MuseScore VS LibreScore

Compare MuseScore vs LibreScore and see what are their differences.

MuseScore

MuseScore is an open source and free music notation software. For support, contribution, bug reports, visit MuseScore.org. Fork and make pull requests! (by musescore)

LibreScore

The open source (GPLv3), serverless (IPFS-based), offline-first, and totally free alternative to musescore.com (by LibreScore)
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MuseScore LibreScore
146 2
11,500 398
2.2% 0.0%
10.0 0.0
3 days ago about 1 year ago
C++ Vue
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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MuseScore

Posts with mentions or reviews of MuseScore. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-30.
  • This happens when I tried to open my file (musescore 4) idk i searched everywhere on how to fix this?
    1 project | /r/Musescore | 21 Jun 2023
    In that case, please ask for help on the official Support forum on musescore.org where you can attach the score itself and people should be able to take a look.
  • I keep having this issue where apparently it plays unhearable tone at max and i can't hear anything in program, anyone knows how to fix? Reinstalling didn't help
    1 project | /r/Musescore | 31 May 2023
    If you continue to have trouble, best to ask for help on the official Support forum on musescore.org and attach your score along with precise steps to reproduce the problem, so we can understand and assist better.
  • When Musescore 4 becomes operational software, release it again, and let me know
    1 project | /r/Musescore | 22 May 2023
    Is this what also led to https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/17663? If so I definitely urge you to spend the couple of minutes to test with a nightly build so we can known it is truly fixed for your case and not illustrate the other case that had been reported. As mentioned, testing nightlies is simple; they don’t interfere with normal installations at all.
  • Why can't I download Musescore?
    1 project | /r/Musescore | 17 May 2023
    Sorry, I don't know what "both buttons" means. There are buttons on the home page of musescore.org, buttons on the Download/Software page - both with and without Muse Hub - buttons for older versions, buttons for nightly builds, buttons for mobile apps, buttons within Muse Hub, probably others too. Please describe *exactly* what you are doing, step by step - the URL of the page you are on when you see the button, the text on the button you are clicking - and the exact text of the error you see.
  • [QUESTION] Looking for a free and easy tab maker online
    1 project | /r/Guitar | 4 May 2023
    Musescore seems to be the new standard
  • How do you use a chromebook?
    2 projects | /r/chromeos | 30 Apr 2023
    Not that I need to prove anything, but for anyone curious, here's a composition I created using the music notation software I help develop and support on my Chromebook. If you hit the play button on the composition, you'll hear the multitrack recording I created on my Chromebook as well, with my students singing the various parts. The piece was created for my online course teaching counterpoint, developed completely on my Chromebook. Here is a video from my most recent - the video is done from the Chromebook and the software managing the multicamera layout and screen share is software I developed on my Chromebook. And here is the online community I manage from my Chromebook.
  • Quick question about playback
    1 project | /r/Musescore | 28 Apr 2023
    I actually filed a github feature request for this exact thing yesterday, link here. On the principle that someone with more skills that me can get interested sooner than I can get good enough at C++ to do it myself.
  • Muse Hub malware-like behavior and dark/shady patterns on windows 11
    1 project | /r/Musescore | 25 Apr 2023
    Muse Hub is used by programs other than MuseScore, so it really doesn't make sense to offer it from there directly. Plus musescore.org was never designed to act in that way - downloads are pretty much always hosted elsewhere. Beyond that, I don't know all the ins and outs of how specific domains might be chosen, but I assume someone intelligent enough to set that up onows a ton more about it than I do, so I don't worry about it.
  • How to play along with MuseScore?
    1 project | /r/Musescore | 22 Apr 2023
    Unfortunately, MuseScore 4 seems to be missing that feature.
  • Crash when attempting to place a note in place of, or simply select, a particular rest.
    2 projects | /r/Musescore | 19 Apr 2023
    Sorry to hear you're having trouble! Definitely, we'd need the MSCZ file to be able to investigate. Normally we ask that people first post to the official Support forum on musescore.org to get confirmation before opening an issue on GitHub to report a bug formally, but it sounds like you've got things pretty well figured out in terms of having precise steps to reproduce the crash reliably, so I would encourage you to just go straight to the issue tracker on GitHub - https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues

LibreScore

Posts with mentions or reviews of LibreScore. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-05-01.
  • Audacity Aquired by Muse Group
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 May 2021
    One, it's possible the API was being used illegally.

    Two, the DMCA seems to not apply here, if this is a Chinese citizen enforcing legal rulings against another Chinese citizen. That is a perfectly valid situation to call the police, in any country.

    Three, this argument is going around in circles, I think a great option would be to contribute to the author's musescore alternative: https://github.com/LibreScore/LibreScore

  • Guitar song library with chords and transposing
    2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 16 Feb 2021
    Also interested in this. I found LibreScore (source here) which is in its very early stages and has very limited features at present.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing MuseScore and LibreScore you can also consider the following projects:

lmms - Cross-platform music production software

musescore-downloader - ⚠️ This repo has moved to https://github.com/LibreScore/dl-librescore ⚠️ | Download sheet music (MSCZ, PDF, MusicXML, MIDI, MP3, download individual parts as PDF) from musescore.com for free, no login or Musescore Pro required | 免登录、免 Musescore Pro,免费下载 musescore.com 上的曲谱

muse - MusE is a digital audio workstation with support for both Audio and MIDI

gnome-hud - Unity like HUD menu for the GNOME Desktop Environment using rofi menu.

overtone - Collaborative Programmable Music

alda - A music programming language for musicians. :notes:

react-native-windows - A framework for building native Windows apps with React.

csound - Main repository for Csound

VeeSeeVSTRack - Open-source virtual modular synthesizer

bevy_egui - This crate provides an Egui integration for the Bevy game engine. 🇺🇦 Please support the Ukrainian army: https://savelife.in.ua/en/

tabulator-qt - An editor tool for documents with character-separated values written in Qt for C++.

QSimpleCrypto - Small C++ cryptography library based on Qt and OpenSSL.