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Alternatives to Ableton Live

50 Music apps to use instead, best rated first.

Top picks

  1. SoundCloud

    Launch

    Stream and discover the world's largest collection of music from independent artists.

    Free

  2. Spotify Web

    Launch

    Stream millions of songs, podcasts, and audiobooks. Discover playlists tailored to your taste.

    Free

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    MusicBrainz

    Launch

    Open Encyclopedia for Music information and Metadata, providing a unique ID for everything

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    Audiobookshelf

    Launch

    Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted server that allows you to manage and stream your audiobook and podcast collection from anywhere. It provides a robust and user-friendly interface to organize, stream, and enjoy your audio content seamlessly a

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

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    OpenVoice

    Launch

    MyShell is the premier AI app building platform that empowers creators to collaborate and develop cutting-edge AI applications. This comprehensive model platform and user-friendly toolkit enable effortless app construction for all levels of

    FreeOpen source

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    Amberol

    Launch

    A RAD tool to enable quick & easy development of user interfaces for the GTK toolkit and the GNOME desktop environment. Note that as of January 9, 2026, the recentmost Windows version (3.14.2) lags noticeably behind the recentmost Linux ver

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

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Iptv

Collection of publicly available IPTV channels from all over the world

Launch
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Nuclear

Modern music player focused on streaming from free sources

Launch
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MuseScore

Create, play and print beautiful sheet music

Launch
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Apple Music

Stream millions of songs in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos

Launch
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Audacity

Free, open-source audio editor and recorder for all platforms

Launch
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Discogs

Discover music on Discogs, the largest online music database

Launch
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Lidarr

Music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users

Launch
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Spotube

Open source music streaming app! Available for both desktop & mobile!

Launch
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GPT-SoVITS

1 min voice data can also be used to train a good TTS model

Launch
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Nuclear

Stream music from free sources

Launch
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Bandcamp

Discover amazing music and directly support the artists who make it

Launch
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Deezer

French web-based music and podcast streaming service

Launch
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lofi.cafe

Lofi music streams for studying, working, and relaxing

Launch
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Napster

Visible AI Agents with Voice, Video and Memory

Launch
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TIDAL

Subscription-based music streaming service

Launch
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Mopidy

An extensible music server written in Python

Launch
23
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VoxCPM

VoxCPM2: Tokenizer-Free TTS for Multilingual Speech Generation

Launch
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Mixxx

Free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes

Launch
25
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Circle Chart

South Korean music chart

Launch
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iPod.js

An iPod Classic built for the web

Launch
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Pandora

American music streaming and recommendation website

Launch
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Soundslice

Create living sheet music

Launch
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Tophit

Radio Distribution, Airplay Monitoring, Charts

Launch
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UNKNOWN PLEASURES

An Audio Visualizer with WebGL

Launch
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Strawberry

Strawberry is a fork of Clementine aimed at music collectors and audiophiles

Launch
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Black Candy

Music streaming server

Launch
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Snapcast

Synchronous multiroom audio server

Launch
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Webrtc

Pure Go implementation of the WebRTC API

Launch
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Index TTS

An Industrial-Level Controllable and Efficient Zero-Shot Text-To-Speech System

Launch
36
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Sherpa Onnx

Speech-to-text, text-to-speech, speaker diarization, speech enhancement

Launch
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Anukari

3D Physical Modeling Synthesizer Plugin

Launch
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A

AudioMass

Audio Editor

Launch
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Guitar Dashboard

A free, open source, music theory explorer for guitarists

Launch
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Hacklily

Online LilyPond-based sheet music editor (with optional GitHub integration)

Launch
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Lend Me Your Ears

A Simon-style musical ear training game

Launch
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Melon

South Korean online music service

Launch
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Peripherii

Priamble Audio Earrings

Launch
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wavepot

Digital audio workstation of the web

Launch
45
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Metrolist

YouTube Music client for Android

Launch
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Audacity

Easy-to-use, cross-platform audio editor

Launch
47
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SimpMusic

A cross-platform music app using YouTube Music for backend

Launch
48
S

Speechbrain

A PyTorch-based Speech Toolkit

Launch
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S

SpotiFLAC

Get Spotify tracks in true FLAC from Tidal, Qobuz & Amazon Music

Launch
50
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mStream

Music streaming server with GUI management tools

Launch

About Ableton Live

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Ableton Live

Create tracks, shape sound, automate music

Start new musical ideas with a curated selection of sounds and effects. Create beats and melodic parts, sample your world, and continue your tracks in Ableton Live. Note is a place to form ideas, explore new sounds and find direction. Get your ideas out or just experiment until inspiration hits, using a selection of Ableton Live’s drum kits, synths and melodic instruments.

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Price
Paid
Made by
Ableton AG
Category
Music
Website
ableton.com