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Nuclear vs LX Music Desktop: catalog facts
Nuclear	LX Music Desktop
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Streams from multiple sources, extendable with plugins Playlist import from other services and JSON files	Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux Large and active user community
Desktop only, no mobile app macOS may block the app on first launch	Documentation is mainly in Chinese Electron app with higher memory use than native players
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0-only	License: Apache-2.0
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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