From releases

For Linux, MacOS, or Windows:

1. Download the latest release for your operating system.
2. Uncompress the file.

Run

Click on Freepad.

From source

Download the source code from here (latest) or from the latest release (stable).

Requirements

You can install all the dependencies with one command in your downloaded Freepad directory:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Alternatively, you can install these dependencies manually:

pip install PyQT6
pip install qtpy
pip install mido
pip install python-rtmidi

You can replace PyQT6 by PyQT5. Freepad was tested with Python 3.11 and 3.12, under Linux, Window, and MacOS.

Run

Type:

python -m pad

Command line options

[-h] [-d] [model]

  model        "LPD8 MK2", "LPD8", "VP9", "VP16", "MPD218"

options:
  -h, --help   show help message and exit
  -d, --debug  debug mode