Denemo vs Frescobaldi
Denemo
denemo.orgFrescobaldi
frescobaldi.orgSide by side
| Figure | Denemo | Frescobaldi |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Music notation software | 8.4 (#10) | 8.1 (#18) |
| Deployment | desktop | desktop |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Import | Denemo can load Denemo files and import MIDI, LilyPond, and MusicXML. | Frescobaldi supports MusicXML, MIDI, and ABC import. |
| MIDI support | Yes | Yes |
| MusicXML support | Yes | Yes |
| Parts extraction | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | The home page lists GNU/Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows; the download page provides packages for those platforms. | The project says Frescobaldi is designed to run on Linux, macOS, and Windows. |
| Purpose | Denemo is a free music notation program for composing, transcribing, arranging, and listening to music. | Frescobaldi is a LilyPond sheet music text editor designed to be powerful, lightweight, and easy to use. |
| Support | The community page directs users to a mailing list for usage questions and development news, and to email [email protected] because the project abandoned its forum. | The project directs bug reports and feature requests to its issue tracker and lists a mailing list for Frescobaldi. |
Plans
In their own words
Denemo
Denemo is a free desktop music-notation program for composing, transcribing, arranging, and listening to music. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, with MusicXML, MIDI, parts extraction, and tablature support. Music can be entered through a computer keyboard, MIDI controller, mouse, or microphone. Denemo opens its own files and imports MIDI, LilyPond, and MusicXML. LilyPond typesets notation in the background while you work, and the program supports figured bass, historical noteheads and barlines, chords, and tablature. It can create exercise sheets, aural-training materials, note-reading exercises, and playing exercises. Scores may be printed or exported as images, MIDI, OGG, or WAV files. MIDI or audio can be routed to other applications such as JACK, and LilyPond text and commands can be included in a score. Denemo is free to use, share, and change under the GPL; the listed plan costs nothing. Version 2.6 is listed as the current stable release, dated March 11, 2022. Some download links still point to version 2.2.
Frescobaldi
Frescobaldi has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.