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LX Music Desktop vs Open Orpheus: catalog facts
LX Music Desktop	Open Orpheus
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence; NetEase Cloud Music itself may have paid…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux Large and active user community	Runs the NetEase Cloud Music interface on Linux Cross-platform across Linux, macOS and Windows
Documentation is mainly in Chinese Electron app with higher memory use than native players	Unofficial project that depends on NetEase's client and service Documentation is largely aimed at Chinese-speaking users
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
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 1, 2026

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