List of scorewriters

This is a list of music notation programs. It excludes programs designed specifically for writing guitar tablature. For a list of guitar tablature software see the list of guitar tablature software.

Free software

• Denemo, a scorewriter primarily providing a front-end for LilyPond
• Frescobaldi, a GUI front-end for LilyPond on Linux
• GNU LilyPond, a text-based scorewriter
• Impro-Visor, a GUI- and text-based scorewriter for constructing lead sheets and jazz solos on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows
• MuseScore, a WYSIWYG scorewriter for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X
• MusiXTeX, a set of macros and fonts that allow music typesetting in TeX
• NoteEdit, a KDE scorewriter
• NtEd, a scorewriter Linux
• Rosegarden, a scorewriter for Linux
• TuxGuitar
• scorio.com, browser based scorewriter

Proprietary

Microsoft Windows

• Capella
• Encore
• Finale plus the following lite versions: Allegro, PrintMusic, NotePad, Songwriter
• Guitar Pro (primarily for guitars and bands, but also notates other instruments)
• Igor Engraver
• Mozart
• Mus2
• MusEdit
• MusiCAD
• Music Construction Set (obsolete; was also for Apple II, Atari 400, and Commodore 64)
• Musicmaster
• Music Write
• MusicTime Deluxe
• Notion
• NoteWorthy Composer
• Overture plus lite version Score Writer.
• Rhapsody
• Sibelius, plus lite versions Sibelius First, Sibelius Student, Sibelius Instrument Teacher Edition, G7
• SmartScore Pro (music scanning and scorewriting. Lite versions: SmartScore Songbook, MIDI, Piano and Guitar Editions)

Mac OS

• ConcertWare (obsolete)
• Encore
• Finale notation program, plus lite versions: Finale Notepad, Notepad Plus, Songwriter, PrintMusic, Allegro
• Igor Engraver
• Logic Pro, Logic Express (successor to Notator and Notator Logic)
• Mosaic (Mac OS 9 only)
• Mus2
• MusicTime Deluxe
• Notion
• Overture plus lite version Score Writer.
• Rhapsody (Mac OS 9 only)
• Sibelius, plus lite versions Sibelius First, Sibelius Student, Sibelius Instrument Teacher Edition, G7
• SmartScore Pro (music-scanning and music-scoring. Lesser versions: SmartScore Songbook, MIDI, Piano and Guitar Editions)

Other

• Bank Street Music Writer (Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Commodore 64 and DOS)
• Deluxe Music Construction Set (Commodore Amiga)
• MusicPrinter Plus (DOS)
• SCORE (DOS – once a leading publishing program)

See also

• Comparison of scorewriters
• List of MIDI editors and sequencers
• List of guitar tablature software