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

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