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Add to SafariWhen comparing Mopidy vs Mellow Player, the Slant community recommends Mellow Player for most people. In the question“What are the best audio players for UNIX-like systems?” Mellow Player is ranked 31st while Mopidy is ranked 33rd. The most important reason people chose Mellow Player is:
It is written in Qt so it requires less resources than a web browser or an electron application.
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Pros
Pro Capable of streaming music from cloud services via extensions
Extensions permit the streaming of music from cloud services such as Spotify, SoundCloud, and Google Play Music.
Pro Many front-ends
MPD clients and HTTP extensions/clients can connect to your Mopidy server. Front-ends range from web front-ends, mobile applications, to even console clients.
Pro Available as a Docker file
Mopidly's Docker file can be found here allowing for quick setup.
Pro Native
It is written in Qt so it requires less resources than a web browser or an electron application.
Pro AppImage
It is available as AppImage so you can easily try it.
Cons
Con QML
It written in Qt-QML which ignores all Human Interface Guidelines and make the app look like a web page.
Con Not native
It's using qt5-webengine which is not much different from electron / a webbrowser.
