The OpenMPT/libopenmpt project released the latest stable libopenmpt version:

libopenmpt 0.4.1 (2019-01-06)

  • [Bug] Binaries compiled for winold (Windows XP, Vista, 7, for CPUs without SSE2 support) did not actually work on CPUs without SSE2 support.
  • [Bug] libmodplug: Public symbols of the C++ API had visibility=hidden set on non-MSVC systems, which made them not publicly accessible.
  • [Bug] Project files for Windows 10 desktop builds on ARM and ARM64 (build/vs2017win10) were missing from Windows source package.
  • [Bug] MSVC project files in Windows source package lacked additional files required to build DLLs.

  • MO3: Apply playback changes based on “ModPlug-made” header flag.

  • minimp3: Update to commit e9df0760e94044caded36a55d70ab4152134adc5 (2018-12-23).

The changelog for older versions can be found at https://lib.openmpt.org/doc/changelog.html .

Source code download links:

Documentation and binary downloads can be found at the libopenmpt website at https://lib.openmpt.org/libopenmpt/.


The OpenMPT/libopenmpt project also released an update to the old libopenmpt 0.3 stable branch:

libopenmpt 0.3.14 (2019-01-06)

  • [Bug] MSVC project files in Windows source package lacked additional files required to build DLLs.

  • Do not apply Amiga playback heuristics to MOD files that have clearly been written with a PC tracker.
  • SFX: Work around bad conversions of the “Operation Stealth” soundtrack by turning pattern breaks into note stops.
  • MO3: Apply playback changes based on “ModPlug-made” header flag.

Source code download links:


None of the fixes that went into libopenmpt 0.4.1 and/or libopenmpt 0.3.14 are security fixes. Thus, libopenmpt 0.2.10933-beta36, and the libopenmpt 0.2.7561-beta20.5 and libopenmpt-0.2.7386-beta20.3 lines require no update.


The following libopenmpt versions are currently supported with security fixes by the OpenMPT/libopenmpt project:

  • 0.4.1
    • Current stable version.
    • Receives security updates.
    • Receives minor playback fixes.
  • 0.3.14
    • Old stable version.
    • Receives security updates.
    • Receives trivial bug fixes.
  • 0.2.10933-beta36
    • Old stable version.
    • Receives security updates.
    • Receives trivial bug fixes.
  • 0.2.7561-beta20.5-p11
    • Older stable version which is supported on Unix-like systems only.
    • Receives only security fixes.
  • 0.2.7386-beta20.3-p14
    • Older stable version which is supported on Unix-like systems only.
    • Receives only security fixes.
  • 0.5 (SVN trunk)
    • development
    • security updates
    • playback fixes
    • new features
    • new file formats

Please update to the newest versions.