List of applications/Multimedia

See the main article: Codecs.

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of image viewers.

• fbi — Image viewer for the linux framebuffer console.

https://www.kraxel.org/blog/linux/fbida/ || fbida

• fbv — Very simple graphic file viewer for the framebuffer console.

http://s-tech.elsat.net.pl/fbv/ || fbv

• fim — Highly customizable and scriptable framebuffer image viewer based on fbi.

https://www.nongnu.org/fbi-improved/ || fim^AUR

• jfbview — Framebuffer PDF and image viewer based on Imlib2. Features include Vim-like controls, rotation and zoom, zoom-to-fit, and fast multi-threaded rendering.

https://github.com/jichu4n/jfbview || jfbview^AUR

• CoreImage — Simple lightweight easy to use image viewer based on Qt. Part of C-Suite.

https://cubocore.org/ || coreimage^AUR

• Deepin Image Viewer — Image viewer for Deepin desktop.

https://www.deepin.org/en/original/deepin-image-viewer/ || deepin-image-viewer

• Ephoto — A light image viewer based on EFL.

https://www.enlightenment.org/about-ephoto || ephoto

• Eye of GNOME — Image viewing and cataloging program, which is a part of the GNOME desktop environment.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/EyeOfGnome || eog

• Eye of MATE — Simple graphics viewer for the MATE desktop.

https://github.com/mate-desktop/eom || eom

• feh — Fast, lightweight image viewer that uses imlib2.

https://feh.finalrewind.org/ || feh

• ida — X11 application (Motif based) for viewing images.

https://www.kraxel.org/blog/linux/fbida/ || fbida + libxpm + openmotif

• LxImage-Qt — The LXQt image viewer.

https://github.com/lxde/lximage-qt || lximage-qt

• qimgv — Fast and easy to use Qt5 image viewer. Supports webm/mp4 playback via mpv.

https://github.com/easymodo/qimgv/ || qimgv^AUR

• Ristretto — Fast and lightweight image viewer for the Xfce desktop environment.

https://docs.xfce.org/apps/ristretto/start || ristretto

• Xloadimage — Classic X image viewer.

https://sioseis.ucsd.edu/xloadimage.html || xloadimage

See also Wikipedia:Image organizer.

• Memories — Image viewer and manager designed for elementary OS.

https://anufrij.org/memories/ || showmypictures^AUR

• Pix — Image viewer and browser based on gthumb. X-Apps Project.

https://github.com/linuxmint/pix || pix^AUR

• dcraw — Converts many camera RAW formats.

https://dechifro.org/dcraw/ || dcraw

• optipng — Lossless PNG compressor.

http://optipng.sourceforge.net/ || optipng

• Image Optimizer — Simple lossless image optimizer built with Vala and Gtk for Elementary OS.

https://github.com/GijsGoudzwaard/Image-Optimizer || image-optimizer-git^AUR

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of raster graphics editors.

• GIMP — Image editing suite in the vein of proprietary editors such as Adobe Photoshop. GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) has been started in the mid 1990s and has acquired a large number of plugins and additional tools.

https://www.gimp.org/ || gimp

• KolourPaint — Free raster graphics editor for KDE, similar to Microsoft's Paint application before Windows 7, but with some additional features such as support for transparency. Part of kde-applications and kde-graphics groups.

http://kolourpaint.org/ || kolourpaint

• Pixelitor — Advanced image editor with support for layers, layer masks, text layers, multiple undo, blending modes, cropping, Gaussian blurring, unsharp masking, histograms, etc.

https://pixelitor.sourceforge.io/ || pixelitor^AUR

Some image viewers and organizers like digiKam, Ephoto, GNOME Photos, gThumb, ida, nomacs, Pantheon Photos, Phototonic and Shotwell also provide some basic image manipulation functionality.

• FOSStriangulator — Tool for making triangulated illustrations out of photos.

https://github.com/FOSStriangulator/FOSStriangulator || fosstriangulator^AUR

• Rawstudio — Raw-image converter written in GTK.

https://rawstudio.org/ || rawstudio^AUR

• GPSCorrelate — Correlate (geotagging) digital camera photos with GPS data in GPX format.

https://github.com/freefoote/gpscorrelate || gpscorrelate

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of vector graphics editors.

