It’s been some time since this list was made and many of the themes listed may not work properly. I’m having li’l tough time dealing with my college studies to spare some time to update this list.
I would appreciate it if someone could help me update this list by telling me about themes that currently work (leave a comment below)
Foobar2000 has now become my favorite audio player. Why? Because It is simple, it has got advanced features, it’s lightweight and does not contain any crap. (Equal credit goes to Reddit too for making me addicted to it.)
The best part of it is its high and extensive customizability – I can Skin it as I want it to look with foobar2000 skins. So here are the 15 best foobar2000 skins :-
How to Install a foobar2000 Skin?
- Copy everything to your fooobar2000 folder.
- Move the necessary (.dll) components into the components folder.
- Install the Skin and its images into the PanelsUI folder.
- Reboot your Foobar and hit “Ctrl+P”
- There’s no step 5, Enjoy your skin!
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1. Metro
Download: Metro Skin (1.66 MB)
2. Mnlt2
Download: Mnlt2 Skin (3.16 MB)
3. Shuyo
Download: Shuyo Skin (0.87 MB)
4. MonoLite
Download: MonoLite Skin (0.97 MB)
5. Flex
Download: Flex Skin (5.96 MB)
6. Gaia
Download: Gaia Skin (1.08 MB)
7. MonoLite Plus
Download: MonoLite Plus Skin (1.83 MB)
8. FooBear
Download: FooBear Skin (0.46 MB)
9. Ashen II
Download: Ashen II Skin (0.2 MB)| Important: Extra Required Components
10. Avonlea Light
Download: Avonlea Light Skin (5.88 MB)| Important: Extra Required Components
11. Mr. Griy
Download: Mr. Griy Skin (1.67 MB)
12. fooPlacebo
Download: fooPlacebo Skin (7 MB)
13. Liquorice
Download: Liquorice Skin (1.24 MB)
14. Gaia Carmenm Mod
Download: Gaia Carmenm Mod (0.2 MB)
15. Shine
Download: Shine Skin (0.84 MB)
I hope you liked these foobar skins. If you encounter any problem with them, feel free to ask me about it.
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Most of these no longer work with the current version of foobar, even though you posted this recently. Would be nice to see a list of the ones that still work.
I am not using the latest version of Foobar2000 and I had tested all the themes listed here. Thanks, I’ll update this list soon!
You may, indeed, not be using a current version of Foobar, but I know of at least one of these skins listed which requires more than the file you offer as a download. Foobear, for instance, requires about 6 or so other plug-ins to work as depicted in the screen shot.
What version are you using? I started using foobar recently and love it, but I would gladly go back to an old version to get some nice skins to work.
Actually I was using a 0.9.x version of foobar. I’ve updated it, will update this post soon and let you know about it!
hello thx for your posting
what version of foobar are u using? cause these skinds not works at all good at the actual version, thx
of course i mean exactly which, cause 0.9 “x’ it’s not certainly at all
One of the best skins for the latest foobar2000 is DarkOne v3.0.1 => http://tedgo.deviantart.com/#/d33pj8h
Yeah thats a nice theme. Many people like it, though I prefer minimal ones
I love the Tycho plug on Ashen II!
Fabyli about topics such as:
Shades Lossless – http://razor-87.deviantart.com/art/Shades-Lossless-2-0-217177956 (Mine)
Xch4nge – http://br3tt.deviantart.com/art/Xch4nge-216397917
Mnlt2 Mod – http://mhe84.deviantart.com/art/Mnlt2-Mod-212420126
This makes no sense…there is no PanelsUI folder?? How to install? Thanks.
Hi Timmo, which skin you’re talking about?
Not a specific skin, referring to Step 3 in the box above. Don’t see a PanelsUI folder.
Looks like you’re using the latest version of Foobar. It’s been a time since I wrote this post. Can you tell me which folders do you see in your directory of Foobar? (I’m on mobile so can’t do it myself)
I appreciate you trying to help, but I just uninstalled and am sticking with Winamp instead. Way less confusing. Thanks.
Metro works fine on latest stable version.
Thanks
Great find! A bit disappointed after reading the comments that not everything works in the latest version – but at least Metro works fine (according to previous commenter)? I’ll go for that + install it tonight
Hey Michael, it’s been some time since I made this list and many of the skins here no longer work properly. I wish I could update this list but I’m occupied with my college studies right now. It would be great if you could help me update this list?
