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24 alternatives to VexFlow

An API for music notation in the browser

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. VexFlow launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1VA
   VexFlow, a pure-JavaScript music notation and guitar tab renderer▲13

   Vexflow is a JavaScript library for rendering standard music notation and guitar tablature.

   2015 · vexflow.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   VexFlow▲2

   Javascript library for music notation and guitar tab.

   2020 · vexflow.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Song Branch▲70

   An interactive song lyric visualization experiment.

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Octave▲191

   A free library of UI sounds for your apps

   2014 · raisedbeaches.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Musikcube▲107

   A fully functional terminal-based music player

   2017 · musikcube.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Tone.js▲7

   A framework for creating interactive music in the browser

   2017 · tonejs.github.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Super Looper▲133

   Make music in your browser

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8FA
   Free AI-based music demixing in the browser▲190

   Hi all, I've spent some time working on music demixing or music source separation algorithms, which take in a mixed song and output estimates of isolated components (e.g. vocals, drums, bass, other). I took a popular PyTorch model with good performance (Open-Unmix, UMX-L weights), reimplemented the inference steps in C++, and compiled it to WebAssembly for a free client-side music demixer.

   2023 · sevag.xyz · its alternatives →

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   An algorithmic audio landscape▲193

   This is an web audio experiment I've been wanting to do for a long time. Basically an ambient music composition, but all the sound elements are laid out in space, and that musical space can be explored freely. It's definitely inspired by in-world music that sometimes appears in games. I basically took that concept, keeping the music aspect, and dropping the entire "game" aspect. I also turned it into a more "traditional" non-interactive album, but since I started with code, why not program the whole thing? Had a blast making the entire album from code, the complete source for the album is…

   2024 · ambient.garden · its alternatives →

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    Huzza▲101

    A live-streaming platform for musicians

    2015 · huzza.io · its alternatives →

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    Notational Velocity▲166

    A unique modeless, mouseless Mac OS X note-taking app

    2014 · notational.net · its alternatives →

12. 12
    KRFT 1.5.0▲110

    A modular instrument for music production

    2017 · studioamplify.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Sndtst▲124

    8-bit video game music

    2014 · sndtst.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Capo▲85

    A new way to analyze and learn to play music

    2014 · supermegaultragroovy.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Jazzari▲7

    A programmable band in your browser

    2017 · jackschaedler.github.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Mindscapes▲90

    Stochastic background music generator

    2014 · mindscapes.co · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Polyhymnia▲2

    A live programming language for composing music

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    StaffPad▲6

    A revolutionary music notation app for Windows 8

    2015 · staffpad.net · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Spring▲63

    A rhythm based music app for exercise

    2014 · springmoves.com · its alternatives →

20. 20WA
    (Web App) Simple Melody Loop Maker▲5

    2024 · lab.aizastudio.com · its alternatives →

21. 21FA
    Flow, a WebRTC/Web Audio HTML5 experiment.▲6

    2012 · trypwire.flow.jit.su · its alternatives →

22. 22IM
    I made a programming language with Spotify playlists▲33

    just a wack systems dude tbh

    2018 · h313.info · its alternatives →

23. 23CM
    Customizable music loops for videos, games, podcasts▲8

    2019 · studio.awsm.st · its alternatives →

24. 24OS
    Open-Source Music Streams Made with Loops and Randomness▲9

    2020 · celody.com · its alternatives →

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