LYNX is a lightweight, fully open-source DAW with the FL Studio workflow you already know — Channel Rack, Piano Roll, Playlist and Mixer — built in modern C++ to run smoothly on any PC. It even opens your .flp projects.
A lock-free engine that spreads channels and mixer tracks across your CPU cores, skips idle channels and streams long audio from disk.
faster than real time — our 46 s demo renders in 0.93 s
FL Studio native plugins recreated or converted on import
automated checks run on every build
free forever, open source under AGPL-3.0
Multithreaded audio graph, disk streaming and a GPU-friendly UI. Runs on old laptops too.
Step sequencer, patterns, Piano Roll, Playlist and a Mixer with inserts, sends and sidechain. Same shortcuts.
Imports FL Studio projects: channels, samples, patterns, arrangement, automation, mixer and native plugins.
Behaviour studied and documented, then written from scratch. Not a single line of Image-Line code.
Patterns, audio and automation clips side by side, with markers, arrangements, time selection and a knife tool.
Snap, chords and scales, slide and porta notes, velocity and pitch lanes, strum, arpeggiate and randomize tools.
Up to 127 inserts, 10 effect slots per track, sends, sidechain, delay compensation and smart disable.
A tiny taste of the Channel Rack, running in your browser. The real thing has unlimited channels, swing, patterns and much more.
The demo song ships with the app (LYNX.exe --showcase). Every sound you hear is LYNX's own synths, drums and effects.
124 BPM · kick, clap, reese bass, pad, pluck and supersaw. Click the waveform to seek.
C++20 and JUCE 8. Every feature comes with tests, and every FL Studio behaviour we reproduce is documented. Star the repo, open an issue, send a pull request.
One portable .exe. No installer, no account, no subscription.
LYNX is an independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Image-Line. FL Studio is a trademark of Image-Line Software.