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For new users
Text input: LilyPond is a text-based music engraver; it is more similar to a programming language than a graphical score editing program. Read this to understand the basic LilyPond editing workflow.
Learning Manual: This gentle introduction to LilyPond shows how to install it and guides you through your first steps with the program.
For users who upgrade from a previous version
Changes: What’s new in LilyPond 2.24.4.
Usage:
Explains how to run convert-ly to effortlessly update
existing input files written for older versions.
Learning Manual: The installation method shown in the tutorial allows installing several versions of LilyPond in parallel seamlessly.
GNU/Linux
Generic Packages or Distribution-Specific Packages?
Many distributions include LilyPond within their normal package repositories. However, these may be significantly older than the current stable version. If this is the case for you, we strongly recommend that you use our generic packages.
Downloads for Generic Packages
Windows
Downloads for Generic Packages
These binaries work under current Windows versions (Windows 7 and Windows 8 are not supported).
macOS
Downloads for Generic Packages
These binaries work on macOS 10.15 (Catalina) and higher. For older macOS versions, please use MacPorts.
Using a Package Manager
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MacPorts, a package manager
for macOS, has a LilyPond port.
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Homebrew, another package manager
for macOS, has a LilyPond formula.
For developers
Source: for packagers
Old downloads: old versions
Development: latest unstable version
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