beepbox
by johnnesky
BeepBox is a free browser-based tool for sketching instrumental melodies. The whole song is stored in the page address, so you share a tune by copying the link.
- Stars
- 1.2k
- Licence
- MIT
- Runs on
- A browser
- Setup
- Easy
- Language
- TypeScript
- Age
- 2616 days
What you can do with it
- Compose short melodies in the browser and share them as a link
- Embed a small song player on your own website
- Use the synthesizer library to play music in a web game or app
Make money with it
An individual could make short chiptune-style tracks and sell them as game music or jingles to indie developers.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Create simple background music or jingles for a small web game or promotional page without paying for a licence
- Add the embeddable player or synthesizer library to a website to play short sound tracks
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Use it online at beepbox.co with no install, or clone the repository and run npm install and npm run build to compile it yourself.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- MP3 export loads an optional library from a third-party CDN on demand
- Songs are stored in the URL, so there is no built-in cloud backup
Checked 27 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
