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Byte vs Elisa: catalog facts
Byte	Elisa
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.	Free Free, developed by the KDE community.
Linux	Windows, Linux, Android
Clean presentation of a local music library Designed to match elementary OS	Browse by genre, artist, album or track Online radio, playlists and lyrics
Linux only and designed around elementary OS Development pace has been slow since the original author stepped back	Focused on playback rather than advanced tagging or library tools Best integrated on the KDE Plasma desktop
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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