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ncmpcpp vs Shotwell

A side-by-side look at ncmpcpp and Shotwell. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

ncmpcpp

ncmpcpp

Audio & Music

ncmpcpp is a mpd client (Music Player Daemon) inspired by ncmpc with a tag editor, bookmarks, playlists, and more. It's designed to be fast, lightweight, customizable, and easy to use for casual music library browsing or intensive audio playback.

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Shotwell

Shotwell

Photos & Graphics

Shotwell is an open source image organizer and editor for Linux. It has basic photo editing tools and allows organizing images into events and tags. Shotwell has features to import photos from cameras and export to sharing sites.

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