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LX Music Desktop vs NetEase Cloud Music Gtk4: catalog facts
LX Music Desktop	NetEase Cloud Music Gtk4
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence; the music service itself is…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux Large and active user community	Native GTK4 and libadwaita interface Written in Rust with a small install size
Documentation is mainly in Chinese Electron app with higher memory use than native players	Unofficial client that depends on the NetEase API Documentation is mainly in Chinese
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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