a tracker is a type of music production software, which was popular from 1988 -> the early 2000s. they look like spreadsheets, and were often on retro computers.
the first tracker, (The Ultimate Soundtracker) was leaked online shortly after it's release, causing demoscene groups to make their own hacks. This video has lots of information, and fun facts.
- Most of the entries are from pouet.net, a demoscene website containing hoards of old trackers, tools, and demos.
- All information was found on the website the tracker was on.
- OSX is labelled as Mac
- The Thoughts collum is an opinion, a comment from the site, or personal observations. take it with a grain of salt.
- This list is in no order whatsoever. Use CTRL+F to find stuff.
- This list is not complete. it is purely my findings.
| Name | Thoughts | System | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| DBE Tracker | looks very good for an atari tracker, and is amazing according to the comments | Atari ST/STe | 2004 |
| StarTrekker 1.2 | apparently 1.3 was better, but this was fun | Amiga OCS/ECS | 1990 |
| Reflex Tracker | waveforms on c64! | Commodore 64 | 1995 |
| TCB Tracker | sucks, apparently | Atari ST | ??? |
| IceTracker | looks like it has diffrences from the other pt2 ones... | Amiga OCS/ECS | 1993 |
| AllSoundTracker | "Impulse-like tracker for AWE32/64. A bit buggy & clunky but it works well. Can use ALL the features of the AWE including MIDI, hardware synth & FM. Shame it wasnt developed just a bit more." | MS-DOS | 2001 |
| PSG Tracker | doesn't use the normal keyboard layout, for example C is for C and F is for F. you then can add # for a sharp... that's horrible | MSX 2 | 1992 |
| Master Soundtracker | this was one of the first Ultimate Soundtracker hacks iirc | Amiga OCS/ECS | 1988 |
| Ultra Tracker | good and fugly. was nice before ft2... | MS-DOS/Gus | 1994 |
| Dr. Track | one of the first MS-DOS trackers! | MS-DOS | 1991 |
| StarTrekker | another one of those Ultimate Soundtracker hacks... | Amiga OCS/ECS | 1990 |
| PSG Tracker 2 | a simple atari tracker. | Atari ST | 1991 |
| FunkTracker | a simple MS-DOS tracker | MS-DOS/gus | 1995 |
| FamiTracker | a chiptune tracker, pretty nice but dated | Windows | 2005 |
| Omega Tracker | horrible colors... | BK-0010/11M | 1998 |
| Furnace | chiptune tracker, still in development and compatable with defilemask modules | Windows, Mac, Linux | 2021 |
| OctaMED | couldn't find a download | Amiga | 1989 |
| BuzzTrax | for linux, I can't run it | Linux | 2013 |
| TrashTracker | looks like a pt2 mod | Amiga OCS/ECS | 1992 |
| Faust Music Creator | really bare bones... | MS-DOS | 1995 |
| Bitbox Chiptracker | never heard of bitbox before | Bitbox | 2017 |
| Global Tracker 2 | looks bare bones... | ZX Spectrum | 2015 |
| The Ultimate Soundtracker | The first one ever! | Amiga OCS/ECS | 1988 |
| Impulse Tracker | an ancient relic of the MS-DOS era | MS-DOS | 1997 |
| ScreamTracker | a completely dead tracker. | MS-DOS | 1994 |
| HoustonTracker | for your calculator... why? | TI-82 | 2015 |
| Skale Tracker | seems to be like a renoise precursor for some people. | Windows | 2005 |
| Bassoon Tracker | a web-based tracker | Web | ??? |
| Fasttracker | the dad of FT2. | MS-DOS | 1992 |
| Reality Adlib Tracker | ascii tracker | Windows, MS-DOS, Mac | 2018 |
| Game Boy Tracker | for making gameboy music? | Mac, Windows, Linux | 2014 |
| Soundtracker | a pt2 clone I think... | Amiga | 1990 |
| Polly Tracker | a cute c64 tracker :) | Commodore 64 | 2005 |
| ACE TRACKER | a cool tracker with knobs | Atari Falcon | 2014 |
