sudara/awesome-juce

A curated list of JUCE modules, templates, plugins, oh my!

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An awesome list of open source JUCE libraries, plugins and utilities.

Organized by category. Stats update nightly.

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Modules & Plugin Collections

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
Gin ^{by FigBug}	Massive collection of extras, including StackBlur, Websockets, Maps, etc	BSD-3-Clause	407	4 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
chowdsp_utils ^{by Chowdhury-DSP}	Large collection of utilities including dsp, presets, json	other	373	10 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
drowaudio ^{by drowaudio}	Older but large collection of utilities by the Tracktion superstar	other	176	4 years_^🔴
squarepine_core ^{by SquarePine}	Collection includes flexible Google Analytics, Easing functions, metering	GPL-3.0	54	9 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
cello ^{by bgporter}	JUCE ValueTrees for humans	MIT	44	9 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
juce-utils ^{by christofmuc}	MIDI, i18n, and other helper classes built on top of JUCE	MIT	36	6 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
stk_wrapper ^{by adamski}	JUCE wrapper module for the Synthesis ToolKit (STK) library		31	8 years_^🔴
kv-juce ^{by kushview}	Kush View's module collection includes ffmpeg, video, jack	GPL-2.0	30	1 year_^🟠
stm-juce-modules ^{by spensbot}	Collection of Modules for use with JUCE	MIT	21	6 years_^🔴
JUMP ^{by ImJimmi}	Metering and utility classes built on top of JUCE	GPL-3.0	20	1 year_^🟠

Templates

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
pamplejuce ^{by sudara}	C++20, JUCE, CMake, Catch2, Pluginval on GitHub Actions	MIT	772	2 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
JUCECmakeRepoPrototype ^{by eyalamirmusic}	Large variety of JUCE and CMake plugin and app templates		295	10 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
audio-plugin-template ^{by JanWilczek}	C++23, JUCE, CPM, googletest on GitHub Actions	Unlicense	218	9 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
nn-inference-template ^{by Torsion-Audio}	Neural network inference template for TensorFlow Lite, LibTorch, ONNX Runtime	MIT	134	1 year_^🟠
NTHN_TEMPLATE_PLUGIN ^{by ncblair}	Audio Plugin CMake Template with a focus on Parameters and State Management	MIT	113	1 year_^🟠
juce_cmake_vscode_example ^{by tomoyanonymous}	Boilerplate for developing plugins with JUCE, CMake & VSCode		112	2 years_^🟠
JUCE-CMake-Plugin-Template ^{by anthonyalfimov}	Audio Plugin Template on GitHub Actions	MIT	74	8 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
juce-plugin-ci ^{by ellamenop}	(Archived) CI for JUCE audio plugins with GitHub Actions		65	3 years_^🔴
juce-template ^{by nberr}	"Everything but the processing" template supporting Rust DSP	MIT	35	2 years_^🟠
JUCE-ConsoleApp ^{by eyalamirmusic}	A JUCE example for CLI/console app along with the message thread		4	2 years_^🟠
create-juce-app ^{by ImJimmi}	An NPM package for generating JUCE projects with dozens of different configuration options	MIT	1	27 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}

