Winamp Nostalgia & Alternatives

Discussions revolve around the enduring popularity of Winamp, nostalgia for its simplicity and features, surprise at its continued relevance, and recommendations for alternatives like AIMP, foobar2000, and VLC.

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Sample Comments

zerr Nov 29, 2021 View on HN

What are the reasons to switch from Winamp to something else?

kyriakos May 14, 2016 View on HN

winamp was all you needed. no bloated UI. just play music.

dogman1050 Jul 6, 2025 View on HN

Winamp with the classic skin. Old but not outdated.

camillomiller Dec 22, 2015 View on HN

Wait, Winamp's still alive?

pdimitar May 18, 2020 View on HN

Try AIMP 3. It's amazing and is an improvement over Winamp.

caycep Nov 20, 2013 View on HN

Why winamp? my understanding is that it's long been surpassed by other apps, i.e. foobar, even VLC

xyst May 16, 2024 View on HN

til: Winamp is still alive and kicking

res0nat0r Nov 14, 2022 View on HN

I still just use Winamp classic.https://winamp-classic.en.softonic.com/

ungzd Jun 16, 2016 View on HN

Reminds me of Winamp that had this feature long ago.

fullstackwife Jul 8, 2022 View on HN

Did you simply reinvent Winamp?