# Strawberry privacy rating

Open source music player and collection organizer for audiophiles, forked from Clementine, with tag editing, lyrics, scrobbling and streaming from Subsonic, Tidal and Qobuz. Windows and macOS builds are for sponsors.

## Summary

Strawberry scores 80 out of 100 (grade B) on the media and podcast players criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It does not meet independent audit.

- Website: https://www.strawberrymusicplayer.org
- Source code: https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry
- License: GPL-3.0
- Platforms: Linux, Windows, macOS
- Home page trackers: Google Fonts (not scored)
- Category: [Media and podcast players](https://privacyratings.com/media-players/)
- Grade: B (80/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Yes | GPL-3.0. | https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/blob/master/COPYING |
| No trackers or telemetry | Yes | No telemetry or analytics in the source code, and the project website loads no trackers. | https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Funded by sponsorships through Patreon, GitHub, Ko-fi and PayPal, with no ads. | https://www.strawberrymusicplayer.org |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/media-players/strawberry/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/media-players/strawberry.md