Instruments

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
BespokeSynth ^{by BespokeSynth}	Cross-Platform Modular synth instrument/environment	GPL-3.0	4736	3 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
surge ^{by surge-synthesizer}	A very active open source rebuild and extension of the classic	GPL-3.0	4055	1 day_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
dexed ^{by asb2m10}	Yamaha DX7 FM multi patform / multi format plugin	GPL-3.0	3564	24 hours_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
helio-sequencer ^{by helio-fm}	One music sequencer for all major platforms, desktop and mobile	GPL-3.0	3563	8 hours_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
helm ^{by mtytel}	Free, Open source, cross platform 32-voice polyphonic synth	GPL-3.0	2504	8 years_^🔴
vital ^{by mtytel}	The popular spectral warping wavetable synth is open source	GPL-3.0	2165	4 years_^🔴
giada ^{by monocasual}	Your Hardcore Loop Machine	GPL-3.0	2103	7 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
odin2 ^{by TheWaveWarden}	24-voice polyphonic synth with filter emulations and modulation matrix	other	820	1 year_^🟠
osci-render ^{by jameshball}	A synthesiser for making oscilloscope music and visuals	GPL-3.0	732	2 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
ripplerx ^{by tiagolr}	A physically modeled synth, capable of sounds similar to AAS Chromaphone and Ableton Collision	GPL-3.0	652	2 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
ADLplug ^{by jpcima}	2 FM synths based on OPL3 and OPN2 sound chip emulations	BSL-1.0	532	5 years_^🔴
monique-monosynth ^{by surge-synthesizer}	Mono synth with morph mixer	other	413	2 years_^🟠
Magical8bitPlug2 ^{by yokemura}	8-bit gaming console synth	GPL-3.0	394	1 year_^🟠
juicysfplugin ^{by Birch-san}	Soundfont synthesizer	GPL-3.0	331	4 years_^🔴
tunefish ^{by paynebc}	Virtual Analog synth	GPL-3.0	312	3 years_^🔴
OB-Xd ^{by reales}	Virtual Analog modelled Oberheim OB-X with a few extras		272	2 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
Wavetable ^{by FigBug}	A 2 oscillator wavetable synth with flexible modulation options	BSD-3-Clause	216	4 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
ChowKick ^{by Chowdhury-DSP}	Kick synthesizer based on old-school drum machine circuits	BSD-3-Clause	200	3 years_^🔴
blocks ^{by dan-german}	Simplified modular synth	GPL-3.0	196	2 years_^🟠
aeolus_plugin ^{by Archie3d}	Pipe organ emulator VST/AU	GPL-3.0	169	1 year_^🟠
AudiblePlanets ^{by gregrecco67}	An expressive, quasi-Ptolemaic semi-modular synthesizer	GPL-3.0	166	7 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
drumlabooh ^{by psemiletov}	LV2/VSTi drum machine that can use Hydrogen, SFZ, and other drumkit formats	GPL-3.0	123	22 hours_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
BlackBird ^{by khrykin}	Single Oscillator synth	GPL-3.0	81	2 years_^🟠
crypt ^{by vitling}	Hyper-unison synth for rich cold synthetic full-textured sounds	GPL-3.0	63	11 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
PAPU ^{by FigBug}	Gameboy PAPU emulation	GPL-2.0	61	4 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
SID ^{by FigBug}	Commodore 64 SID emulation	GPL-3.0	59	4 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
SN76489 ^{by FigBug}	Sega Master System Sound Chip emulation	LGPL-2.1	54	4 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
Hera ^{by jpcima}	Juno 60	GPL-3.0	44	5 years_^🔴
bitKlavier ^{by Princeton-CDH}	Bitklavier is a digital prepared piano	GPL-3.0	43	2 years_^🟠
Voc ^{by FigBug}	Vocal synth emulates glottis and shape of vocal tract	LGPL-2.1	40	4 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
RP2A03 ^{by FigBug}	Nintenodo RP2A03	LGPL-2.1	36	4 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
SARAH ^{by getdunne}	SARAH: Harmonic-analysis based synthesizer	MIT	34	4 years_^🔴
VanillaJuce ^{by getdunne}	Simple but complete VST2.4 + AUv2 synthesizer	MIT	28	3 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
BatSynth ^{by Emmet-Hayes}	2 oscillators with 13 wave shapes		20	10 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
SIMDsynth ^{by seclorum}	A simple polyphonic synthesizer demonstrating SIMD techniques for x86 and ARM CPU types	MIT	16	4 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
juce-synth ^{by w-frank}	A MIDI controlled subtractive synthesiser built using JUCE and the Maximillian library		12	6 years_^🔴
BowedStringJUCE ^{by SilvinWillemsen}	Bowed String		11	8 years_^🔴
blue-synthesiser ^{by mariusz96}	Bachelor's thesis "Sound synthesis based on audio samples as an VST3 instrument"		10	5 years_^🔴
duck-synth ^{by jsvaldezv}	Synthesiser plug-in with two oscillators, adsr, reverb and volume	MIT	10	1 year_^🟠
VermeerMonosynth-1 ^{by mohragk}	Monosynth VST on JUCE 5	GPL-3.0	10	2 years_^🟠
juce-string-model ^{by w-frank}	Realistic string instrument model using physical modelling and includes a delay line		7	6 years_^🔴
BeatAligningGuitarLooper ^{by DanielRudrich}	A guitar looper which detects the tempo and plays along a rudimentary drumbeat	GPL-3.0	5	8 years_^🔴
banana-split ^{by jsvaldezv}	Two part project with a FM Synthesiser plug-in and a MIDI controller built with Arduino	MIT	1	1 year_^🟠

