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LilyPond

LilyPond is a computer program and file format for music engraving. One of LilyPond's major goals is to produce scores that are engraved with traditional layout rules, reflecting the era when scores were engraved by hand.

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Collaboration with other projects

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Overview of input syntax

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History

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Available in
Catalan, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
Developers
David Kastrup, Werner Lemberg, Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Carl Sorensen, Janek Warchoł, et al.
License
GPL-3.0-or-later
Operating system
Windows 2000 and later · Mac OS X 10.4 and later · Linux · FreeBSD
Preview release
2.27.1 / 6 June 2026
Release
1 August 1997; 29 years ago (1 August 1997)

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Overview

History

Design

Software features

Overview of input syntax

Example of LilyPond input file

Collaboration with other projects

Comparison to other scorewriters

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LilyPond

Nodes78
Edges77
Triples104
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025641
Components1

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LilyPond

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related to Collaboration with other projects · 14
LilyPond → Canorus, Denemo, Frescobaldi, LilyPondTool, Musipedia, NoteEdit, Other, PDF, Python, Rosegarden, Several, The Mutopia Project, TuxGuitar, Wilbert Berendsen
related to overview · 13
LilyPond → A3, Another, Commands, For, Helmholtz, It, Notes, One, Scheme, Single-line, Some, TeX, The
related to Design · 11
LilyPond → GNU Guile, In, It, March, MIDI, PDF, PNG, PostScript, Python, Scheme, SVG
related to history · 11
LilyPond → Han-Wen Nienhuys, Hebrew, Its, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, MPP, MusiXTeX PreProcessor, Nienhuys, Nieuwenhuizen, Rosegarden, Suzanne, The LilyPond
related to Software features · 8
LilyPond → An, As, Donald Knuth's Computer Modern, For, LilyPond's, Optical, Proportional, Special
related to Integration into text using lilypond-book · 7
LilyPond → DocBook, HTML, Integration, LaTeX, TeX-based, Texinfo, This
related to Comparison to other scorewriters · 5
LilyPond → Andrew Hawryluk, Another, Finale, SCORE, Sibelius
related to External links · 5
LilyPond → Commands, LATEX, Lua, Official, Retrieved April
Operating system · 4
LilyPond → FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X 10.4 and later, Windows 2000 and later
related to Integration into MediaWiki · 3
LilyPond → MediaWiki, Score, This

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music notation example scores input output latex scorewriters also score software scheme file notes commands language musical within elements format

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
LilyPondAvailable inCatalan, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Spanish1.00infobox
LilyPondDevelopersDavid Kastrup, Werner Lemberg, Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Carl Sorensen, Janek Warchoł, et al.1.00infobox
LilyPondLicenseGPL-3.0-or-later1.00infobox
LilyPondOperating systemWindows 2000 and later1.00infobox
LilyPondOperating systemMac OS X 10.4 and later1.00infobox
LilyPondOperating systemLinux1.00infobox
LilyPondOperating systemFreeBSD1.00infobox
LilyPondPreview release2.27.1 / 6 June 20261.00infobox
LilyPondRelease1 August 1997; 29 years ago (1 August 1997)1.00infobox
LilyPondRepositorygitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond.git1.00infobox
LilyPondStable release2.26.0 / 19 April 20261.00infobox
LilyPondStandardsEPS, MIDI, MusicXML, PDF, PS, SVG1.00infobox
LilyPondTypeMusic software, scorewriter1.00infobox
LilyPondWebsitelilypond.org1.00infobox
LilyPondWritten inC++, Scheme, Metafont, PostScript, Python1.00infobox
LilyPondis acomputer program and file format for music engraving0.90text
LilyPondis atext-based application0.90text

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