ProTracker 2 clone

I have written a portable ProTracker 2 (v2.3D) clone in C using SDL 2. Here's a screenshot.

What is ProTracker? Read about it on Wikipedia.

PT2 clone v1.92 download: (24th of July 2026 12:25 - GMT +2 - changelog)

Windows (Windows 7 SP1 and later)
Windows 32-bit (Windows 7 SP1 and later. Only use this one if really needed. May falsely detect as a virus!)
macOS (Intel and Apple silicon) (OS X 10.11 and later - read Mac notices below!)

Source code and more info can be found over at GitHub. Please read "HOW-TO-COMPILE.txt".

Palette editor tool download:

Windows
Windows 32-bit (Windows XP SP3 and later)
macOS (Intel and Apple silicon) (OS X 10.11 and later)

Note #1: If you're using a French keyboard layout, you must not hold down shift while entering numbers in the pattern data.
Note #2: If you have more than one monitor connected to your PC, and they use different refresh rates, you might get some program issues!

Windows important notice:

If ALT+F5 (paste pattern), ALT+F11 etc. doesn't work and you have an NVIDIA GPU, you need to make sure that the keybindings are disabled in 'GeForce Experience' (if it's installed).

macOS/OS X important notices:

To be able to actually run the program, you need to right click the .app/program and click "Open". This is needed just once. If using a modern version of macOS, you need to allow the program to run in System Settings -> Privacy & Security after having attempted to run it.
To get the config file to load, protracker.ini has to be in the same directory as the .app (program) itself
A lot of important keybindings in PT are occupied and has to be rerouted or removed in the OS
If the fullscreen key (F11) doesn't work, you need to hold down the fn-key as well. If it still doesn't work, the F11 key might be set to "Show Desktop" in the OS settings

Linux important notice:

To get ALT+F4 (copy pattern) and ALT+F5 (paste pattern) working, you have to change these keyboard shortcuts in your OS to something else.

If you're stuck on how to get started, here's a ProTracker tutorial by Wasp^PWL.