Ooloi: Overview

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Ooloi is an open-source desktop system for professional music notation. It is currently under development.

The system is designed to input, format, and print musical scores and parts, with consistent behaviour across platforms. Its core architecture separates musical semantics, layout computation, and rendering execution. Additional functionality is provided through a plugin system.

Scope

Ooloi is being built to support:

  • Efficient and fast notation input and editing
  • Deterministic score and part layout
  • High-quality printed and on-screen output
  • Large and complex scores without UI stalls
  • Extension through plugins in any JVM language
  • Real-time collaboration
  • MusicXML interoperability and repair

The application runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

When Will It Be Released?

No release date has been announced. It will be released when it's ready to be released. This is an attempt to rebuild music notation with an entirely new architecture. It must be architecturally solid, deliver on its goals, and do professional engraving quality from the very first release. So have patience and follow the blog and/or the newsletter.