| Octalyser | a tracker that was impressive on release | Atari Falcon, Atari STe | 1998 |
| ProTracker | not like Protracker 2. | Atari XL / XE | 1997 |
| Multitracker Module Editor | textmode tracker. | MS-DOS | 1993 |
| Nerdtracker II | for the NES? seems cool | NES, MS-DOS | 1999 |
| Digitrakker | an FT2 alternative. | MS-DOS | 1997 |
| Digitracker | not to be confused with Digitrakker, digitracker seems to have been influential for pure digital music | Amstrad CPC | 1993 |
| BeepTracker 3 | everyone is saying it's useless. | Windows | 2011 |
| Slowtracker 2 | can only use the PC Speaker... a shitpost | MS-DOS | 1999 |
| NeoTracker | kinda dumb, but a cool way to revive your old console. | NeoGeo Pocket, Windows | 2002 |
| Protracker 3.18b | a beta leak? seems some people still use it, but it's kinda outdated... | Amiga OCS/ECS | 1994 |
| Hearttracker 2 | a protracker 2 hack with some ui changes and extra stuff. fun! | Amiga OCS/ECS | 1993 |
| Ninjatracker 2 | a C64 tracker. people seem hyped about it. | Commodore 64 | 2006 |
| Vic-Tracker | for the VIC-20 system. who owns that? | VIC-20 | 2004 |
| X-Tracker | an old MS-DOS tracker that had a windows port in development, though it was shut down. :( | MS-DOS | 1995 |
| CyberTracker | yet another c64 tracker. this one looks like pt2! | Commodore 64 | 2001 |
| Asterion Sid-Tracker | yet another c64 tracker... not much to say about this one. it looks like most other c64 trackers tbh | Commodore 64 | 2004 |
| Ditty Editor | a GBA tracker. looks cool. | Gameboy Advance | 2002 |
| MG Tracker | not sure what the MG stands for. it seems very capable, and someone called it fancy... | Windows, Mac, Commodore 64 | 2015 |
| CDFM Tracker | another MS-DOS tracker that seems to be capable and good at what it does. | MS-DOS | 2015 |
| Pixitracker | can run on mobile. it's very cool looking, and people have been saying good things about it. | Linux, Windows, Mac, IOS, Android | 2011 |
| Soundtracker Pro II | resembles the ultimate soundtracker... | Amiga OCS/ECS | 1996 |
| Fast Tracker | a ZX Spectrum tracker. sounds bad apparently. | ZX Spectrum | 2018 |
| Strogino Sound Tracker | Ugly, and for some device i've never seen before. | BK-0010/11M | 1995 |
| TEDzakker | a really good c64 tracker, apparently. | Commodore 64, C16/116/plus4 | 2015 |
| Chiptracker | an amiga protracker clone. has some cool features, and people really like it. | Amiga OCS/ECS | 1992 |
| Protracker 2 | this one is a classic! (this is the link to the amiga version) | Windows, Amiga OCS/ECS, Amiga AGA, Linux, Mac | 1994 |
| NoiseTrekker / ProTrekker | another one with "pro" in the name... this one actually is still getting worked on. NoiseTrekker is totally a viable option to make music in, it works decently well. | Windows, Mac, Linux, BeOS, Amiga PPC/RTG, Playstation Portable, FreeBSD | 2008 |
| Fasttracker 2 | it is full of everything i need. easy sample chopping, nice UI, not 4:3, a built in snake minigame for when i get bored, and a truckload of features. a classic! (ms-dos download here) | Windows, Linux, MS-DOS | 1994 |
| Renoise | the professional one. an $80, one time payment, and it's yours forever. even old versions! renoise is the FL of trackers. | Windows, Linux, Mac | 2002 |
| Med Soundstudio | this one was used by breakcore jesus himself: Venetian Snares! it's very old, lacking a dark mode, and is basically a port of OctaMED to windows. | Windows | 2017? |
| MilkyTracker | Fasttracker 2 but modernized? | Linux, Mac, Windows | 2005 |
