Open Source REAPER AlternativesTop Music Production Apps & Digital Audio Workstations like REAPER

The best open source alternative to REAPER is LMMS. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to REAPER and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to REAPER are Ardour, Tenacity, Zrythm and Qtractor.

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  1. LMMS icon

    LMMS

     633 likes

    Cross-platform digital audio workstation supporting lossless audio and VST plugins. Features include music looping, sequencing, and MIDI support. Provides an ad-free, privacy-focused, portable experience without registration, working offline with extensibility through plugins and add-ons.

    91 LMMS alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
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    Comments about LMMS as an Alternative to REAPER
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    LMMS is not a DAW, it's a Fruity Loops style software that allows writing music on your computer with software instruments. It does not have any recording ability.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    LMMS icon

    • Some users think LMMS is a great REAPER alternative, some don't.

    • LMMS is Free and Open SourceREAPER is Paid and Proprietary
    • LMMS is Privacy focusedREAPER is not according to our users
  2. Ardour icon

    Ardour

     240 likes

    Ardour is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application. Record, edit, and mix on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.

    92 Ardour alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Ardour 6
     
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    Comments about Ardour as an Alternative to REAPER
    David
    Positive
    5

    Ardour is a very powerful and capable DAW, it's just tough to learn since practically all features are exposed at all times. Reaper provides an arguably faster workflow, has a similarly powerful mixer and incidentally installs and loads faster than nearly every other modern DAW.

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    Ardour icon

    • Most users think Ardour is a great REAPER alternative.

    • Ardour is Paid and Open SourceREAPER is Paid and Proprietary
    • Ardour is Privacy focusedREAPER is not according to our users
  4. Tenacity icon

    Tenacity

     110 likes

    Tenacity is an easy-to-use, privacy-friendly, FLOSS, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorder for Windows, macOS, Linux and other operating systems.

    87 Tenacity alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • Haiku
    Dark mode
     
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    Comments about Tenacity as an Alternative to REAPER
    David Eltz
    Negative
    3

    Tenacity is a destructive wave editor, not a DAW

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    Tenacity icon
    • Tenacity is Free and Open SourceREAPER is Paid and Proprietary
    • Tenacity is Privacy focusedREAPER is not according to our users
  5. Zrythm icon

    Zrythm

     35 likes

    Zrythm is a digital audio workstation designed to be featureful and easy to use.

    93 Zrythm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  6. Qtractor icon

    Qtractor

     52 likes

    Qtractor is an Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt framework. Target platform is GNU/Linux, where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK) for audio, and the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) for MIDI, are the main infrastructures for...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  9. Spek icon

    Spek

     67 likes

    Spek helps to analyse your audio files by showing their spectrogram. Spek is free software available for Unix, Windows and Mac OS X.

    48 Spek alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    FLAC file analysis
     
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    Comments about Spek as an Alternative to REAPER
    dco3lh0
    Negative
    0

    Spek is just a Spectogram Viewer, while Reaper is a DAW software, the only similar thing they share is that both work with audio.

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    Spek icon
    • Spek is Free and Open SourceREAPER is Paid and Proprietary
    • Spek is Privacy focusedREAPER is not according to our users
  10. FamiStudio icon

    FamiStudio

     24 likes

    FamiStudio is very simple music editor for the Nintendo Entertainment System or Famicom. It is designed to be easier to use than FamiTracker, but its feature set is also much more limited. It is targeted at both chiptune artists and NES homebrewers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Wine
    Version 1.4.0
     
  12. Efflux icon

    Efflux

     4 likes

    Efflux is a Progressive Web Application allowing you to create music within your browser, either on- or offline on anything from a phone to desktop machine.

    53 Efflux alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Efflux screenshot 1
     
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    Radium

     30 likes

    Radium is a music editor with a new type of interface.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Radium 6
     
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