• Dot Matrix — The glyph playground of creativity from simple lines.

https://github.com/lainsce/dot-matrix/ || dot-matrix^AUR

• Pencil Project — GUI prototyping and mockup tool. Based on the Electron platform.

https://pencil.evolus.vn/ || pencil^AUR

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of font editors.

• TruFont — Font-editing application.

https://trufont.github.io/ || trufont^AUR

• Pencil2D — Easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations.

https://www.pencil2d.org/ || pencil2d

The drawing application Krita and the 3D editor Blender (Grease Pencil mode) have both 2D animation features too.

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of 3D computer graphics software.

• Art of Illusion — 3D modeling and rendering studio written in Java.

http://www.artofillusion.org/ || aoi^AUR

• Goxel — Open Source 3D voxel editor.

https://goxel.xyz/ || goxel

• VoxelShop — Extremely intuitive and powerful software to modify and create voxel objects.

https://github.com/simlu/voxelshop || voxelshop^AUR

• Coulr — Color box to help developers and designers.

https://github.com/Huluti/Coulr || coulr^AUR

• Gcolor3 — Simple GTK 3 color selector.

https://www.hjdskes.nl/projects/gcolor3/ || gcolor3

• PrestoPalette — An artist's tool for creating harmonious color palettes.

https://github.com/PrestoPalette/PrestoPalette || prestopalette^AUR

See Screen capture#Screenshot software.

See gPhoto#Installation.

See also the main article Sound system and Wikipedia:Sound server.

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of audio player software.

Many applications in the #Video players section also support audio playback.

• Herrie — Minimalistic console-based music player with native AudioScrobbler support.

https://github.com/EdSchouten/herrie || herrie^AUR

• vitunes — Curses-based music player and playlist manager with vim-like keybindings.

http://vitunes.org/ || vitunes^AUR

• Exaile — GTK clone of Amarok.

https://www.exaile.org/ || exaile^AUR

• Pantheon Music — Simple, fast, and good looking music player. The official elementary music player.

https://github.com/elementary/music || pantheon-music

• Sayonara — Small, clear and fast audio player for Linux written in C++, uses the Qt framework.

https://sayonara-player.com/ || sayonara-player^AUR

• DeaDBeeF — Light and fast music player with many features, no GNOME or KDE dependencies, supports console-only, as well as a GTK GUI, comes with many plugins, and has a metadata editor.

https://deadbeef.sourceforge.io/ || deadbeef^AUR

• Goggles Music Manager — Music collection manager and player that automatically categorizes your music, supports gapless playback, features easy tag editing, and internet radio support. Uses the Fox toolkit.

https://gogglesmm.github.io/ || gogglesmm

• Soundux — Soundboard that features a simple user interface.

https://soundux.rocks/ || soundux^AUR

• Headset — Desktop application that turns YouTube into a world class music streaming service. Based on the Electron platform.

https://headsetapp.co/ || headset^AUR

• Pithos — Python/GTK Pandora Radio desktop client.

https://pithos.github.io/ || pithos^AUR

• MP3Unicode — Command line utility to convert ID3 tags in mp3 files between different encodings.

http://mp3unicode.sourceforge.net/ || mp3unicode

• Ex Falso — Cross-platform free and open source audio tag editor and library organizer. Run with exfalso.

https://github.com/quodlibet/quodlibet/ || quodlibet

• MP3Info GUI — MP3 technical info viewer and ID3 1.x tag editor. The graphical interface can be launched with the gmp3info command.

https://ibiblio.org/mp3info/ || mp3info

• Give Me Lyrics — See the lyrics of the song that is playing, from any application.

https://github.com/muriloventuroso/givemelyrics || givemelyrics^AUR

• Caudec — A multiprocess command line audio converter that supports many formats (FLAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Windows codecs and many more)

https://caudec.cocatre.net/ || caudec^AUR

• SoundConverter — A graphical application to convert audio files into different formats.

https://soundconverter.org/ || soundconverter

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of digital audio editors.

