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Black Candy vs Meelo: catalog facts
Black Candy	Meelo
Free Free to use; the source code is published on GitHub.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Streams your own music library Web player in the browser	Music videos integrated with albums and artists Detects B-sides, rare tracks and featured artists
Music only, no video You must host and maintain the server	Requires some setup to get running Docker-based deployment
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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