music creation and audio software
Recent window: last 5.1 months (2026-04-24 → 2026-09-27), compared with the prior 5.1 months.
These products provide tools for composing, editing, synthesizing, and playing digital audio and music. They are built for independent musicians, audio engineers, hobbyists, and developers working with sound and MIDI workflows. What distinguishes this cluster is its focus on hands-on music creation, audio manipulation, and specialized playback utilities rather than passive media consumption.
Metrics
- Stage
- crowded
- Recent count
- 133
- Prior count
- 24
- Total count
- 170
- Momentum
- 300.00
- Attention
- 0.50
- Crowding
- 0.72
- Concentration
- 0.82
- Opportunity
- 0.49
Opportunity components
- Attention
- 0.50
- Low crowding
- 0.28
- Momentum (normalized)
- 1.00
- Low concentration
- 0.18
Monthly trajectory
Source split
- github
- 92 (0.69)
- hn
- 32 (0.24)
- ph
- 9 (0.07)
- yc
- 0 (0.00)
Dominant source: github · Divergence: 0.69
Similar themes
- open-source media and system utilities (0.87)
- music production and synthesis tools (0.83)
- ComfyUI extensions and model integrations (0.71)
- voice AI and speech tools (0.50)
- game development and emulation tools (0.47)
- native desktop apps and utilities (0.46)
- developer tools and systems utilities (0.46)
- voice AI agents and infrastructure (0.44)
Members
| Name | Source | Upvotes ▼ | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| laya | GITHUB | 15429 | 2026-09-18 |
| I built a synth for my daughter | HN | 1278 | 2025-11-12 |
| JIZURA | GITHUB | 764 | 2026-09-23 |
| Audiomass | HN | 553 | 2026-05-24 |
| Composer 2 by Cursor | PH | 383 | 2026-03-20 |
| claude-s40 | GITHUB | 291 | 2026-09-26 |
| Xirp | PH | 276 | 2026-08-11 |
| YuE2-Studio | GITHUB | 186 | 2026-09-22 |
| Mixy - Make Mashups | YC | 150 | 2025-11-04 |
| Kolibri, a DIY music club in Sweden | HN | 143 | 2026-01-29 |
| MTXT | HN | 124 | 2025-11-30 |
| A modern Music Player Daemon based on Rockbox firmware | HN | 123 | 2026-05-09 |
| Rocksky | HN | 117 | 2026-05-16 |
| music-composition-skills | GITHUB | 117 | 2026-09-17 |
| remiqora | GITHUB | 110 | 2026-09-17 |
| Spotify-Edition | GITHUB | 91 | 2026-09-22 |
| ComfyUI-FL-YuE2 | GITHUB | 86 | 2026-09-11 |
| bytex | GITHUB | 84 | 2026-09-25 |
| mlxtop | GITHUB | 81 | 2026-09-11 |
| Audio8-ASR-Infinite | GITHUB | 77 | 2026-09-21 |
| We missed Winamp, so we built an audio player for macOS | HN | 71 | 2026-05-18 |
| Miditui | HN | 66 | 2026-01-08 |
| Public Muscriptor Instance (latest, most powerful Audio-to-MIDI model) | HN | 58 | 2026-08-21 |
| Yoink | HN | 58 | 2026-03-25 |
| A small, simple music theory library in C99 | HN | 57 | 2026-02-19 |
| MuLaCover | GITHUB | 55 | 2026-09-14 |
| ComfyUI-YuE2-Trainer | GITHUB | 50 | 2026-09-13 |
| Comfyui-YuE2-T8 | GITHUB | 44 | 2026-09-10 |
| duo_demo | GITHUB | 43 | 2026-09-11 |
| expo-composer-hold-menu | GITHUB | 41 | 2026-09-24 |
| SpotLight | GITHUB | 41 | 2026-09-27 |
| harmony-release | GITHUB | 36 | 2026-09-23 |
| ComfyUI-FS_Audio_Suite | GITHUB | 34 | 2026-09-15 |
| Max Studio Tools | HN | 32 | 2026-07-24 |
| sonascope | GITHUB | 31 | 2026-09-09 |
| kplex | GITHUB | 31 | 2026-09-20 |
| S-MU2000 | GITHUB | 30 | 2026-09-12 |
| Sol, my macOS music player and jukebox app, is now free and open source | HN | 30 | 2026-09-06 |
| MusicPlaygournd | GITHUB | 29 | 2026-09-09 |
| ZXC | HN | 28 | 2025-12-17 |
| quietstart | GITHUB | 28 | 2026-09-13 |
| a-rhythm-trainer | GITHUB | 28 | 2026-09-16 |
| leadsheet.fm | GITHUB | 28 | 2026-09-24 |
| Spotify Wrapped but for LeetCode | HN | 28 | 2025-12-07 |
| walkmansync-for-mac | GITHUB | 28 | 2026-09-29 |
| macVC | GITHUB | 27 | 2026-09-10 |
| Rdio | HN | 27 | 2026-08-14 |
| DeltaHarmonicaPlayer | GITHUB | 27 | 2026-09-15 |
| ableton-live-suite-free | GITHUB | 26 | 2026-09-15 |
| chilpa | GITHUB | 25 | 2026-09-25 |