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Volume Control vs Mixer: catalog facts
Volume Control	Mixer
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 or later licence.
Linux	Linux
Separate volume control for each application Per-device volume adjustment	Per-application volume control Balance and output selection for each stream
Linux only Built around the PulseAudio sound system	Linux only and designed around elementary OS Small project with a limited feature set
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	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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