Pear Desktoppear-devs/pear-desktop
Desktop wrapper for YouTube Music with extrasPersonalMedia & photosDesktop★ 34k+944 / 90dMITcommit 4 days ago71worth
Open-source alternatives to GarageBand
GarageBand is a digital audio workstation that lets users record, mix, and create music and podcasts. It is widely used by beginners and musicians on Apple devices.GarageBand is made by Apple. It is not open source. These 13 open-source projects do the same job, closest first.
Compare at a glance
| Project | Type | Self-host with Docker | License | Stars | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pear Desktop | Desktop | Not listed | MIT | 34k | |
| Nuclear | Desktop | Not listed | AGPL-3.0 | 19k | |
| mopidy | CLI | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 8.6k | |
| lx-music-desktop | Desktop | Not listed | Apache-2.0 | 55k | |
| Metrolist | Mobile | Not listed | GPL-3.0 | 14k | |
| Navidrome | Docker / self-host | Yes | GPL-3.0 | 24k | |
| osu! | Desktop, Mobile | Not listed | MIT | 19k | |
| bookorbit | Web, Docker / self-host, Mobile | Yes | AGPL-3.0 | 5.9k | |
| IINA | Desktop | Not listed | GPL-3.0 | 47k | |
| audiobookshelf | Web, Docker / self-host | Yes | GPL-3.0 | 15k | |
| mpv | Desktop, CLI | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 38k | |
| Koel | Docker / self-host | Yes | MIT | 17k | |
| Cap | Desktop | Not listed | Custom (read before use) | 24k |
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