Command line options
You can launch MuseScore from the command line by typing
- mscore [options] [filename] (Mac and Linux)
- MuseScore.exe [options] [filename] (Windows)
[options] and [filename] are optional. For this to work the MuseScore executable must be in %PATH% (Windows) resp. $PATH (Mac and Linux). If it is not, see Revert to factory settings for detailed instructions on how and where to find and execute the MuseScore executable from the command line on the various supported platforms.
The following options are available
- -?, -h, --help
- Display help (doesn't work on Windows)
- -v, --version
- Displays MuseScore's current version in the command line without starting the graphical interface (doesn't work on Windows)
- --long-version
- Displays MuseScore's current version and revision in the command line without starting the graphical interface (doesn't work on Windows)
- -d, --debug
- Starts MuseScore in debug mode
- -L, --layout-debug
- Starts MuseScore in layout debug mode
- -s, --no-synthesizer
- Disables the integrated software synthesizer
- -m, --no-midi
- Disables MIDI input
- -a, --use-audio <driver>
- Use audio driver: jack, alsa, pulse, portaudio
- -n, --new-score
- Starts with the new score wizard regardless of preference setting for start mode
- -I, --dump-midi-in
- Displays all MIDI input on the console
- -O, --dump-midi-out
- Displays all MIDI output on the console
- -o, --export-to <filename>
- Exports the currently opened file to the specified <filename>. The file type depends on the filename extension. This option switches to the "converter" mode and avoids any graphical interface. You can also add a filename before the -o if you want to import and export files from the command line. For example mscore -o "My Score.pdf" "My Score.mscz"
- -r, --image-resolution <dpi>
- Determines the output resolution for the output to PNG images in the converter mode. The default resolution is taken from Preferences, Export, PNG/SVG.
- -T, --trim-image <margin>
- Trims exported PNG and SVG images to remove surrounding whitespace around the score. The specified number of pixels of whitespace will be added as a margin; use 0 for a tightly cropped image. For SVG, this option works only with single-page scores.
- -x, --gui-scaling <factor>
- Scales the score display and other GUI elements by the specified factor, for use with high resolution displays.
- -D, --monitor-resolution <dpi>
- Specify monitor resolution, for use with high resolution displays (as of version 2.1).
- -S, --style <style>
- Loads a style file; useful when you convert with the -o option
- -p, --plugin <name>
- Execute the named plugin
- --template-mode
- Save template mode, no page size
- -F, --factory-settings
- Use only the standard built-in presets or "factory-settings" and delete preferences. For details, see Revert to factory settings
- -R, --revert-settings
- Use only the standard built-in presets or "factory-settings", but do not delete preferences
- -i, --load-icons
- Load icons from the file system. Useful if you want to edit the MuseScore icons and preview the changes
- -j, --job <filename>
- Process a conversion job (as of version 2.1)
- -e, --experimental
- Enable experimental features. See e.g. Layer (experimental)
- -c, --config-folder <pathname>
- Set config path
- -t, --test-mode
- Enable test mode
- -M, --midi-operations <filename>
- Specify MIDI import operations file; See this example file: midi_import_options.xml
- -w, --no-webview
- No web view in Start Center
- -P, --export-score-parts
- Used with -o <filename>.pdf, export score and parts
- --no-fallback-font
- Don't use Bravura as fallback musical font
- -f, --force
- Used with -o, ignore warnings reg. score being corrupted or from wrong version (as of version 2.1)
- -b, --bitrate <bitrate>
- Used with -o <filename>.mp3, sets bitrate in kbps (as of version 2.1)
- -E, --install-extension <extension file>
- Install an extension, load soundfont as default unless if -e is passed too (as of version 2.3)
Qt Toolkit Options
- -style= <style>
- -style <style>
- Determines the style of the GUI application. Possible values are "motif", "windows" and "platinum". Depending on the platform other styles may be available
- -stylesheet= <stylesheet>
- -stylesheet <stylesheet>
- Sets the application stylesheet. The value of "stylesheet" is a path to a file that contains the stylesheet
- -platform <platformname[:options]>
- Specifies the Qt Platform Abstraction (QPA) plugin.
Example: MuseScore.exe -platform windows:fontengine=freetype