Comparison of scorewriters

This is a comparison of music notation programs.

1 General information
2 See also
3 Notes
4 External links

General information

Name	Developer(s)	Latest stable release	License	Import formats	Sound support	Export formats	Guitar tablature	WYSIWYG Editor	Cost (USD)	Operating System Support
Canorus	Reinhard Katzmann, Matevž Jekovec, Georg Rudolph	0.7.R1002	GPL	CanorusML, mxml	midi	pdf, ly	No	Yes	Free	Linux
Crescendo	NCH Software	.97	Proprietary	mxml	No	pdf (free version exports scores only as image files .bmp, .jpg, .png)	No	Yes	Free	Windows
Denemo	Jeremiah Benham, Nils Gey, Richard Shann	0.9.0	GPL	denemo, xml, mxml	midi	pdf, ly, png	when exported to Lilypond	WYSIWYM with real Notes	Free	Linux, Windows
Frescobaldi	Wilbert Berendsen	2.0.4	GPL		midi	pdf, ly	No	Yes	Free	Linux, Windows^[1]^[2]
Impro-Visor	Bob Keller	5.16	GPL	ls	midi	pdf, ls, mid, mxml	No	Yes	Free	Linux, Mac, Windows
Laborejo	Nils Gey	0.6	GPL	lbjm, lbj	midi	pdf, ly, mid	No	WYSIWYM with real Notes	Free	Linux
Lilypond	Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen	2.16.2	GPL	ly	midi	pdf, ps, png, svg	Yes	No	Free	Cross-platform
MusEdit	Doug Rogers, Yowza Software	4.0.3	Proprietary	ascii, midi, mxml	midi	med, abc, midi, mxml, png, bmp	Yes	Yes	Free	Windows
MuseScore	Werner Schweer	1.2	GPL v2	mscz, mscx, xml, mxl, md, bww, ove, mgu, sgu, cap, kar	midi	pdf, png, ps, svg, ly, midi, wav, flac, ogg	No^[3]	Yes	Free	Linux, Mac, Windows
Musink	Lee Reid	1.1.0.1	Proprietary	musink musTemplateExp	midi	pdf, png, xps, MIDI	No	WYSIWYM with real Notes	Free	Windows
MusiXTeX	Daniel Taupin, Ross Mitchell, Andreas Egler	1.15	GPL	$T e X$	No	dvi, ps, pdf	Yes	No	Free	Linux, Mac, Windows
NoteEdit	Jörg Anders	2.8.1	GPL	midi, mxml, tex, abc	midi	ps, ly	Yes	Yes	Free	Linux
Power Tab Editor	Brad Larsen	1.7.0.80	Proprietary	ptb, midi	midi	ptb, midi, ascii, html, bmp	Yes	Yes	Free	Windows
PriMus Free	Christof Schardt	1.1	Proprietary	midi, mxml, capella, son, emil, gtp, gp3, gp4, gp5, gp6, ptb	midi	midi, mxml, emil	Yes	Yes	Free	Windows
Rosegarden	Chris Cannam, Richard Bown, Guillaume Laurent	11.11	GPL	midi, mxml	midi	ly	No	Yes	Free	Linux
TuxGuitar	Julian Gabriel Casadesus	1.2	LGPL	tg, ly, xml, midi, gtp, gp3, gp4, gp5, gp6, ptb, tef,	midi	tg, pdf, gp3, gp4, gp5, midi, ly, ascii	Yes	Yes	Free	Cross-platform
Capella	Capella-software AG	7.1	Proprietary	cap, mxml, midi, txt	midi, vst	capx, cap, mxml, midi, bmp, jpeg, tiff, png, tga, pcx, html	Yes	Yes	$250	Windows
Capella Start^[4]	Capella-software AG	7.1	Proprietary	capx, cap, mxml,^[5] midi,^[5] txt	midi, vst	capx, cap, midi^[5]	No	Yes	$70	Windows
Encore	GVOX	5.0.2	Proprietary	enc, mus, mto, rhp, mxl	midi	pdf, midi, mff, mts	Yes	Yes	$400	Mac, Windows
Finale	MakeMusic	2011	Proprietary	mus, mxml, midi, tiff, jpeg, png, eps, pdf, bmp, gif, pict^[6]	midi, vst, au,^[6] Garritan library	midi, wav, mp3, aiff, pdf, tiff, jpeg, png, eps, bmp, gif, pict^[6]	Yes	Yes	$600	Mac, Windows
Guitar Pro	Arobas Music	6.0	Proprietary	gpx, gp3, gp4, gp5, ascii, mxl, midi	midi	png, pdf, ascii, midi, wav, gpx, gp5	Yes	Yes	$60	Linux, Mac, Windows
Maestro Notation for MS Word	Maestro Music Software	5.600	Proprietary	doc, sfd, musicxml, midi, kar, jpg, tiff, png, bmp	midi, sf2	doc, pdf, sfd, musicxml, midi, kar, jpg, tiff, png, bmp,	Yes	Yes	$99.95	Windows
