The short version
What LYNX SHARE is and where it runs.
LYNX SHARE is a music app, a DAW, laid out the way FL Studio users already know. It has the Channel Rack, the Piano Roll, the Playlist and the Mixer, with the same shortcuts.
It's free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence. It runs on Windows, on Mac (one app for Apple Silicon and Intel) and on Linux, and it's also in the Microsoft Store.
It's made by an independent developer, Ka1-S. It's unofficial and not made by or affiliated with Image-Line, the company behind FL Studio.
See LYNX SHARE on GitHubYour trial beats, back open
The reason most people will try it.
If you made beats on FL Studio's free trial, you've hit this. Image-Line's own page says that in trial mode FL Studio won't reopen project files, and once you close it, the project stays locked until you buy an edition.
LYNX SHARE opens .flp files. Your channels, samples, patterns, automation and mixer come across, so you can finish what you started.
What it has
From the project's own README and release notes.
The FL workflow
Same shortcuts. A step-sequencer Channel Rack, patterns, the Piano Roll, a Playlist with arrangements, and a Mixer with inserts, sends and sidechain.
Paid plugins you don't own
Stand-ins. When a project uses one of 56 well-known plugins you don't have installed, LYNX opens it with its own version instead. Antares Auto-Tune becomes LYNX Tune, and FabFilter Pro-Q becomes Facet EQ. Your settings are kept and come back once you install the real plugin.
Your own plugins
VST3 and CLAP. The VST3 and CLAP plugins you already own load straight into it.
Light on your computer
Their own test. The developer measured it against FL Studio 2026 on the same PC. It used 2.5 to 7 times less memory, and songs rendered 2 to 3 times faster. That's their benchmark, not ours.
Work with a friend
New in 0.1.23. Send a project to a friend as one file, and merge their part back into yours.
Worth knowing
Before you download it.
Still in alpha
Moving fast. Five versions came out between October 27 and November 3, so expect changes, and keep a copy of any project you care about.
Linux too
FL Studio isn't. FL Studio only comes for Windows and macOS. LYNX SHARE ships a Linux build as well.
Unofficial
Not Image-Line. LYNX SHARE isn't made by or affiliated with Image-Line. If you rely on FL Studio for work, keep using it for that.
Get it
Pick one.
Windows, Mac or Linux
An installer or zip for Windows, one app for every Mac, and a Linux AppImage or tar.gz.
Latest release