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1 # LilyPond
3 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the highest-quality
4 sheet music possible.  It brings the aesthetics of traditionally engraved music
5 to computer printouts.  LilyPond is free software and part of the
6 [GNU Project](https://www.gnu.org).
9 ## General information
11 - Main website: https://lilypond.org
12 - Downloads: https://lilypond.org/download.html
13 - Documentation: https://lilypond.org/manuals
14 - Official repository: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/lilypond
15 - Development repository and issue tracker: https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond
16 - Mailing lists: https://lilypond.org/contact
17 - Contributor’s Guide: https://lilypond.org/doc/latest/Documentation/contributor
20 ## Overview
22 LilyPond is a text-based music notation program.  It produces elegant, balanced
23 scores, the look of which was inspired by classical hand-engraving.  LilyPond
24 is cross-platform and extremely flexible thanks to its extension system written
25 in the Scheme programming language.
27 More about LilyPond in our [Introduction](https://lilypond.org/introduction).
30 ## Building and installing
32 Binaries are available at https://lilypond.org/download.html
34 For compiling LilyPond yourself, refer to
35 [Compiling](https://lilypond.org/doc/latest/Documentation/contributor/compiling)
36 in the Contributor's Guide.
39 ## Versioning
41 LilyPond uses a versioning scheme that easily identifies stable and
42 development releases.  In a version *x.y.z*, an even second number *y*
43 denotes a stable version.  For development versions, *y* is odd.
46 ## Documentation
48 The manuals can be read online at https://lilypond.org/manuals
50 It is also possible to build the documentation locally: follow the instructions at
51 https://lilypond.org/doc/latest/Documentation/contributor/generating-documentation
54 ## Support
56 The lilypond-user@gnu.org mailing list is the primary place for users to help
57 each other.  Refer to [Contact](https://lilypond.org/contact) for
58 subscription and archives.  Mailing lists in other languages are also
59 referenced there.
62 ## Contributing
64 LilyPond is run by volunteers.  If you are interested in contributing, please
65 get in touch with us on the lilypond-devel@gnu.org mailing list
66 ([more information](https://lilypond.org/contact)).  The
67 [Contributor’s Guide](https://lilypond.org/doc/latest/Documentation/contributor)
68 will help you get started.