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# Clementine Music Player is Back After 8 Years...Well, Kind of.
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/clementine-music-player-back/
- Published: 2024-10-22T12:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-10-23T08:59:02.000Z
- Description: If you are a fan of Celementine music player, there's some news for you!
- Author: Sourav Rudra
- Tags: Application Releases, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

Finding [good music players on Linux](https://itsfoss.com/best-music-players-linux/) is not that difficult. There are many great options, like Rhythmbox, VLC, Amberol, [Audacious](https://itsfoss.com/audacious/), cmus, and more that usually fit most people's use cases and preferences.

Even with the rise of [music streaming services](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%5Fstreaming%5Fservice?ref=itsfoss.com), offline-first apps like these are a great reminder of the past, when you could physically own media without the fear of losing access to it because a publisher went bankrupt.

Now, it seems Clementine Music Player, a well-known name in the FOSS player space, has come back from the dead, just before [Día de Muertos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day%5Fof%5Fthe%5FDead?ref=itsfoss.com), to show that it is not going anywhere.

I spotted this [thanks to Joey](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/10/clementine-music-player-new-rolling-release?ref=itsfoss.com), who noticed there was a new non-RC release for it after over 8 years (*the last one was in April 2016*). 

So, let's check it out! 😃

## Clementine Music Player Returns

![a screenshot of the clementine music player 1.4.1 rolling release](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2024/10/Celementine_Music_Player_1.4.1.png)

Clementine Music Player is a C++-based open-source music player that takes inspiration from Amarok, another popular FOSS offering. With the new 1.4.1 release, Clementine has broken its very long streak of pushing out [RC releases](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%5Frelease%5Flife%5Fcycle?ref=itsfoss.com#:~:text=might%20not%20find.-,Release%20candidate,-%5Bedit%5D).

Interestingly, the changelog for this release says, “*Rolling releases*”, which means that this is still not a new stable release; however, it is not a preview release either and features some important fixes.

There are tweaks like the Wikipedia plugin being updated, an option to hide the sidebar, a new search filter for the playlist page, the library showing Album Artist/Album by default, and the block analyzer being revamped to boost performance.

Even though these changes were a part of earlier preview builds (RC), they are still worth noting. You should also know that **Clementine has been ported to Qt 5**.

## Get Clementine Music Player

You can get the latest release from the GitHub [releases section](https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/releases?ref=itsfoss.com) of the project's repo. If you are interested in contributing or just want to build from source, then the source code is [freely available](https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine?ref=itsfoss.com) under GPL 3.0\. 

[Clementine Music Player](https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/releases?ref=itsfoss.com)

*💬 Are you excited for Clementine Music Player's quiet return? Add your thoughts below!*

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