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LMMS

LMMS is a music production program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux: MIDI support.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

LMMS is a music production program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: MIDI support.

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
  • “LMMS is a free, open source, multiplatform digital audio workstation.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “It allows the creation of loops, synthesizing and mixing sounds, arranging samples having fun with your MIDI-keyboard and much more...” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

Its licence (GPL-2.0+) 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 account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

LMMS is a music production application. It allows the creation of loops, synthesizing and mixing sounds, arranging samples having fun with your MIDI-keyboard and much more... It combines the features of a tracker-/sequencer-program and those of powerful synthesizers, samplers, effects etc. in a modern, user-friendly and easy to use graphical user-interface.

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 Unspecified source (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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