MuseScore VS opensheetmusicdisplay

Compare MuseScore vs opensheetmusicdisplay 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)

opensheetmusicdisplay

OpenSheetMusicDisplay renders sheet music in MusicXML format in your web browser based on VexFlow. OSMD is brought to you by PhonicScore.com. (by opensheetmusicdisplay)
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MuseScore opensheetmusicdisplay
146 2
11,500 1,350
2.2% 1.9%
10.0 9.1
7 days ago 12 days ago
C++ TypeScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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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

opensheetmusicdisplay

Posts with mentions or reviews of opensheetmusicdisplay. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-23.
  • LilyPond: Music Notation for Everyone
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Feb 2024
    On a related note, VexFlow is a project for rendering music notation in the browser.

    https://github.com/vexflow/vexflow/

    OpenSheetMusicDisplay is a higher-level library that uses VexFlow to render entire MusicXML documents.

    https://github.com/opensheetmusicdisplay/opensheetmusicdispl...

  • What Is a Music Engraver? (2016)
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Feb 2022
    Not mentioned in the article, but a couple of notable open-source libraries for rendering music notation in the browser:

    A JavaScript library for rendering music notation and guitar tablature - https://github.com/0xfe/vexflow

    OpenSheetMusicDisplay renders sheet music in MusicXML format - https://github.com/opensheetmusicdisplay/opensheetmusicdispl...

What are some alternatives?

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

lmms - Cross-platform music production software

vexflow - A JavaScript library for rendering music notation and guitar tablature.

LibreScore - The open source (GPLv3), serverless (IPFS-based), offline-first, and totally free alternative to musescore.com

html-midi-player - 🎹 Play and display MIDI files on the web

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

to-be-named - An Open Source Song

overtone - Collaborative Programmable Music

alphaTab - alphaTab is a cross platform music notation and guitar tablature rendering library.

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

Airsequel-Sheet-Music - Sheet music management app powered by Airsequel and Elm Land

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

minimoon - Cross platform music player.