Native macOS · For power users

A foobar2000 alternative for Mac

foobar2000 never came to macOS the way it should have. Oort is a native, lightweight Mac player in that spirit — huge-library performance, gapless playback, a real EQ, folder browsing, and full FLAC. Local files and cloud.

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Lightweight · Gapless · EQ · Folder browsing · FLAC
Oort, a native foobar2000-style music player on Mac with a large library

foobar2000 users have never had a real Mac home

foobar2000 is a Windows institution: featherweight, blisteringly fast on enormous libraries, ruthlessly configurable, and completely uninterested in getting in your way. It never shipped a proper native macOS desktop version, which leaves Mac power users running it through Wine, dual-booting, or settling for heavier players that hide your files behind a "smart" library and nudge you toward a subscription.

Oort is built for exactly that person on the Mac. It's a native Swift app — light on memory, quick to launch — that treats your music as files you own, plays every format that matters, and stays fast when your library runs to tens of thousands of tracks. No bloat, no rented catalog, no monthly bill.

The things foobar users actually care about

Fast search across a large music library in Oort on Mac, a foobar2000-style alternative

Where Oort goes beyond foobar2000

The one thing a classic local player can't do is reach your cloud. Oort plays your library straight from Dropbox, OneDrive, and iCloud Drive as naturally as local folders — streaming on demand and caching what you play — so your collection can outgrow your Mac's SSD without losing the fast, files-first workflow you want. Mix local and cloud sources into one library and browse them as a single collection.

Oort's 8-band parametric EQ on Mac

Own it, keep it simple

Oort is a one-time $9.99 purchase with a 14-day free trial — no subscription, no ads, no account beyond your own cloud sign-in. If you also want a proper FLAC player for Mac or something in the Winamp spirit, that's the same app.

Why power users pick Oort

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Light & fast

Native Swift, low memory, instant even across tens of thousands of tracks.

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Folder browsing

Navigate by your real folder structure, not just tags. Your files, your order.

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Gapless + EQ

Seamless albums and a full 8-band parametric equalizer.

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Full formats

FLAC, ALAC, AAC, MP3 — your lossless plays lossless.

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Local + cloud

Play from your Mac or from Dropbox, OneDrive, and iCloud Drive.

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Buy once

$9.99 one time, 14-day free trial. No subscription, ever.

Every feature Oort ships with

One native app — here's everything it does.

Your library, from anywhere

  • Connect Dropbox, OneDrive, iCloud Drive, and local folders
  • Merge every source into one library — files stay in place, never re-uploaded
  • Add or remove any source anytime
  • Browse by Folders, Artists, Albums, Years, Decades, and Favorites
  • Fast search across every connected source at once

Every format, played right

  • Lossless FLAC and ALAC at full quality
  • AAC, MP3, M4A, WAV, AIFF, and CAF
  • Your lossless stays lossless — no re-encoding

Playback built for albums

  • Gapless playback with next-track prefetch — no silence between songs
  • Shuffle across everything or within the current album
  • Repeat all, one track, or the current album
  • Sleep timer with presets or a custom time
  • Play queue — add to queue, play next, or replace
  • Saved playlists, always one click away
  • Smart priority: an active playlist plays first, then your queue, then the library resumes

Sound shaping

  • 8-band parametric EQ
  • Per-band filter type, frequency, gain, and Q
  • Tune the sound to your headphones or room — source files are never touched

Stream & Discard

  • Streams tracks on demand and caches what you play
  • Optional Stream & Discard mode keeps only the current and next track and deletes the rest
  • Play a cloud-sized library while leaving almost nothing on your Mac's drive

A tidy, self-organizing library

  • Album art and clean metadata pulled in automatically
  • Background metadata fill tags your whole library as you listen
  • Two refreshes: Update Filters (fast rebuild) or Full Rescan (re-walk the cloud)
  • Favorite (♥) any track and browse a dedicated Favorites view

Visuals & interface

  • Three audio-reactive visualizers — Acid Trip, Synthwave, and Arcade Cabinet
  • Each opens in its own resizable window that remembers size and position
  • Compact mini-player keeps playback, gapless, and EQ a click away

Native, private, yours

  • Swift-native macOS — fast and light across tens of thousands of tracks
  • No accounts, no tracking, no ads — sign in to your own cloud and you're done
  • One-time $9.99 with a 14-day free trial and Restore Purchases
  • Free updates — native iPad and iPhone versions on the way

One price. No subscription. Ever.

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  • Lightweight, fast across huge libraries
  • Folder browsing, gapless playback & 8-band EQ
  • Full FLAC / ALAC / AAC / MP3 support
  • Local plus Dropbox, OneDrive & iCloud
  • Free updates · no subscription, no ads
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foobar2000 on Mac FAQ

Is there a foobar2000 for Mac?

foobar2000 is primarily a Windows player; there's no full native macOS desktop version. Oort is a native Mac alternative in the same spirit — lightweight and fast, with huge-library performance, gapless playback, an EQ, folder-based browsing, and full FLAC support.

Does Oort handle very large music libraries like foobar2000?

Yes. Oort is built in Swift and stays fast and light across libraries of tens of thousands of tracks, whether they're on your Mac or streamed from the cloud.

Can I browse my music by folder like in foobar2000?

Yes. Oort lets you browse your library by its real folder structure as well as by tags, so the way you organized your files on disk is the way you can navigate them.

Does Oort support FLAC and gapless playback?

Yes. Oort plays FLAC, ALAC, AAC, and MP3 with true gapless playback, plus an 8-band parametric EQ — the essentials foobar2000 users expect.

Is Oort free like foobar2000?

Oort has a 14-day free trial and then a one-time $9.99 unlock — no subscription and no ads. You buy it once and own it, including updates.

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Oort overview →

Everything the native Mac music player does.

The player foobar2000 users wanted on Mac.

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