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Module file (MOD music, tracker music) is a family of music <a href="/facts/File_format/qrXbwJaH">file formats</a> originating from the <a href="/facts/MOD_(file_format)/YGNIWmvR">MOD</a> file format on <a href="/facts/Amiga/60B3A9of">Amiga</a> systems used in the late 1980s. Those who produce these files (using the software called <a href="/facts/Music_tracker/anJd8Wul">music trackers</a>) and listen to them form the worldwide MOD scene, a part of the <a href="/facts/Demoscene/yKunscS7">demoscene</a> subculture.
The mass interchange of "MOD music" or "tracker music" (music stored in module files created with trackers) evolved from early <a href="/facts/FidoNet/dM4jyojM">FIDO</a> networks. Many websites host large numbers of these files, the most comprehensive of them being the <a href="/facts/Mod_Archive/tbV3M1ot">Mod Archive</a>.
Nowadays, most module files, including ones in compressed form, are supported by most popular media players such as <a href="/facts/VLC_media_player/aNurLBXb">VLC</a>, <a href="/facts/Foobar2000/Pby5dtdw">Foobar2000</a>, <a href="/facts/Exaile/nd2hajpE">Exaile</a> and many others (mainly due to inclusion of common playback libraries such as <a href="/facts/ModPlug_Player/KIPkoCnE">libmodplug</a> for <a href="/facts/Gstreamer/34EkSQAf">gstreamer</a>).

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