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 15 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to QLab are Go Button, HeavyM, MultiPlay da-share and LivePlay.

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  1. 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.

    16 Linux Show Player alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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    Linux Show Player vs QLab Comments
    Granite4775
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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.

    • Linux Show Player is Free and Open SourceQLab is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Linux Show Player is a Theater Show Control QLab is a Projection Mapping App
  2. Go Button icon
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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.

    13 Go Button alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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

    27 HeavyM alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. LivePlay icon
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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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Audio Cues icon
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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.

    22 Audio Cues alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
     
  6. Splash mapper icon
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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.

    9 Splash mapper alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  7. Sound Show icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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

    19 VPT alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  9. audioCue3 icon
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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.

    23 audioCue3 alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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