Samplers

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
shortcircuit-xt ^{by surge-synthesizer}	Sampler	MIT	561	1 hour_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
vmpc-juce ^{by izzyreal}	JUCE implementation of VMPC2000XL	GPL-3.0	257	23 hours_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
Just-a-Sample ^{by BOBONA}	A modern audio sampler, focused on simplicity and ease of use	MIT	221	2 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
Soompler ^{by abbysoft-team}	Soompler, a JUCE based sampler plugin		37	6 years_^🔴
JUCE-AKSampler ^{by getdunne}	AudioKit AKSampler wrapped as a JUCE app/plug-in	GPL-3.0	32	7 years_^🔴
CTAG-JUCE-Sampler ^{by NiklasWan}	CTAG JUCE sampler		27	7 years_^🔴
Sampler ^{by DBraun}	A sampler made with JUCE	MIT	26	8 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
streaming_sampler ^{by onereddogmedia}	Extension to JUCE's Sampler class which enables disk streaming	MIT	17	5 years_^🔴
duck-sampler ^{by jsvaldezv}	Sampler plug-in with ADSR, distortion and LFO	MIT	13	1 year_^🟠

Effects

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
AnalogTapeModel ^{by jatinchowdhury18}	Physical Modeling for Analog Tape Machines	GPL-3.0	1439	3 years_^🟠
SmartGuitarAmp ^{by GuitarML}	Neural Network WaveNet modelled guitar amps	Apache-2.0	1336	3 years_^🔴
ZLEqualizer ^{by ZL-Audio}	16-band minimum-phase dynamic equalizer	AGPL-3.0	1026	19 hours_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
paulxstretch ^{by essej}	Extreme Timestretching application and plugin	other	658	4 years_^🔴
Fire ^{by jerryuhoo}	A multi-band distortion plugin	AGPL-3.0	643	6 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
BYOD ^{by Chowdhury-DSP}	Build-Your-Own Guitar Distortion	GPL-3.0	577	1 year_^🟠
Maim ^{by ArdenButterfield}	Audio plugin for custom MP3 distortion and digital glitches	GPL-3.0	380	3 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
ChowMatrix ^{by Chowdhury-DSP}	Inifinitely growable tree of delay lines	BSD-3-Clause	336	5 years_^🔴
SmartGuitarPedal ^{by GuitarML}	Neural Network WaveNet modelled guitar pedals	Apache-2.0	299	4 years_^🔴
CTAGDRC ^{by p-hlp}	An audio compressor plugin	GPL-3.0	217	6 years_^🔴
mda-plugins-juce ^{by hollance}	Old school MDA freeware plugins reimplemented in JUCE	other	197	8 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
valentine ^{by tote-bag-labs}	An open source compressor meant to pump and breathe	GPL-3.0	196	1 year_^🟠
Schrammel_OJD ^{by JanosGit}	Audio plugin model of a modern classic overdrive pedal	GPL-3.0	191	5 years_^🔴
slPlugins ^{by FigBug}	Large plugin collection from socalabs	BSD-3-Clause	157	4 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
RoomReverb ^{by cvde}	Algorithmic reverb plugin	GPL-3.0	148	1 year_^🟠
simple-reverb ^{by szkkng}	Simple reverb	GPL-3.0	125	1 year_^🟠
SimpleCompressor ^{by DanielRudrich}	Code and theory of a look-ahead compressor / limiter	GPL-3.0	118	7 years_^🔴
NEL-19 ^{by Mrugalla}	High-fidelity random vibrato (windows only)	GPL-3.0	100	2 years_^🟠
vsts ^{by unplugred}	A treasure trove of effects and other fun plugins		96	5 hours_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
