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Vanilla Music vs cmus for Android: catalog facts
Vanilla Music	cmus for Android
Free Free and open source under GPLv3.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.
Android	Android
Small and fast Browse music by folder as well as by library	Uses real cmus with existing config and keybindings Touch controls and lock screen media integration
Format support limited to what Android's media APIs handle Plain interface with few visual extras	Requires Android 14 or later on arm64 Interface assumes familiarity with cmus
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-only	License: GPL-2.0-only
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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