Open Source REAPER AlternativesMusic 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 Tenacity, Ardour, ComposeYogi and Spek.

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REAPER alternatives are mainly Digital Audio Workstations, but if you're looking for Music Production Apps or Audio Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Android, Android Tablet, Linux, Free and iPad. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to REAPER.
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  1. LMMS icon

    LMMS

     668 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.

    100 LMMS alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
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    • European Union flagEU
    LMMS screenshot 1
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  2. Tenacity icon

    Tenacity

     123 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.

    91 Tenacity alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • Haiku
    • Global
    Dark mode
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  4. Ardour icon

    Ardour

     246 likes

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

    100 Ardour alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • US flagUnited States
    Ardour 6
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  6. Spek icon

    Spek

     82 likes

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

    55 Spek alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • AU flagAustralia
    FLAC file analysis
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  9. Bespoke Synth icon

    Bespoke Synth

     33 likes

    Bespoke is a software modular synthesizer. It contains a bunch of modules, which you can connect together to create sounds.

    90 Bespoke Synth alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • US flagUnited States
    Bespoke Synth screenshot 1
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  10. FamiStudio icon

    FamiStudio

     29 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Wine
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • iPhone
    • SG flagSingapore
    Version 1.4.0
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  11. Qtractor icon

    Qtractor

     54 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...

    84 Qtractor alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    • European Union flagEU
    Qtractor screenshot 1
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  12. Yadaw icon

    Yadaw

     5 likes

    A lightweight, cross-platform DAW built in Rust with egui, designed for sound design and audio prototyping.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Quick start demo
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  14. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU
    Efflux screenshot 1
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