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r/lilypond

Archived posts from r/lilypond, Mar 2012 to Sep 2026.

Created Mar 16, 2012

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This subreddit is devoted to Lilypond news, code, and troubleshooting.

Lilypond: Download Lilypond for multiple platforms along with various manuals.

Other useful links:

Lilypond mail list: Active mail list where the primary developers and many power users hang out and answer questions.

Lilybin: Online Lilypond compiler.

Weblily: Online Lilypond compiler.

Lilypond blog: Blog posts about using Lilypond and its future.

Open Lilypond Libraries: Useful library functions for Lilypond.

Alternate music fonts: Alternate music fonts for use in engraving scores. With few exceptions these are non-free and licensed accordingly -- see below for the free (and legal) versions.

Free alternate music fonts: Git repository containing the free versions of the fonts mentioned above. And the style sheets for them.

Frescobaldi: Excellent and widely used editor for Lilypond files.

Lilypond package manager: Lilypond package manager system for easy installation and maintenance of Lilypond packages.

notat.io: A great place to discuss typesetting sheet music with professionals. Ask questions, discuss, learn new ideas and techniques -- it's all there!

User and Link Flair: Please feel free to take use of available link and user flair. It's on your honor to be honest!

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