Akai MPC Moving Toward Open Platform With Official GitHub Repo
inMusic has put open-source code for Akai's MPC standalone line on GitHub, a step beyond the MPC Sample announcement on October 28. The code covers the Linux environment, not the full MPC OS. Akai has not yet made an official announcement.
Akai's MPC line is moving toward an open platform, after inMusic published an official GitHub repository with open-source code from its standalone MPC hardware. The repository appeared ahead of any formal announcement from Akai, according to a report published November 8, 2026.
For musicians and developers, it is the first concrete sign that Akai's talk of openness reaches beyond one product.
What the repository contains
The repository is run by Pete Goodliffe, chief technical officer and lead developer of the MPC platform. It holds the open-source components that the licenses require inMusic to release.
It does not mean the MPC OS itself is now open source. The code covers the Linux environment inside the products, which could help developers understand the software underneath.
The repository's own description reads: "We are happy to comply with the requirements of the open source libraries and projects in use in our products." It adds that the code has "very few changes against the upstream projects" and that inMusic aims to send relevant patches back to those projects.
Which devices are covered
The listings are split by hardware generation. The first group, MPC G1, covers the MPC X, MPC X Special Edition, MPC Live, MPC Live II, MPC One, MPC One+, MPC Key 37, MPC Key 61 and Force.
The second group, MPC G2, covers the MPC XL, MPC Live III, MPC One G2 and MPC Key 37 G2.
The listing points to more than the MPC Sample. It suggests inMusic is preparing to open up the whole MPC lineup, and to add the SampleKey when it ships.
How it fits Akai's wider plans
On October 28, Akai announced it was making the MPC Sample hardware sampler open source. The upcoming SampleKey will follow the same approach.
Days later, news broke that Akai plans to show 22 new products at NAMM 2027, many of them open to experimentation. The company has said it wants to give creators hardware for making music, and for trying their own tools or AI-generated ones.
The report also links the repository to Hakai OS, a community project that jailbreaks MPC hardware. It expects that project to become official rather than go underground, though neither Akai nor inMusic has confirmed that.
Akai has not said when it will formally announce the repository or what comes next for the MPC OS.
