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MilkyTracker

Open-source tracker modelled on Fasttracker II, for XM and MOD music. It will feel familiar to anyone from the 90s demoscene. Module files are small and several game audio libraries play them directly, which still suits retro-styled games. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux. The latest release is v1.05.01 (2024-11-28), and the repository was last pushed on 2026-09-10 (read 2026-09-30).

At a glance

Licence: GPL-3.0-or-later
Commercial use: commercial OK
Credit: Not required
Status: active: License spot-checked at the source; the entry carries dated evidence.
Verified: 2026-09-30 (14d ago)
Formats: desktop-app

Notes

The tracker is GPL-3.0-or-later. Music you compose, as a module or rendered audio, is your own
The player library MilkyPlay is under the New-BSD licence. You can embed it in a closed-source game to play XM and MOD files without the GPL applying
For a Windows tracker with more formats and a larger plugin ecosystem see openmpt; for chip-specific sound see furnace

Evidence

Live GitHub COPYING (2026-09-30): "Milkyplay (the player library used by MilkyTracker) is now licensed under the New-BSD license"
Same file (2026-09-30): "The rest of MilkyTracker remains covered by the GPL" followed by "Version 3, 29 June 2007"
Live GitHub src/tracker/Tracker.cpp header (2026-09-30): "either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version"

MilkyTracker

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