• Mp3splt — Utility to split mp3, ogg vorbis and native FLAC files selecting a begin and an end time position, without decoding.

http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/ || CLI: mp3splt, GUI: mp3splt-gtk

• Swami — A SoundFont editor

http://www.swamiproject.org || swami^AUR

See also Professional audio.

• LMMS — Digital audio workstation which allows you to produce music with your computer.

https://lmms.io/ || lmms

• Tracktion Waveform — Proprietary digital audio workstation, specifically designed for the needs of modern music producers.

https://www.tracktion.com/ || tracktion-waveform^AUR

• FMIT — Graphical utility for tuning your musical instruments, with error and volume history and advanced features.

https://gillesdegottex.github.io/fmit/ || fmit^AUR

See also LilyPond#Front-ends and Wikipedia:Comparison of scorewriters.

• Canorus — Music score editor. It supports an unlimited number and length of staffs, polyphony, a MIDI playback of notes, chord markings, lyrics, import/export filters to formats like MIDI, MusicXML, ABC Music, MusiXTeX and LilyPond.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/canorus/ || canorus^AUR

• TuxGuitar — Multitrack guitar tablature editor and player.

http://tuxguitar.com.ar/ || tuxguitar^AUR

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of audio synthesis environments.

• FoxDot — Live Coding with Python and SuperCollider.

https://foxdot.org/ || foxdot

This section contains drum machines, software samplers and software synthesizers.

• ams — Alsa Modular Synth. Realtime modular synthesizer and effect processor.

http://alsamodular.sourceforge.net/ || ams

• Fluajho — SF2 soundfont sample player for JACK based on Fluidsynth.

https://www.laborejo.org/fluajho/ || fluajho

• Hydrogen — Advanced drum machine to create drum sequences.

https://github.com/hydrogen-music/hydrogen || hydrogen

• QmidiNet — MIDI network gateway application that sends and receives MIDI data over the network, using UDP/IP multicast.

https://qmidinet.sourceforge.io/ || qmidinet

• Qwertone — Simple music synthesizer (like a toy-piano), but based on usual qwerty-keyboard for input.

https://gitlab.com/azymohliad/qwertone || qwertone-git^AUR

• Yoshimi — Software synthesizer, a fork of ZynAddSubFX.

http://yoshimi.sourceforge.net/ || yoshimi

• FamiStudio — Very simple music editor for the Nintendo Entertainment System or Famicom.

https://famistudio.org/ || famistudio^AUR

• IDJC — Powerful yet easy to use source-client for individuals interested in streaming live radio shows over the Internet using Shoutcast or Icecast servers.

http://idjc.sourceforge.net/ || idjc^AUR

• Calf Plugin Pack for JACK — Process and produce sounds using a set of plugins with JACK interface. (calfjackhost)

https://calf-studio-gear.org/ || calf

• Cavalcade — GTK GUI for C.A.V.A.

https://github.com/worron/cavalcade/ || cavalcade^AUR

• VSXu — OpenGL-based (hardware-accelerated), modular programming environment with its main purpose to visualize music and create graphic effects in real-time.

https://www.vsxu.com/ || vsxu^AUR

• SonoBus — Application for streaming high-quality, low-latency peer-to-peer audio between devices over the internet or a local network.

https://sonobus.net/ || sonobus^AUR

See also PulseAudio#Front-ends and JACK Audio Connection Kit#Comparison of JACK control GUIs.

• Emixer — Utility to control volume levels. Part of Enlightenment.

https://www.enlightenment.org/about-enlightenment || enlightenment

• Volctl — Per-application system tray applet volume control for PulseAudio.

https://buzz.github.io/volctl/ || volctl^AUR

• VolWheel — A little application which lets you control the sound volume easily through a tray icon you can scroll on.

https://oliwer.net/b/volwheel.html || volwheel^AUR

See Optical disc drive#Audio CD.

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of video player software.

