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Rekordcloud alternatives, starting with its own successor.

Rekordcloud's web app is not the product any more: its maker decided a browser was the wrong home for a library manager, rebuilt it as a desktop app called Lexicon in 2022, and kept Rekordcloud as the company name. So the closest rekordcloud alternative is Lexicon itself, with Mixo if the cloud sync was the part you wanted, Crate Hackers if it was crate building and cleanup, and a local organize-and-prep app if the browser was never the point.

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A DJ library organized in a desktop app instead of a browser

Library work left the browser years ago. The tools that replaced it, compared.

The alternatives, compared.

Rekordcloud was a browser-based library suite: it converted collections between DJ apps, generated cue points, and cleaned up messy metadata. The company rebuilt that idea as a desktop app, Lexicon, so the first alternative is simply the product Rekordcloud turned into. The other three split the rest of the old job between them: cloud sync, crate building, and local organizing. One of them, Vibes, is ours, so read that row knowing who wrote this page.

OptionStrengthsTrade-offs
LexiconBest for The same job, from the same company
  • Built by the Rekordcloud company as the desktop replacement for the web app
  • Converts between Rekordbox, Serato, Traktor, VirtualDJ, Engine DJ, djay Pro and iTunes
  • Library conversion is free with no time limit; paid plans add cleanup and cloud storage
  • Essential is $9.99 per month or $199 lifetime, Ultimate $19.99 per month or $399 lifetime
  • A full toolkit is more than you need if you only convert once

Our verdict If you liked Rekordcloud, this is the continuation of it rather than a rival. Start on the free conversion tier and only pay when the cleanup tools earn it.

MixoBest for Keeping one library in sync across machines and a phone
  • Lists twelve DJ apps, including Mixxx, Cross DJ and DEX 3
  • Moves playlists, cue points, beat grids, artwork and ratings between them
  • Free plan for importing and organizing; Gold is $7 per month
  • Cloud-first, so it is built around an account and a synced library
  • File sync runs through your Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox storage
Crate HackersBest for Filling crates and clearing out duplicates
  • Offline desktop app for macOS 12 and later and Windows 11 and later
  • Spotify to Crate matching, Crate Text for pasted tracklists, AI Duplicate Killer
  • Works alongside Serato, rekordbox, Virtual DJ, Traktor and Engine Prime
  • Membership pricing at $30 per month, or $197 for a first year that renews at $297
  • Much of the value is curated crates and community, which you may not want
VibesBest for One organized local library you prep sets in
  • Imports from Rekordbox, Serato, Traktor, Engine DJ, Apple Music XML or plain folders
  • Tags by mood and energy, analyzes BPM, key and energy on your own machine
  • Exports playlists back to all four apps, $49 one-time with a 14-day trial
  • Vibes is our product, so we own our bias; judge it on the trial
  • Not a library converter, and there is no cloud sync or mobile app

Our verdict This suits the DJ who never wanted a cloud service, only a collection that is tagged, analyzed and ready to export before the gig.

At a glancePricingModelPlatforms
LexiconFree conversion; Essential $9.99 per month or $199 lifetimeFreemium, subscription or lifetimemacOS, Windows
MixoFree plan; Gold $7 per monthFreemium subscriptionmacOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
Crate Hackers$30 per month, or $197 for the first yearMembership subscriptionmacOS, Windows
Vibes$49 one-timeOne-timemacOS, Windows

How we compared them.

Every tool here was checked against its own site in August 2026, not against old reviews. Prices, supported apps and platforms come from the vendor's pricing or product pages, and where a vendor does not publish a number we say so rather than guess.

The four were judged on the same questions. Does it read and write the DJ app you actually play on, in both directions? Does its organizing go past folders and genre into the mood and energy tags that decide what you reach for late in a set? Where does your collection live? And what does it cost across a few years, once a monthly plan compounds?

