1# Schism Tracker 2 3Schism Tracker is a free and open-source reimplementation of [Impulse 4Tracker](https://github.com/schismtracker/schismtracker/wiki/Impulse-Tracker), 5a program used to create high quality music without the requirements of 6specialized, expensive equipment, and with a unique "finger feel" that is 7difficult to replicate in part. The player is based on a highly modified 8version of the [Modplug](https://openmpt.org/legacy_software) engine, with a 9number of bugfixes and changes to [improve IT 10playback](https://github.com/schismtracker/schismtracker/wiki/Player-abuse-tests). 11 12Where Impulse Tracker was limited to i386-based systems running MS-DOS, Schism 13Tracker runs on almost any platform that [SDL](http://www.libsdl.org/) 14supports, and has been successfully built for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, 15FreeBSD, AmigaOS, BeOS, and even [the 16Wii](http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/Schism_Tracker). Schism will most likely build 17on *any* architecture supported by GCC4 (e.g. alpha, m68k, arm, etc.) but it 18will probably not be as well-optimized on many systems. 19 20See [the wiki](https://github.com/schismtracker/schismtracker/wiki) for more 21information. 22 23![screenshot](http://schismtracker.org/screenie.png) 24 25## Download 26 27The latest stable builds for Windows, macOS, and Linux are available from [the 28releases page](https://github.com/schismtracker/schismtracker/releases). Builds 29can also be installed from some distro repositories on Linux, but these 30versions may not have the latest bug fixes and enhancements. Older builds for 31other platforms can be found on 32[the wiki](https://github.com/schismtracker/schismtracker/wiki). Installing via 33Homebrew on macOS is no longer recommended, as the formula for Schism Tracker 34is not supported or maintained by anyone directly involved in the project. 35 36## Compilation 37 38See the 39[docs/](https://github.com/schismtracker/schismtracker/tree/master/docs) folder 40for platform-specific instructions. 41 42## Packaging status 43 44[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/schismtracker.svg)](https://repology.org/project/schismtracker/versions) 45