free and open source music player powered by UWP and C#/.NET with a sleek and polished design built for, and by, the people seeking a better alternative to Groove and Windows Media Player by Microsoft.

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                                                    BreadPlayerby thecodrr

                                                    C# doticon star image 294 doticonVersion:v2.7.9doticon License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-3.0)

                                                    Bread Player, a free and open source music player powered by UWP and C#/.NET with a sleek and polished design built for, and by, the people seeking a better alternative to Groove and Windows Media Player by Microsoft.
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                                                              gMusicby Clancey

                                                              C# doticonstar image 196 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
                                                              License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                                              This is a multi platform music player.

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                                                                        gMusicby Clancey

                                                                        C# doticon star image 196 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                                                        This is a multi platform music player.
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                                                                                  meridianby artemshuba

                                                                                  C# doticonstar image 189 doticonVersion:v5.5doticon
                                                                                  License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                                                                  Meridian is a music player which allows you to listen to music from popular russian social network vk.com.

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                                                                                            meridianby artemshuba

                                                                                            C# doticon star image 189 doticonVersion:v5.5doticon License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                                                                            Meridian is a music player which allows you to listen to music from popular russian social network vk.com.
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                                                                                                      Hurricaneby Anapher

                                                                                                      C# doticonstar image 117 doticonVersion:v0.3.10doticon
                                                                                                      License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-3.0)

                                                                                                      The music player with style

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                                                                                                                Hurricaneby Anapher

                                                                                                                C# doticon star image 117 doticonVersion:v0.3.10doticon License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-3.0)

                                                                                                                The music player with style
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                                                                                                                          MusicXby NikolayIT

                                                                                                                          C# doticonstar image 103 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
                                                                                                                          License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                          Simple web music player built with Blazor WebAssembly

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                                                                                                                                    MusicXby NikolayIT

                                                                                                                                    C# doticon star image 103 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                                    Simple web music player built with Blazor WebAssembly
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                                                                                                                                              FoxTunesby Raimusoft

                                                                                                                                              C# doticonstar image 51 doticonVersion:3.0.3doticon
                                                                                                                                              License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                                              A modular music player using the BASS library.

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                                                                                                                                                        FoxTunesby Raimusoft

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                                                                                                                                                        A modular music player using the BASS library.
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