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Cavasik vs cava: catalog facts
Cavasik	cava
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Graphical front end built on the CAVA engine Packaged for Flatpak, Snap and the AUR	Works with PulseAudio, PipeWire, ALSA and sndio without extra glue Colours, gradients and smoothing are all configurable
Linux only A visualizer only, with no playback features	Purely decorative; it is not an analysis or measurement tool Capturing system audio needs a monitor source configured
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: MIT
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
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 September 22, 2026

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