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dmidiplayer

Drumstick Multiplatform MIDI File Player.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing and in its SourceForge listing: MIDI support and lyrics display.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Drumstick Multiplatform MIDI File Player” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Piano Players, MIDI Channels, Rhythm, and Lyrics (Karaoke) views” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of dmidiplayer is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Multiplatform MIDI File Player for Linux, Windows and macOS with advanced features: MIDI Output to hardware MIDI ports, or any other Drumstick backend like soft-synths Transpose song tonality between -12 and +12 semitones Change MIDI volume level (using MIDI CC7) Scale song speed between half and double tempo Piano Players, MIDI Channels, Rhythm, and Lyrics (Karaoke) views Supports .MID (Standard MIDI files), .RMI (RIFF RMID), .KAR (MIDI Karaoke), and .WRK (Cakewalk) file formats

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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