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Cadence

Cadence is a native local music player and library manager for macOS 26 and later. It preserves source files during import and keeps managed music, artwork, lyrics, playlists, tags, and recovery data on the Mac.

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Goal	Guide
Build and open Cadence	Getting Started
Understand the product	Feature Overview
Import music safely	Library and Import
Configure playback	Playback
Use synchronized lyrics	Lyrics and LRC
Organize with tags	Tags and Collections
Diagnose a problem	Troubleshooting

Product status

Cadence is a source-only development project. The repository does not currently provide a signed, notarized, App Store, or GitHub binary release.

Project links

• Source code
• Issue tracker
• README
• MIT License

Cadence is created and maintained by Nikita Melnychenko (QenTerra).