• VLC media player — Command-line version of the famous video player that can play smoothly high definition videos in the TTY. The rc interface can be launched with vlc -I rc, and the ncurses interface can be launched with vlc -I ncurses.

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ || vlc

• Pantheon Videos — Video player and library designed for elementary OS using GStreamer.

https://github.com/elementary/videos || pantheon-videos

• Baka MPlayer — Free and open source, cross-platform, mpv based multimedia player (Qt 5).

https://github.com/u8sand/Baka-MPlayer || baka-mplayer

• Kawaii-Player — Audio/video manager and multimedia player (based on mpv) with PC-to-PC casting feature, along with functionalities of portable media server and torrent streaming server.

https://github.com/kanishka-linux/kawaii-player || kawaii-player^AUR

• SMPlayer — Qt multimedia player with extra features (CSS themes, YouTube integration, etc.) based on mpv. It can use MPlayer as alternative backend.

https://www.smplayer.info/ || smplayer

• KMPlayer — Simple Phonon-based video player for KDE and video player plugin for Konqueror. It can use MPlayer as alternative backend.

https://apps.kde.org/kmplayer/ || kmplayer

• Stremio — Extensible media center.

https://www.stremio.com/ || stremio^AUR, stremio-beta^AUR

• YUView — Qt-based YUV player with an advanced analytic toolset.

https://github.com/IENT/YUView || yuview^AUR

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of video converters and Codecs and containers#Container format tools.

• Transcode — Command line tool for video stream processing.

http://www.transcoding.org/ || transcode

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of video editing software.

• Avidemux — Free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks.

http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ || avidemux-qt

• Kdenlive — Non-linear video editor designed for basic to semi-professional work.

https://kdenlive.org/ || kdenlive

• OpenShot — Non-linear video editor based on MLT framework.

https://www.openshot.org/ || openshot

• Penguin Subtitle Player — Standalone subtitle player that provides a translucent window which always stays on the top so subtitles can be shown on top of the video without blocking anything.

https://github.com/carsonip/Penguin-Subtitle-Player || penguin-subtitle-player

See also Wikipedia:Comparison of subtitle editors.

• Aegisub — Subtitle editor.

https://github.com/Aegisub/Aegisub || aegisub

See Screen capture#Screencast software.

See Miracast#Implementations.

See also FFmpeg#Recording webcam and Wikipedia:Comparison of webcam software.

• Cheese — Take photos and videos with your webcam, with fun graphical effects.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Cheese || cheese

• MJPG-streamer — Command line application which can be used to stream M-JPEG over an IP-based network from a webcam to various types of viewers.

https://github.com/jacksonliam/mjpg-streamer || mjpg-streamer-git^AUR

See also Wikipedia:List of DVD authoring applications.

• Bombono DVD — DVD authoring program with nice and clean GUI.

https://bombono.com/ || bombono-dvd^AUR

See Optical disc drive#DVD-Video.

• Godot Engine — Game development platform for both 2D and 3D games, with integrate IDE

https://godotengine.org || godot

• GCstar — GNOME application for organizing various collections (board games, comic books, movies, stamps, etc.).

http://www.gcstar.org/ || gcstar^AUR

• OwnTone — DAAP (iTunes) and MPD media server with support for AirPlay devices, Apple Remote, Chromecast, Spotify and internet radio.

https://owntone.github.io/owntone-server/ || owntone-server^AUR

• Rygel — UPnP AV MediaServer and MediaRenderer that allows you to easily share audio, video and pictures, and control of media player on your home network.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Rygel || rygel

• CoreInfo — Simple media metadata viewer built on mediainfo library. Part of C-Suite.

https://cubocore.org/ || coreinfo^AUR

• MediaInfo — Convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files.

https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo || CLI: mediainfo, GUI: mediainfo-gui

• gtkpod — GUI for Apple's iPod using GTK. It allows you to import your existing iTunes database, add songs, podcasts, videos and cover art, and to edit ID3 tags.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/gtkpod/ || gtkpod^AUR

See Optical disc drive#Burning CD/DVD/BD with a GUI.