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
- Canorus, a LilyPond front-end built on Qt4
- 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
- Noteflight, a browser based, WYSIWYG scorewriter on the web with features for sharing scores in an online community on noteflight
- NtEd, a scorewriter Linux
- Rosegarden, a scorewriter for Linux
- scorio, a browser based WYSIWYG scorewriter on the web (SaaS) on scorio.com
- TuxGuitar
Proprietary
- 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)
- 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)