Free QLab AlternativesTop Projection Mapping & Theater Show Control Apps like QLab

The best free alternative to QLab is Linux Show Player, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to QLab and 12 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to QLab are Go Button, HeavyM, MultiPlay da-share and Audio Cues.

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QLab alternatives are mainly Audio Players, but if you're looking for Theater Show Control Apps or Projection Mapping Apps you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Windows + Free, Linux, Free, Theater Show Control, Mac and Windows + Soundboard. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to QLab.
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    Linux Show Player

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    Linux Show Player (LiSP) is a free cue player designed for sound-playback in stage production. The goal of the project is to provide a complete playback software for musical plays, theater shows and similar.

    13 Linux Show Player alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    A very good linux alternative to QLab ! I love it.

    Guest
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    Open source software under heavy development, awesome community.

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    • Linux Show Player is the most popular Linux alternative to QLab.

    • Linux Show Player is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to QLab.

    • Linux Show Player is Free and Open SourceQLab is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Go Button

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    Go Button is a mobile audio app designed to provide professional playback of music and sound effects for live shows. It provides a creative, self-contained show control system that runs on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.

    11 Go Button alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • Go Button is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to QLab.

    • Go Button is Freemium and ProprietaryQLab is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    HeavyM

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    Add an amazing visual dimension to your events with HeavyM, video mapping software. Download for free, on Mac & Windows.

    23 HeavyM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Audio Cues

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    Backing tracks on cue for live performance. Backing tracks for musicians, audio designs for theatre, dance, and other live entertainment, sound effects for magicians: all are possible with this simple app.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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    • Audio Cues is the most popular Android alternative to QLab.

    • Audio Cues is Freemium and ProprietaryQLab is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    LivePlay

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    A free, open-source audio playback system designed for live sound operators who need reliable, flexible cue management. Built with modern web technologies (Electron, Vue 3, Nuxt 3), it runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

    11 LivePlay alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Sound Show

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    Soundboard designed for live performances, broadcasts and more. You can also display visuals like images and videos and program sequences to play automatically.

    32 Sound Show alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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    VPT

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    VPT (VideoProjectionTool) is a free multipurpose realtime projection software tool for Mac and Windows created by HC Gilje.

    16 VPT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Splash mapper

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    Splash is a free video mapping software, published under the GPLv3 licence. Splash takes care of automatically calibrating the videoprojectors (intrinsic and extrinsic parameters, blending and color), and feeding them with the input video sources.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    audioCue3

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    Built by musicians, for musicians – audioCue takes the stress out of live performances by seamlessly managing backing tracks and auto-scrolling lyrics.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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