Best AI music generators in October 2026

Tools that compose songs, beats and soundtracks from a prompt, separate stems and help musicians work faster. Below are the 15 that Raunak picked, in Radar's order, then the most popular of the other 71 in this category on Radar.

1. 1SunoWhole songs, vocals, lyrics and all, from a line of text, plus a studio to edit them.Free plan
2. 2UdioHigh-fidelity song generation, with fine control to extend and remix.Free plan
3. 3Stable AudioStability AI's music and sound-effect generator, made for production work.Free plan
4. 4AIVAComposes soundtracks and instrumentals you can edit note by note.Free plan
5. 5MoisesSplits any song into vocals, drums, bass and the rest, for practice or remixes.Free plan
6. 6SoundrawRoyalty-free background music you shape by mood, length and tempo.Paid
7. 7MubertEndless generated music for streams, videos and apps.Free plan
8. 8BoomyMake a song in seconds and release it to streaming platforms.Free plan
9. 9BeatovenOriginal soundtracks for videos and podcasts, matched to each scene.Free plan
10. 10MusicFX DJGoogle's live music generator you steer like a DJ, with text prompts.Free
11. 11LANDRAI mastering, plus distribution and plugins for musicians.Paid
12. 12Kits AILicensed AI voices and vocal tools for music producers.Free plan
13. 13LoudlyRoyalty-free AI music for creators, generated to order.Free plan
14. 14iZotope OzoneA mastering suite whose assistant listens and suggests a starting master.Paid
15. 15LALAL.AISplits songs into vocals and instruments with very clean results.Free plan

Free to start: Suno, Udio, Stable Audio all have a free plan or are free outright.

Popular open-source AI music generators on GitHub

By stars on GitHub.

1. nuclearStreaming music player that finds free music for you★ 18,722
2. YuEYuE2: frontier music generation with symbolic planning, zero-shot covers, and agentic music editing.★ 12,071
3. AmphionAmphion (/æmˈfaɪən/) is a toolkit for Audio, Music, and Speech Generation. Its purpose is to support reproducible research and help junior…★ 10,311
4. introtodeeplearningLab Materials for MIT 6.S191: Introduction to Deep Learning★ 8,846
5. VAR[NeurIPS 2024 Best Paper Award][GPT beats diffusion🔥] [scaling laws in visual generation📈] Official impl. of "Visual Autoregressive…★ 8,758
6. basic-pitchA lightweight yet powerful audio-to-MIDI converter with pitch bend detection★ 5,924
7. ace-step-ui🎵 The Ultimate Open Source Suno Alternative - Professional UI for ACE-Step 1.5 AI Music Generation. Free, local, unlimited. Stop paying…★ 5,066
8. DiffSingerDiffSinger: Singing Voice Synthesis via Shallow Diffusion Mechanism (SVS & TTS); AAAI 2022; Official code★ 4,878
9. riffusion-hobbyStable diffusion for real-time music generation★ 3,900
10. audio.cppAn all-in-one, pure C++ inference engine for audio models, powered by ggml. Supports TTS, STT, VAD, voice conversion, music generation,…★ 3,603

Apps to try in the browser, on Hugging Face Spaces

By likes on Hugging Face.

1. 🎶Di♪♪RhythmBlazingly Fast and Embarrassingly Simple Song Generation♥ 689
2. 😻ACE StepA Step Towards Music Generation Foundation Model♥ 688
3. 🎵ACE-Step v1.5Music Generation Foundation Model v1.5♥ 588
4. 🎺Image to Music v2Get a music sample inspired by the mood of an image♥ 579
5. 🎶— AI Jukebox —Generate music powered by AI♥ 424
6. 🌖Riffusion • Spectrogram To MusicGet Music from Generated Spectrogram with Diffusion♥ 400
7. 🎵MusicGen WebIn-browser text-to-music w/ Transformers.js!♥ 258
8. 📚MIDI 3DImage to Compositional 3D Scene Generation♥ 229
9. 🎵YuE2-3B Music GeneratorGenerate songs and covers from style prompts and lyrics.♥ 221
10. 🎵StepAudio 3 Music StudioCreate songs, arrange vocals, and remix music with StepFun♥ 218

Launched on Product Hunt

By upvotes on Product Hunt.

1. Beatoven.aiAI composer for crafting the perfect background music▲ 827
2. Mozart AICursor for music production▲ 691
3. ACE StudioAI vocal workstation for professionals▲ 546
4. Eleven MusicThe highest quality AI music model▲ 533
5. Mozart AI v0.5Cursor for making music▲ 442
6. SoundGate GuitarAI Music Tutor that gives real-time feedback on your playing▲ 401
7. maestro SFX by beatoven.aiYour own AI foley artist to create the perfect sound effect▲ 397
8. ACE Studio 2.0The all-in-one AI music canvas▲ 395
9. TemPolorAI-powered royalty-free music platform▲ 384
10. Lyria 3 by Google DeepmindTurn any photo or thought into a custom song inside Gemini▲ 383