Alternatives to MilkyTracker
An open-source, multi-platform music tracker compatible with FastTracker II modules. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
MilkyTracker
An open-source, multi-platform music tracker compatible with FastTracker II modules.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as MilkyTracker.
OpenMPT
A free tracker for Windows for composing and playing module music, based on ModPlug Tracker.
OpenMPT is a free open-source tracker that edits IT, XM, S3M and MOD natively and adds VST and ASIO support, but the editor runs on Windows only.
Furnace
An open-source multi-system chiptune tracker compatible with DefleMask modules.
Furnace is an open-source multi-system chiptune tracker for Windows, macOS and Linux that targets many classic sound chips and reads DefleMask modules rather than FastTracker II.
Renoise
A multi-platform digital audio workstation that composes music with a tracker-style pattern editor.
Renoise is a paid, closed-source full DAW built around a tracker pattern editor, adding phrase scripting, microtuning and Ableton Link on Windows, macOS and Linux.
SunVox
A small modular synthesizer with a pattern-based tracker sequencer for desktop and mobile.
SunVox is a freemium, closed-source modular synthesizer with a pattern-based tracker that also runs on Android and iOS alongside desktop systems.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
LMMS
A free digital audio workstation with a piano roll, beat sequencer and a pile of built-in synths.
Hydrogen
Program drum patterns with a desktop sequencer and drum machine.
puNES
A Qt-based Nintendo Entertainment System emulator that also plays NSF, NSF2 and NSFe music files.
DeaDBeeF
A light, plugin-driven music player for Linux, Windows and macOS that stays out of the way.
