| Basic Info | Songbird | Nightingale |
|---|---|---|
| Current theme | Pink Martini (grey/pink) with custom borders | Blue Monday (blue) with native borders |
| Last public version | 2.2 | 1.12.1 |
| Last partners version | 1.11.1 | N/A |
| Version in dev | No | 2.0 and 1.12.2 |
| Users space | GetSatisfaction | Nightingale Forums |
| Goodies | No more | Stickers |
| Windows | Yes (XP, Vista, Seven) 32-bits | |
| Mac OS X | Yes 32-bits | |
| GNU/Linux | No | Yes 32 and 64-bits |
| Android App | Yes (closed-source) No more available | No |
| iOS App | Yes (closed-source) No more available | No |
| Facebook App | Yes (closed-source) No more available | No |
| Web App | Yes (closed-source) No more available | No |
| Partners | No more | No |
| Motto | «Play the Web», «Connecting fans everywhere», «Effortless Music Discovery» | «The tune of life, the tune of yours» |
| Owners | POTI, SF | Nightingale Community |
| Development | Songbird | Nightingale |
| Mozilla Framework version for public version | XULRunner 1.9.2.3 | XULRunner 1.9.2.12 and 1.9.2.3 on Windows |
| Mozilla Framework version for version in dev | XULRunner 1.9.2.12 and 9.0.1 | |
| GStreamer libraries | Bundled for each OS | Bundled for Windows & Mac, using system for Linux |
| Add-ons platform | Developed in Ruby, closed source | In development in PHP |
| Unique ID | songbird@songbirdnest.com | nightingale@getnightingale.com |
| Namespace | «songbird» | |
| Localization tool | Translate (self-hosted and written in Ruby) and currently down | Babelzilla and GitHub |
| Version Control System | SVN (self-hosted) and currently down | Git (at GitHub) |
| Bug tracker | Bugzilla (self hosted) and currently down | GitHub and Wiki |
| Code Search | OpenGrok (self hosted) and currently down | OpenGrok (self hosted) |
| Wiki | MindTouch (self hosted) and currently down | DokuWiki (self hosted) |
| Documentation | Doxygen and currently down | Doxygen |
| Features on desktop | Songbird | Nightingale |
| Add-ons | Yes | |
| Watch Folders | Yes | |
| Play Queue | Yes | |
| Video support | Yes | Yes (video_codec_support) |
| Equalizer | Yes | |
| Scrobbling | Last.fm add-on bundled | |
| CD Rip | Closed source add-on based on GEARWorks | Add-on in development based on fre:ac |
| DLNA Support | Closed source add-on | No |
| Locales | 59 | |
| Devices support | MTP and MSC devices using closed source add-on | Foldersync add-on built-in |
| Playlists | Normal and smarts playlists | Normal, smarts playlists and folders (see playlist_format_support) |
| Cover Flow | Add-on in dev | |
| Bookmarks | No | |
| iPod support | No | |
| Podcasts support | No | |
| Audio File Support | audio_codec_support | |
