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Strawberry Music Player vs Byte: catalog facts
Strawberry Music Player	Byte
Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
Plays FLAC, WavPack, DSF and DSD alongside the common formats Rips audio CDs directly into the collection	Clean presentation of a local music library Designed to match elementary OS
No mobile app or sync service of any kind Feature requests are not accepted on GitHub, only on the forum	Linux only and designed around elementary OS Development pace has been slow since the original author stepped back
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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