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Crosspipe vs Helvum: catalog facts
Crosspipe	Helvum
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-only licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.
Linux	Linux
Drag-and-drop connection management Visual graph of all PipeWire nodes	Visual graph of PipeWire nodes and links Connect streams by dragging
Linux with PipeWire only Young project with a small feature set	Only works with PipeWire Linux only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-only	License: GPL-3.0-only
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 October 1, 2026

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