| id |
furnace |
| name |
Furnace |
| url |
https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace |
| category |
tools |
| subcategories |
|
| license |
GPL-2.0-or-later |
| license_spdx |
GPL-2.0-or-later |
| commercial |
true |
| attribution_required |
false |
| formats |
|
| tags |
tracker |
chiptune |
sound-chips |
retro |
|
| added |
2026-09-26 |
| verified |
2026-09-26 |
| status |
active |
Multi-system chiptune tracker that emulates a long list of sound chips (Yamaha FM, AY/YM, SN76489, SNES, Amiga, PC Engine and many more). It is the tool for music that has to sound like a specific retro console or arcade board. Releases for Windows, macOS and Linux are on GitHub.
- The GPL covers the program. Music you write and render is your own; shipping Furnace itself inside a closed product would be a GPL event
- ASIO builds are GPL-3.0: the
LICENSE says enabling ASIO support at build time "will result in a GPLv3-licensed binary". Irrelevant to the music you export
- Emulation cores and libraries carry their own licences in their source trees
- Chip emulation is not a licence to any ROM, sample set or trademarked patch name
- Live GitHub
LICENSE (2026-09-26): "most of Furnace is under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later" and "certain components, such as emulation cores, libraries and tools, are under various licenses, which can be found in their respective source files/trees"
- Live GitHub
src/main.cpp header (2026-09-26): "either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version"
- Live GitHub README (2026-09-26): "available for Windows, macOS and Linux"