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Rune vs Strawberry Music Player: catalog facts
Rune	Strawberry Music Player
Free Free to use; the source is published under the MPL-2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0.
Windows	Windows, macOS, Linux
Recommendations based on audio analysis of your own library Includes lyrics, scrobbling and tag editing	Plays FLAC, WavPack, DSF and DSD alongside the common formats Rips audio CDs directly into the collection
No releases are listed on the GitHub repository Platform support beyond Windows is not clearly documented in the research	No mobile app or sync service of any kind Feature requests are not accepted on GitHub, only on the forum
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MPL-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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