| Klystrack | a chiptune tracker. weird ui, but can import c64 files? seems useful for chiptune. (no shit?) also there's a funny cat. | Linux, Windows | 2008 |
| DefileMask | another paid tracker, this one is $10. looks professional, a step up from free ones, but a step down from renoise. haven't bought it, but looks decent for anything tbh. | 2016 / 2023 | |
| OpenMPT | really old, no dark mode, and reeking of obsolete. who even uses this in 2025? this tracker feels like it could be cool, but i honestly found it corporate. (not sure why) | Windows | 1997 |
| SunVox | a digital modular synth with a tracker. looks cool, complicated, and it's on mobile! seems useful for chiptune, making cool stuff, and nerds. | Mac, Linux | 2008 |
| Pata Tracker | a chiptune tracker. looks beautiful, simple, and fun to use. it's built for a game engine, pixelbox which is cool. | Windows, Mac, Linux | 2020 |
| WaveTracker | prolly the most recent one here. this is yet another chiptune-focused tracker, but you can draw your own soundwaves into the program. (you can load samples too.) it has a lot of cool features, and the trailer goes in more detail. it's also open source! | Windows | 2024 |
| Oxide Tracker | another chiptune tracker. it looks clean, cool, and something I might use in the future. | Windows, Mac, Linux | 2022 |
| NitrousTracker | a tracker for the DS. it can run MOD and XM files, (albiet no FX besides volume sliding iirc) and is pretty fun to tool around with. I made a couple of shitty tunes, and even chopped some breaks. | DS | 2020? |
| SchismTracker | I've never used this, I don't know who uses this, but it looks cool, and I'm sure it is useful. a clone of impulsetracker | Windows, Mac, Linux, Wii | 2016 |
| ChibiTracker | impulsetracker clone. | Windows, Linux | 2006 |
| Quantum Soundtracker | chiptune tracker! | Commodore 64 | 2024 |
| GoatTracker | I have no idea what to say about this one. it looks cool i guess... | Commodore 64, Mac | 2024 |
| Flizzer Tracker | a super minimal tracker. like, 1-bit, tiny resolution. why would you use this? It's for the flipper-zero, but why? | Flipper Zero | 2023 |
| Moody Tracker | Protracker at home. looks identical... maybe it's different? | KC-85 | 2023 |
| H8 TRACKER | a cool tracker. I want to learn this one sometime- it looks sick asf and has a cool thing in the center... (the link downloads the zip when you click on it) | Windows | ??? |
| Propulse Tracker | Schism Tracker at home. it can make protracker modules. it's cool i guess. | Linux, Windows | 2020 |
| Checktrakk | for the amiga! looks cool, but only if you do demoscene stuff will you be using this... (imo) | Atari ST | 2018 |
| Arkos Tracker | chiptune tracker. very cute and purple. I want to learn this. | Linux, Windows, Mac, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Oric, MSX, Vectrex, Sharp MZ, ZX Enhanced | 2018 |
| PICO-8 | pico-8, the fantasy console, has a tracker. it's cute, simple, restricting, and is pretty sick. $15 dollars, but you get a game engine w/ it. good deal. /j | Windows, Mac, Linux, PocketCHIP, Web | 2014 |
| Little GPT Tracker | a tracker for handhelds. perfect format, works well, is cute, and runs on a lot of stuff. pretty good at what it does tho. | G2PX, Caanoo, PSP, Dingoo, Debian, Mac, Windows, Miyoo Mini | 2006? |
| LSDJ (Little Sound DJ) | a cute lil' tracker for the Gameboy system. good for chiptune, cute UI, and fun for the whole family. | Gameboy | 2000 |
| M4G Tracker | a GBA tracker. very cool, i use this sometimes. it's fun to fiddle around in. | Gameboy Advance | ??? |