MagicScore Maestro	Maestro Music Software	7.746	Proprietary	sfd, musicxml, midi, kar, wav, mp3, jpg, tiff, png, bmp	midi, sf2	pdf, sfd, musicxml, midi, kar, wav, mp3, jpg, tiff, png, bmp,	Yes	Yes	$79.95	Windows
Harmony Assistant	Myriad Software	9.6.2g	Proprietary	myr, midi, kar, cmf, mus, etf, enc, rhp, mus, nwc, gtp, gp3, gp4, tef, sty, mod, s3m, mxml, xmz, mxl, abc, tab, wav, aif, aiff, mp3, ogg, pcm, raw, brt, wma,^[7] mov,^[6] mpeg^[6]	midi	pdf, myr, midi, kar, cmf, mxml, xmz, mxl, abc, tab, wav, aif, aiff, mp3, ogg, mov,^[6] mpeg^[6]	Yes	Yes	$85	Linux, Mac, Windows
Melody Assistant	Myriad Software	7.6.2m	Proprietary	myr, midi, kar, cmf, mod, s3m, mxml, xmz, mxl, abc, tab, wav, aif, aiff, mp3, ogg, pcm, raw, brt	midi	pdf, myr, midi, kar, cmf, abc, tab, wav, aif, aiff, mp3, ogg	Yes	Yes	$25	Linux, Mac, Windows
Mozart	David Webber	11	Proprietary	mz, mxml	midi	bmp, emf, gif, jpg, pbm, png	Yes	Yes	$155	Windows
Mus2	Utku Uzmen (Data-Soft Ltd.)	1.1	Proprietary	mus2	midi	bmp, jpeg, pdf, png, svg, aiff, midi, wav	No	Yes	$40	Mac, Windows
MusiCAD	Musys Software	3.1	Proprietary	ascii, abc, midi	midi	pdf	No	Yes	$55	Windows
MusicEase	MusicEase Software	8.5	Proprietary	mxml, midi, mez, abc, sw	midi	midi, pdf	Yes	Yes	$250	Mac, Windows
Musictime Deluxe	GVOX	4.0.2	Proprietary	mtp, midi	midi	mtp, midi	No	Yes	$120	Mac, Windows
NoteWorthy Composer	NoteWorthy Software	2.5	Proprietary	nwc, midi, kar	midi	nwctxt, midi	No	Yes	$50	Windows
Notion	NOTION Music	3.0	Proprietary	mxl, mxml, midi	midi, vst	mxml, wav, midi,	Yes	Yes	$250	Mac, Windows, iOS (iPad)^[8]
Overture	Geniesoft	4.1.5	Proprietary	ove, scw, mxml, midi, enc	midi, vst	ove, midi, wav	Yes	Yes	$350	Mac, Windows
PriMus	Christof Schardt	1.1	Proprietary	midi, mxml, capella, son, emil, gtp, gp3, gp4, gp5, gp6, ptb	midi	midi, mxml, emil, html, bmp, png, tiff, jpg	Yes	Yes	$250	Windows, Mac
Score Writer	Geniesoft	4.1.5	Proprietary	mxml, midi	midi, vst	midi, wav	Yes	Yes	$60	Mac, Windows
Sibelius	Sibelius Software	7.1.2	Proprietary	sib, mxml, midi, bmp, gif, jpg, png, tiff, svg	midi, vst, au,^[6] Avid library	sib, mxml, midi, pdf, eps, png, svg	Yes	Yes	$600	Mac, Windows, RISC OS
SmartScore Pro	Musitek Corporation	10.2.6	Proprietary	mxl	midi	pdf	Yes	Yes	$400	Mac, Windows
Name	Developer(s)	Latest stable release	License	Import formats	Sound support	Export formats	Guitar tablature	WYSIWYG Editor	Cost (USD)	Operating System Support

Notes

^ Macintosh is not supported, but as of January 2013, "Work is being done to create a more complete installer." Frescobaldi download page
^ "Help needed creating a Mac OS X installer for Frescobaldi"
^ Support for tablature is implemented for MuseScore 2.0 MuseScore 2.0 Roadmap
^ Max 4 staves per system, max 100 systems
^ ^a ^b ^c Max 4 staves or voices
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Mac version
^ Windows version
^ "NOTION for iPad". Apple App Store. Retrieved 2012 Jan 11.

External links

Music Notation Software with MusicXML Features, Import and Export
Overview of Scorewriters, in German

Scorewriters

Open source	GNU LilyPond, edited by Denemo, Frescobaldi or jEdit plugin Impro-Visor MuseScore MusiXTeX NoteEdit Rosegarden TuxGuitar Aria Maestosa

Freeware	MusEdit Musink Power Tab Editor

Proprietary	Capella Encore Finale Forte Guitar Pro Igor Engraver Mozart Mus2 MusiCAD MusicEase Music Write NOTION NoteWorthy Composer Overture SCORE Sibelius SmartScore

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General information

See also

Notes

External links