There is no single winner, because these solve different pains. Lexicon is the converter and repair shop, and the direct heir to Rekordcloud. Mixo is the sync layer for multi-machine and mobile setups. Crate Hackers is a crate supply line with cleanup tools attached. Vibes, our own, is the mood and energy layer for set prep. Point each candidate at a few hundred tracks you know well and see which one makes them easier to play.

Whichever you choose

What to check before you switch.

01

Is it still being built?

Rekordcloud is the lesson here: the web app stopped because its maker moved on, not because it broke. Favor tools that ship updates and keep pace with current versions of rekordbox, Serato, Traktor and Engine DJ.

02

Where the library lives

A cloud tool holds your collection behind an account, which is what makes syncing to a second machine easy and what makes an outage or a lapsed plan painful. A local tool keeps the files and the database on your drive. Pick the trade you can live with.

03

What actually crosses over

Read each tool's list before you trust it: playlists, cue points, loops, beat grids, ratings and comments all transfer separately. A move that loses your cue points has only done half the work, and you find out after the import.

04

Rent or own

Three of these are subscriptions, one is a single purchase, and two offer a lifetime option. Over several years of DJing the difference is large, so decide whether this is a tool you use once to migrate or every week before a gig.

One organized library, every app.

Vibes imports from and exports to Rekordbox, Serato, Traktor, and Engine DJ, so the software you pick is never a lock-in.

Track 001 by Artist A

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Artist A

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Track 002 by Artist B

Track 002

Artist B

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Track 003 by Artist C

Track 003

Artist C

132
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Frequently asked questions

The honest answers, including the trade-offs.

It changed shape rather than shutting down. Rekordcloud started as a browser tool, then its maker decided a web app was the wrong home for a library manager and rebuilt it as a desktop program called Lexicon, released in 2022. The company still trades under the Rekordcloud name and also publishes TrackHack, OpenKeyScan and SonoVault. See Rekordcloud next to Vibes.
Half of it, and Vibes is our product, so weigh that. Vibes covers organizing: import from Rekordbox, Serato, Traktor, Engine DJ, Apple Music XML or folders, local BPM, key and energy analysis, mood tagging, a duplicate finder, and playlist export back to those four apps. It does not translate one app's database into another's, and there is no cloud sync or mobile app. See what it covers.
Lexicon's free tier is the strongest free option here, because library conversion between DJ apps carries no time limit on it. Mixo's free plan imports and organizes a collection before you pay for syncing. Your DJ app also organizes for nothing inside its own world, since rekordbox offers a free plan and Serato DJ Lite is free to use. None of them tag mood or energy for you.
For a general music collection, a tag editor plus a duplicate cleaner is usually enough, and the target is a tidy iTunes or Apple Music library. For DJing that is the wrong tool, because a general organizer cannot write cue points, beat grids or crates back into a DJ app. Start from the DJ-specific list in DJ library management software.
The best one is the collection you own as files, tagged well enough that you can find a track by feel instead of by name. In practice that means consistent artist and title fields, a key and BPM on every track, ratings you actually apply, and a mood or energy tag. The folder rules that keep it that way are in how to organize your DJ library.
Nobody publishes audited market share, so treat any ranking as an estimate. The two names you meet most often are rekordbox, now at version 7, and Serato DJ Pro, with Traktor Pro 4, VirtualDJ and Engine DJ behind them. For choosing a library tool it matters less than it looks: what counts is that the tool reads and writes the app you already play on.
In clubs the platform is usually a pair of Pioneer DJ players and a USB stick, which is why so many collections get prepared in rekordbox and written out as a device library on USB or SD. At home, controller DJs mostly sit in Serato or rekordbox. Whichever it is, your prep tool should hand the collection over cleanly instead of trapping it: see how to organize music on a USB for DJing.

From a Vibes customer

The import worked perfectly. Have created several sets now and my life is so much easier
Danny

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We make Vibes, a library tool, not DJ mixing software. The picks above are independent, and we recommend the app that fits you, not the one paired with us.

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