Native macOS · Your own library

Looking for Winamp for Mac?

There was never a real Winamp for macOS — but Oort carries the spirit. Your own music, a proper EQ, audio-reactive visualizers, and a compact mini-player, in a fast native Mac app. It plays your library, not a subscription.

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EQ · Visualizers · Mini-player · Your own files
Oort's audio-reactive visualizer on Mac, in the spirit of the classic Winamp visualizations

There's no true Winamp for macOS — so people keep looking

Winamp defined what a music player felt like for a generation: it played your files, it had that graphic EQ, it whipped the llama with visualizers, and it shrank down to a tiny window that stayed out of your way. Winamp never made a real native Mac version, and the players that replaced it on macOS mostly turned into streaming services or subscriptions. If you've searched "Winamp for Mac," you already know the results are thin.

Oort isn't a Winamp skin — it's a modern player built around the same idea. A fast, native macOS app that plays the music you own, with the pieces people actually miss: a real equalizer, visualizers that move with the track, and a compact mini-player. No account, no algorithm, no monthly bill.

The parts of Winamp you actually miss

Oort's 8-band parametric EQ on Mac, in the hands-on spirit of the Winamp equalizer

Your music — now including the cloud

Winamp played whatever was on your hard drive. Oort does that too, and then goes further: it plays your library from Dropbox, OneDrive, and iCloud Drive as easily as local folders, streaming on demand so your whole collection is available without living on your Mac's SSD. Point it at a folder, or connect a cloud, and you've got a real library — art, albums, playlists, search — in seconds.

Oort's compact mini-player on Mac, echoing Winamp's shade mode

Own it, don't rent it

Part of what made Winamp Winamp was that it was yours. Oort keeps that: a 14-day free trial, then a one-time $9.99 unlock — no subscription, no ads, no tracking. If you're a power user who also misses foobar2000, or you want a proper FLAC player for Mac, Oort covers that ground too.

The Winamp spirit, rebuilt for Mac

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Real EQ

8-band parametric EQ with per-band control — the hands-on tone shaping people miss.

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Visualizers

Audio-reactive color-field and synthwave scenes that move with the music.

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Mini-player

A compact window that stays out of the way — playback and controls a click away.

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Your own files

FLAC, ALAC, AAC, MP3 — your library, not a streaming catalog.

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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.

Try every feature free for 14 days. Unlock it once and it's yours for good.

Lifetime license
$9.99
one-time · 14-day free trial
  • 8-band parametric EQ & audio-reactive visualizers
  • Compact mini-player & gapless playback
  • Plays your own FLAC / ALAC / AAC / MP3 files
  • Local plus Dropbox, OneDrive & iCloud
  • Free updates · no subscription, no ads
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Winamp for Mac FAQ

Is there a version of Winamp for Mac?

There's no true native Winamp for macOS. Oort is a modern Mac player in the same spirit: it plays your own music library — local and cloud — with an EQ, audio-reactive visualizers, and a compact mini-player, all in a fast native app.

Does Oort have an equalizer and visualizers like Winamp?

Yes. Oort includes an 8-band parametric EQ and several audio-reactive visualizers that move with your music, plus a compact mini-player — the parts of the Winamp experience people miss most.

Does Oort play my own music files like Winamp did?

Yes. Oort is built around your own library — FLAC, ALAC, AAC, and MP3 — from local folders or the cloud. It's not a streaming service; it plays the music you own.

Is Oort free like Winamp was?

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

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Stream your Dropbox library, no re-uploads.

OneDrive music player for Mac →

Play OneDrive and Microsoft 365 music natively.

Oort overview →

Everything the native Mac music player does.

The spirit of Winamp, on your Mac.

Start the free trial today — your files, your EQ, your visualizers.

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