FamiStudio is a simple music editor for the Nintendo Entertainment System or Famicom. It is targeted at both chiptune artists and NES homebrewers.
Latest Major Release 4.5.0 (April 5th 2026)
FamiStudio 4.5.0 was just released! This release, like the previous one, was primarily handled by Steo. Many thanks for their continued effort. This will likely remain the case for the foreseeable future while I focus on other projects.
Changes:
Added option to disable attack on DPCM, this will ignore initial DMC value
Added option to use DPCM sample colours in oscilloscope video export
Added option to import initial DMC values for NSF
Added scales to the piano roll context menu, right-click / long press an empty area to access
Added double click/tap in project explorer to open their properties
Added saving project export settings for each mode
Added DMC initial values to text export
Release notes of previous versions can be found in the documentation.
On Windows, simply download and run the installer (Setup.exe), which should take care of installing most dependencies. A shortcut to FamiStudio and the included demo songs will be added to your Start Menu. If you get a warning when installing or if the app crashes when running, please check out the documentation for the fix.
On macOS, download and uncompress the file anywhere and the launch the FamiStudio app. The demo songs are included in the zip. The app is unsigned and might require you to ignore a few warnings. If you do not have .NET installed, it should prompt you to install it.
On Linux:
If you are using the standalone version from the ZIP file, you will need to install .NET yourself. Please see the installation instructions for more information.
The FlatHub version should take care of installing all dependencies.
Documentation
Please visit the documentation page for detailed documentation.
Getting Started on Desktop
Here is a 20min video tutorial that will show you how to create a basic song from scratch.
Getting Started on Mobile
If you are using the mobile version of FamiStudio, please check out this tutorial to get you started!
