This is a list of iPod file managers,. i.e. software that permits the transferring of media files. In the case of iPod file managers, this takes place between an iPod and a computer or vice versa.
iTunes is the official iPod managing software, but 3rd parties have created alternatives to work around restrictions in iTunes. e.g. transferring content from an iPod to a computer is restricted by iTunes.
Manager | Creator(s) | First public release date | Latest stable version | Downloadable without paying? | Software license | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | |
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Amarok | Mark Kretschmann | 2003-06-23 | GPL | (leopard) | |||||
Banshee | Aaron Bockover | 2005-08 | MIT | ||||||
Clementine | David Sansome, John Maguire | February 2010 | GPL v3 | no iPod support | |||||
ephPod | ephpod | 2.77 (January 16, 2009) | (XP, NT, 2k) | ||||||
gtkpod | Jorg Schuler | 2.1.5 (Jun 2, 2015) | GPL | ||||||
iRip | The Little App Factory | 2003-09 | Proprietary | ||||||
iTunes | Apple Inc. | 2001-01-08 | Proprietary | ||||||
JRiver Media Center | J. River | 2003-07 | (trial) | Proprietary | |||||
MediaMonkey | Ventis Media Inc. | 2003-08-25 | (Standard) | Proprietary | |||||
Rhythmbox | Colin Walters | 2004-04 | GPL | ||||||
Senuti | FadingRed | 2006-04-26 | 1.1.7 (Oct 6, 2009)[1] | (limited trial) | Proprietary | ||||
Winamp native | Nullsoft | 1997-06 | (Bundle & Full) | Proprietary | |||||
XPlay | Mediafour | 2002-06-24 | 3.5.0 (Dec 30, 2009)[2] | Proprietary | |||||
Manager | Creator(s) | First public release date | Latest stable version | Downloadable without paying? | Software license | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux |
Manager | Copy Music | Copy Videos | Copy Smart Playlists | Copy Album Artwork | Extract DRM-Free Music | Extract DRM-Free Videos | Extract Playcounts | Extract Playlists | Copy Content to iPod | |
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Amarok | ||||||||||
Banshee | ||||||||||
Clementine | ||||||||||
EphPod | ||||||||||
gtkpod | ||||||||||
iRip | ||||||||||
iTunes | ||||||||||
JRiver Media Center | ||||||||||
MediaMonkey | ||||||||||
Rhythmbox | ||||||||||
Senuti | ||||||||||
Winamp native | ||||||||||
XPlay | ||||||||||
Manager | Copy Music | Copy Videos | Copy Smart Playlists | Copy Album Artwork | Extract DRM-Free Music | Extract DRM-Free Videos | Extract Playcounts | Extract Playlists | Copy Content to iPod |
Manager | Download Podcasts | Rebuild iPod Database | Portable | 6th Gen. Firmware | 5th Gen. nano Firmware | shuffle3G Firmware | iPod Touch/ iPhone support | Photo support | Supports Gapless Metadata | |
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Amarok | ||||||||||
Banshee | ||||||||||
Clementine | ||||||||||
EphPod | ||||||||||
gtkpod | , jailbroken only | |||||||||
iRip | ||||||||||
iTunes | ||||||||||
JRiver Media Center | ||||||||||
MediaMonkey | ||||||||||
Rhythmbox | ||||||||||
Senuti | ||||||||||
Winamp native | ||||||||||
XPlay | ||||||||||
Manager | Download Podcasts | Rebuild iPod Database | Portable | 6th Gen. Firmware | 5th Gen. nano Firmware | shuffle3G Firmware | iPod Touch/iPhone support | Photo support | Supports Gapless Metadata |
Manager | iPhoneOS up to 1.1.4 | iPhoneOS 2.x | iPhoneOS 3.0 | iPhoneOS 3.1 | iOS 4.0.2 | iOS 5.0.x | |
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Amarok | , Read-only | , Read-only | |||||
Banshee | , Read-only | , Read-only | |||||
Clementine | , limited | , limited | , limited | , limited | |||
EphPod | |||||||
gtkpod | |||||||
iRip | , Read-only | ||||||
iTunes | |||||||
JRiver Media Center | |||||||
MediaMonkey | |||||||
Rhythmbox | |||||||
Senuti | |||||||
Winamp native | |||||||
XPlay | , Read only | , Read only | , Read only | , Read only | , Read only | ||
Manager | iPhoneOS up to 1.1.4 | iPhoneOS 2.x | iPhoneOS 3.0 | iPhoneOS 3.1 | iOS 4.0.2 | iOS 5.0.x |