incompetech

Overview

Incompetech is a website by Kevin MacLeod offering royalty-free music and custom graph paper generators. It solves two problems: creators need music they can legally use in videos, podcasts, and other projects without paying licensing fees, and people need customizable printable graph paper for note-taking, engineering, and design work.

The site is built and maintained by a single creator, Kevin MacLeod, who composes and publishes hundreds of royalty-free tracks. Unlike stock music services that charge per track or require subscriptions, incompetech offers its music library free of charge under clear Creative Commons-style licensing.

Key Benefits

• Nearly 400 tracks are being cleared for Spotify podcast use, with all tracks potentially available by mid-July 2026.
• Graph paper generator produces custom printable sheets in PNG and SVG formats with live previews and local generation.
• Music is royalty-free — creators can use tracks in videos, podcasts, and other projects without paying fees.
• New graph paper types include numbered axes, engineering grids, ternary plots, numbered hex maps, 2-point perspective, battle mats, and spirals.
• A dedicated hurdy-gurdy tuner tool is available for musicians using that specific instrument.

How It Works

For music, you browse the royalty-free track library, select a track, and download it for use in your project under the stated license terms. For graph paper, you open the generator, choose your grid type and parameters, see a live preview, then download the result as a PNG or SVG file — all processed locally in your browser without a server round-trip.

Use Cases

• Podcasters — use Kevin MacLeod's royalty-free tracks as intro, outro, or background music without paying licensing fees.
• Video creators on YouTube — download background music that is pre-cleared and avoid copyright claim headaches.
• Students and note-takers — generate Cornell note-taking sheets with dots for organized handwritten notes.
• Engineers and designers — print custom engineering graph paper, numbered axes grids, and ternary plots for technical drawings.
• Tabletop roleplaying game masters — print battle mat graph paper for mapping out game sessions.
• Musicians and instrument enthusiasts — use the hurdy-gurdy tuner tool to tune a hurdy-gurdy accurately.

Why Choose This Product

Incompetech is best suited for content creators who need free, royalty-free background music and for anyone who needs custom printable graph paper. The site is maintained by a single individual, so there is no dedicated support team, and the server has experienced unscheduled downtime due to its single-server setup.