SG-323 ^{by greyboxaudio}	Authentic emulation of an Ursa Major Stargate 323 Reverb	GPL-3.0	94	1 month_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
cStop ^{by calgoheen}	Tape stop plugin with a few extra goodies	GPL-3.0	86	3 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
modEQ ^{by tobanteAudio}	EQ audio plugin with modulation	GPL-3.0	83	6 years_^🔴
PerceptoMap ^{by hqrrr}	Visualizing how we hear: An open-source spectrogram plugin for psychoacoustic audio analysis	AGPL-3.0	82	5 hours_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
CHOW ^{by Chowdhury-DSP}	Digital Distortion	GPL-3.0	74	7 years_^🔴
PhaseVocoder ^{by stekyne}	Phase Vocoder		71	5 years_^🔴
vstSpleeter ^{by gvne}	Uses JUCE and spleeterpp to run spleeter in c++		67	6 years_^🔴
quantumVerb ^{by QVbDev}	Convolution Reverb	GPL-3.0	66	8 years_^🔴
crispy ^{by spensbot}	Audio Saturation Plugin (VST/AU) made with JUCE	MIT	64	6 years_^🔴
repitch ^{by ellamenop}	MIDI controlled harmonizer		63	4 years_^🔴
anotherdelay ^{by dllim}	Tape Delay plugin with tape flutter, wow, and saturation emulation	MIT	50	7 years_^🔴
ZLEComp ^{by ZL-Audio}	Compressor plugin with gain reduction history	GPL-3.0	47	2 years_^🟠
utility-clone ^{by m1m0zzz}	VST plugin like a Ableton Utility	GPL-3.0	34	2 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
mverb ^{by FigBug}	Dattorro’s figure-of-eight reverb	GPL-3.0	32	4 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
SMPLComp ^{by p-hlp}	A simplified version of the CTAGDRC audio compressor plugin	GPL-3.0	26	6 years_^🔴
ABComparisonPlugin ^{by DanielRudrich}	An audio-plugin for multi-channel AB-comparison of several input signals	GPL-3.0	23	2 years_^🟠
JUCEVocoder ^{by dbaylies}	A simple vocoder plug-in with a built-in synthesis engine		20	6 years_^🔴
OvertoneFilter ^{by lukemcraig}	Emphasize MIDI-selected harmonics of an audio signal		20	7 years_^🔴
Contrast ^{by ImJimmi}	Bundle of minimal plug-ins	MIT	16	4 years_^🔴
Delay ^{by joonastuo}	Delay-effect plugin		15	7 years_^🔴
Filter ^{by joonastuo}	A state variable filter plugin		14	7 years_^🔴
VibraFlanger ^{by joonastuo}	Vibrato/Flanger effect plugin made with JUCE		12	7 years_^🔴
ATK-MT2 ^{by AudioTK}	Plugin emulating the MT2 pedal		9	5 years_^🔴
Phaser ^{by joonastuo}	Phaser-effect plugin		7	7 years_^🔴
Distortion ^{by joonastuo}	Waveshaper distortion plugin		7	7 years_^🔴
Lush-Delay ^{by spensbot}	A Delay Plugin Made with JUCE	MIT	7	6 years_^🔴
TS9 ^{by AudioTK}	Plugin modeling the well-known Ibanez TS9 TubeScreamer		6	4 years_^🔴
Chorus ^{by joonastuo}	LCR Chorus-effect plugin	MIT	5	7 years_^🔴
ATKGuitarPreamp ^{by AudioTK}	Plugin modeling a guitar preamplifier followed by a tone stack		4	5 years_^🔴
juce-audio-filters ^{by w-frank}	Collection of digital audio filter plugins using the JUCE DSP module		3	6 years_^🔴
SD1 ^{by AudioTK}	Plugin modeling the well-known Boss SD1		3	4 years_^🔴
ATKBassPreamp ^{by AudioTK}	Plugin modeling a bass preamplifier followed by a tone stack		2	5 years_^🔴
UniversalDelay ^{by AudioTK}	A mono delay plugin		2	4 years_^🔴
Andromeda ^{by AudioTK}	A plugin version of the Andromeda version of the Noble ODR-1		1	4 years_^🔴
IEMPluginSuite	Large suite of plugins, including Ambisonic

