LilyPond 2.27.0 released April 25, 2026

We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.27.0, the start of the next development cycle. This is termed a development release, but these are usually reliable for testing new features and recent bug fixes. However, for production usage, we recommend using version 2.26.0, the current stable release.

LilyPond 2.26.0 released! April 21, 2026

We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.26.0. LilyPond is a music engraving program devoted to producing the highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.

This version includes improvements and fixes since the branching of the previous stable release in October 2022. A list of added features and other user-visible changes can be found at https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.26/Documentation/changes/.

We dedicate this release to Urs Liska, who passed away in December 2024. Urs was an accomplished pianist, a scholar and award-winning editor, a prolific advocate of real-world use of LilyPond, a contributor to the Frescobaldi project, and one of the initiators of OpenLilyLib. In 2020, he co-organized a Music Engraving Conference at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, as well as a LilyPond meeting which brought together developers and the wider community. Urs will be remembered as a kind contributor whose enthusiasm for beautiful music engraving inspired others.