Editing OpenMPT (section)

{{Short description|Open source module tracker}}
{{Distinguish|ModPlug Player|OpenMP|Open MPI}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}

{{Infobox software
| name = OpenMPT
| logo = 
| screenshot = OpenMPT 1.31.12 Screenshot.png
| screenshot size = 300px
| caption = OpenMPT 1.31.12.00 in [[Windows 10]]
| collapsible = 
| author = Olivier Lapicque
| developer = 
| released = {{Start date and age|1997}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}|df=yes}}
| status = 
| programming language = C++
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] only
| platform = [[x86]], [[x86-64]], [[aarch64]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://openmpt.org/openmpt-1-30-01-00-released|title=OpenMPT 1.30.01.00 released |date=2021-12-23 |access-date=2024-07-21 |quote=''OpenMPT is now also available for Windows on ARM.''}}</ref>
| size = 
| language = English
| genre = [[Tracker (music software)|Tracker]]
| license = [[BSD licenses|BSD-3-Clause]] (since OpenMPT 1.17.02.53) / [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]], partly [[public domain software]]<ref name="PD"/>
}}
{{Portal|Free software}}
'''OpenMPT''' is an [[open-source software|open-source]] audio [[module file|module]] [[music tracker|tracker]] for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] (with an intended [[Wine (software)|Wine]]-functionality for [[UNIX]] and [[Linux]] x86-systems). It was previously called '''ModPlug Tracker''', and was first released by Olivier Lapicque in September 1997.<ref>[https://ftp.modland.com/pub/software/trackers/Windows/ModPlug%20Tracker/old%20versions/ModPlug%20Tracker%20v1.00%20pre-alpha%204.zip ModPlug Tracker v1.00 pre-alpha 4.zip] - from ''ftp.modland.com/pub/trackers''</ref>

''[[Computer Music (magazine)|Computer Music]]'' magazine listed OpenMPT among the top five free music trackers in 2007,<ref name=cmm>{{cite journal |journal=[[Computer Music (magazine)|Computer Music]] |date=June 2007 |title=Top Trackers |issue=113 |publisher=Future Publishing |url=https://www.musicradar.com/computermusic/computer-music-june-issue-cmu113-on-sale-now-246001}}</ref> and it is one of the most widely used trackers.<ref>{{cite thesis |type=MSc |last=Schultz|first=Johannes|date=2018|title=Design and Implementation of a Collaborative Music Software|url=https://johannes.schultz.re/publications/Johannes%20Schultz%20-%20Design%20and%20Implementation%20of%20a%20Collaborative%20Music%20Software.pdf|quote=Of all the tracked music works uploaded to The Mod Archive in 2017, one of the largest collections of tracked music online, it was found that about 42% are written in OpenMPT.}}</ref>