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).
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.