kushview/element

Element Audio Plugin Host

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ADVANCED AUDIO PLUGIN HOST

This is the community version of Element, a modular AU/LV2/VST/VST3/CLAP audio plugin host. Create powerful effects, racks and instruments by connecting nodes to one another. Integrates with your existing hardware via standard protocols such as MIDI. See kushview.net for more information and pre-built binaries.

See also: Element User Manual

Compatibility

Element currently loads most major plugin formats.

OSVersionFormats
Linux*-LADSPA/LV2/VST3/CLAP
macOS10.13 and upAU/VST/VST3/LV2/CLAP
Windows10 and upVST/VST3/LV2/CLAP

*Ubuntu is the most tested, but should run on any major distribution

Features

  • Runs standalone or as a plugin in your DAW**
  • Route Audio and MIDI from anywhere to anywhere
  • Play virtual instruments and effects live
  • Create re-usable instruments and effect graphs
  • External Sync with MIDI Clock
  • Sub Graphing – Nest Graphs within each other
  • Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Placeholder Nodes
  • Built In Virtual Keyboard
  • Multiple Undo/Redo
  • Scripting - Custom DSP and DSP UI's
  • Embed plugin UIs directly in Graphs
  • And more...

Building

See building.md for instructions and dependency details.

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute code please review the code style and contributor notes before submitting pull requests. You may also want to join the #element channel on the Kushview Discord server.

Issue Reporting

Please report bugs and feature requests on Gitlab. Element issue tracker.

audio-applications
audio-plugin
audiounit
clap-host
juce
juce-application
lv2-host
midi
vst3-host
vst3-plugin
vst-host
vst-plugin

kushview/element

Element Audio Plugin Host

C++

1,754

4,318 commits

updated Oct 16, 2026

See the code

README

REUSE status Build and Test Generate Lua Documentation

Element

Element Screenshot

ADVANCED AUDIO PLUGIN HOST

This is the community version of Element, a modular AU/LV2/VST/VST3/CLAP audio plugin host. Create powerful effects, racks and instruments by connecting nodes to one another. Integrates with your existing hardware via standard protocols such as MIDI. See kushview.net for more information and pre-built binaries.

See also: Element User Manual

Compatibility

Element currently loads most major plugin formats.

OSVersionFormats
Linux*-LADSPA/LV2/VST3/CLAP
macOS10.13 and upAU/VST/VST3/LV2/CLAP
Windows10 and upVST/VST3/LV2/CLAP

*Ubuntu is the most tested, but should run on any major distribution

Features

  • Runs standalone or as a plugin in your DAW**
  • Route Audio and MIDI from anywhere to anywhere
  • Play virtual instruments and effects live
  • Create re-usable instruments and effect graphs
  • External Sync with MIDI Clock
  • Sub Graphing – Nest Graphs within each other
  • Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Placeholder Nodes
  • Built In Virtual Keyboard
  • Multiple Undo/Redo
  • Scripting - Custom DSP and DSP UI's
  • Embed plugin UIs directly in Graphs
  • And more...

Building

See building.md for instructions and dependency details.

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute code please review the code style and contributor notes before submitting pull requests. You may also want to join the #element channel on the Kushview Discord server.

Issue Reporting

Please report bugs and feature requests on Gitlab. Element issue tracker.

audio-applications
audio-plugin
audiounit
clap-host
juce
juce-application
lv2-host
midi
vst3-host
vst3-plugin
vst-host
vst-plugin

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