And yeah, metro works well!
Well, it’s only a few months old so I’m surprised things don’t work anymore
not your fault
I may update this list but maybe not – have other tons of things to be published on my blog so I don’t think I have the time compiling a list like this
thanks though and all the best for your studies!
Oh no, I didn’t mean to ask you find skins for me. I only wanted to know if you’ve used a theme previously which is good enough to be added in this list
OH! Sorry for the misunderstanding. I’ve always been using Winamp or the Foobar without skin
Which is why I started to search for good skins and found your blog on Google SERPs. Sorry can’t help out though I’ve heard a good skin called “Subject Beauty” from a forum
hi, i’m running Foobar 1.1.7, i don’t think Metro works either.. :< sad life. there's no more "General" Section under Preferences! D: arghhh
Another couple of configs Br3tt:
http://br3tt.deviantart.com/art/TECH-v1-5-1-162724968
http://br3tt.deviantart.com/art/HiFoo-v1-7-5-244531383
Also updated my:
http://razor-87.deviantart.com/gallery/
Actually this is a great list of skins! If you don’t like the current foobar skins available, falling back to an older release is suggested. Every format plays correctly, gapless works – what more does a jukebox need, really? :^)
Adopt the linux mindset, that is, unless it’s a security fix there’s no reason to run out and upgrade simply because there’s a new version out; it always means more work for you. The old version(s) run fine for ~99% of the people who would use them. I’m sure there’s a bugfix or 20 that may be nice, however the version linked below runs great. I use it on an XP SP3 MPC (skinned with a slightly tweaked Bear) and leave it on shuffle for months at a time; I guess that’s the definition of a “stable release”?
foobar2000 v.0.9.5.1
http://www.filehippo.com/download_foobar2000/3837/
[please note]: foobar2000 users, that is, the hydrogenaudio forum – is populated by intellectual technical elitists, who, while being insanely nice, are very intolerant of stupidity and/or rudeness. If you can’t figure something out then –ask politely– for help, or you will have your ass handed to you.
I just want a simple dark theme, no fancy weird stuff…
the foobar default interface is perfect otherwise, exactly because it’s simple and efficient, I just want a darker one, to get rid of the white background.
Hi, gorgeous themes. I tried to get a few to work, but as you know many aren’t compatible with 1.x. You might want to state a lot only work with foobar 0.9.5.2 (available here http://filehippo.com/download_foobar2000/4051/):
I don’t currently have time to try them, sorry.
i think you should link to the theme’s website (in this case, their deviant sites) not to a download file, so that they can access description, guides, maybe comments with tips and some updates, since you clearly can’t keep this updated : )
Yeah right Lanooz. I’ll try to do this to all my list posts as soon as i can. Thanks a lot for this tip!
i can’t find the”general”!
i can’t find the”general”! (2)
These skins looks fantastic,thanks a lot!
I’m using metro, it works fine, but it seems those two arrows don’t function well.
what about foo_ava ?
thanks! I like the metro skin very much!
Updated its latest build:
razor-87.deviantart.com/#/d4btndw
can’t use
Which skin?
As of Foobar2000 v.1.1.13 NONE of these themes work. Shame that plain vanilla Foobar is so damned ugly.
Thanks so much for saying this!
I was going to check one by one if some of it works on 1.1.13
Metro works in v.1.1.13 but its a bit too big for my little screen ^^
You really need to check out DarkOne!
In my opinion the best skin for Foobar2000 is DarkOne, by tedgo. You can find it on deviantart. The reason is because.. its one of the only skins to be updated to work on the latest version of foobar2000! Half of the skins above dont work unless you know how to heavily modify. Check it out – CLICK HERE
My OS is win8. The Metro skin doesn’t work with foobar2000 1.2.0. I selected column UI and then it crashed.
Just tried Metro skin on latest version v1.2.3 (portable installation) and it works perfectly.
Thank you.
search on “deviantart.com” you can find much more, users share and explain everything. I got a lot of wonderfull skins selected. (aunque mi idioma nativo es español no se me hizo tan dificil configurarlo). search vanscov (me) for a hand
And Darkone of course!!!