Quod Libet 4.6.0 — the first minute without a single click

How we tested: a clean Debian 13 in a disposable container; source — package quodlibet 4.6.0-6 from the Debian repository. Run as a regular user on a virtual screen, 60 seconds, nothing clicked. 19.10.2026. Every network request and every file written was recorded; the code was not decompiled. The container was deleted afterwards.

Program website: https://github.com/quodlibet/quodlibet

Package SHA-256: 2254191dad8bcdb8a9c1ae7bfaa737fcb11d0dd6f71811a654b308aa38fef28d

Summary

What we checkedResult
Built-in telemetry, crash reporting, analytics, ad SDKsnone
Network requests in the first minutenot a single network request
Known trackers among the serversnone
Files written in the first minute4
The program ran the whole timeyes — process alive at the end

The program’s screen at the end of the test

What is built in

20 files (0 MB) were checked.

No code of known telemetry, crash reporting, analytics or ad SDKs was found.

Where it connected

Not a single request: no DNS lookup, no connection.

What it wrote to disk

Folders the program wrote files to during the minute:

FolderFiles
~/.config/quodlibet2
~/.cache/dconf1
~/.cache/quodlibet1

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