musescore/MuseScore

MuseScore is an open source and free music notation software. For support, contribution, bug reports, visit MuseScore.org. Fork and make pull requests!

AppsC++#musescore#music-notation#cpp#musicxml#qt

1.4 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

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About the project

MuseScore Studio is a free, open-source music notation and composition program: note entry, editing, playback, and printing of scores. It supports MusicXML, MIDI, MEI, and MuseData import/export.

Useful for

Typeset and print an ensemble score with PDF export
Import MusicXML from another program and edit the notes
Play back a notated score using the built-in synthesizer

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

2 stars so far today, about 3 expected by the end of the day.
Recent forks include notable developers: @yzh119 (1,087 followers).

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 15,120
Stars in a day: 2
Forks: 3,294
Issues and pull requests: 34,611
Watchers: 237
Language: C++
Latest release: v4.7.5 · September 8, 2026
Created: May 26, 2012
Last push: September 18, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 16, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #7, +8 stars
September 15, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #7, +7 stars

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