frescobaldi ☆

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Description:
LilyPond editor

Type: Cask | Latest Version: 4.0.5@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Productivity

Tags: lilypond music editor notation midi

Install: brew install --cask frescobaldi

About:
Frescobaldi is a lightweight yet powerful text editor specifically designed for editing LilyPond sheet music files. It provides a split-screen interface with syntax highlighting, an integrated PDF viewer, and MIDI player to streamline the music composition workflow. The tool helps musicians and engravers to efficiently write, preview, and refine their scores.

Key Features:

LilyPond syntax highlighting and auto-completion
Integrated PDF viewer with point-and-click navigation
Built-in MIDI player for audio preview
Document outline and snippet management

Use Cases:

Composing and engraving classical or choral music scores
Editing existing LilyPond files with live preview
Learning LilyPond syntax with syntax-aware assistance

Alternatives:

VS Code – General-purpose editor requiring extensions for LilyPond support, lacks integrated music-specific preview tools
MuseScore – WYSIWYG notation editor that converts to LilyPond, but offers less control over final engraving output

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Feb 11, 2026 1:16pm	4.0.5	0	VERSION_BUMP	90204495
Aug 8, 2025 9:56pm	4.0.4	0	VERSION_BUMP	287b3f61