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Helio

Helio, free and cross-platform lightweight music sequencer.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, Linux and Android
  • Open source

Overview

Helio is a music production program, available on Windows, Linux and Android.

Features described on its official website: keyboard shortcuts.

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
  • “Libre music sequencer for desktop and mobile platforms” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Follow the documentation to get started; learn about hotkeys, refactoring options, arpeggiators, and more.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Helio is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

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
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Helio is an attempt to rethink a music sequencer to create a tool that feels right. It provides a lightweight UI to help you get into the zone and focus on your ideas.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (publisher, platforms, version) —
  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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