Metering

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
Frequalizer ^{by ffAudio}	Equalizer using JUCE's dsp module	BSD-3-Clause	376	4 years_^🔴
ff_meters ^{by ffAudio}	LED meters for JUCE audio buffers	BSD-3-Clause	123	1 month_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
even ^{by egor-sm}	12-band parametric EQ	GPL-3.0	63	20 hours_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
sound_meter ^{by SoundDevelopment}	Resizable efficient peak meters	MIT	51	9 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}

Midi

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
ShowMIDI ^{by gbevin}	Multi-platform GUI application to effortlessly visualize MIDI activity	GPL-3.0	903	20 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
SendMIDI ^{by gbevin}	Cross-platform tool to send MIDI messages from the command line	GPL-3.0	852	20 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
stochas ^{by surge-synthesizer}	Probabilistic sequencer	GPL-3.0	557	6 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
ReceiveMIDI ^{by gbevin}	Cross-platform tool to monitor and receive MIDI messages on the command line	GPL-3.0	379	20 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
KnobKraft-orm ^{by christofmuc}	The free modern cross-platform MIDI Sysex Librarian	AGPL-3.0	292	26 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
ripchord ^{by trackbout}	Cross platform plugin to create and remix chord progressions	GPL-3.0	104	4 years_^🔴
b-step ^{by surge-synthesizer}	Chord sequencer	other	63	2 years_^🟠
arpligner ^{by YPares}	Multi-track & polyphonic arpeggiator where both chords and arp patterns are live MIDI data	other	46	3 years_^🔴
Midi-Transposer ^{by stfufane}	Map chords to your MIDI bass pedal	MIT	29	2 years_^🟠
Shuttertone ^{by liamlacey}	Uses colour data from images to generate music	GPL-3.0	25	6 years_^🔴
Topiary-Beatz ^{by tomto66}	A MIDI drum pattern generator for live use	GPL-3.0	23	4 years_^🔴
Topiary-Riffz ^{by tomto66}	Plugin that can play MIDI files, assigned to keys, and transposed on a per key basis	GPL-3.0	2	4 years_^🔴
Topiary-Presetz ^{by tomto66}	Plugin that lets you define "variations" of settings of "parameters" and output as Midi	GPL-3.0	1	4 years_^🔴
LibreArp	Pattern-based arpeggiator

Microtuning

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
SuperVirtualKeyboard ^{by vsicurella}	MIDI Plugin for interacting with microtonal piano layouts	Unlicense	49	3 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
tuning-workbench-synth ^{by surge-synthesizer}	Simple microtonal synth	GPL-3.0	48	3 years_^🔴
everytone-tuner ^{by vsicurella}	MIDI microtuning plugin	Unlicense	17	5 years_^🔴
ScaleStructureComponent ^{by vsicurella}	For designing a 2D isomorphic layout based on MOS scales for use with ET tuning systems		2	6 years_^🔴

UI

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
foleys_gui_magic ^{by ffAudio}	WYSWYG plugin editor letting you create JUCE GUIs without coding	other	598	2 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
fontaudio ^{by fefanto}	Icon toolkit for audio with permissive licensing	MIT	419	1 year_^🟠
JIVE ^{by ImJimmi}	Build flexible GUIs using declarative markup	MIT	203	4 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
melatonin_blur ^{by sudara}	Fast cross-platform CPU blurs and drop/inner shadows for JUCE	MIT	165	5 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
animator ^{by bgporter}	Animation module implementing classic easing curves and some new ones	MIT	83	3 years_^🔴
hack_audio_gui ^{by HackAudio}	Hack Audio's custom components	other	31	8 years_^🔴
Resvg4JUCE ^{by JanosGit}	Wrapper for the resvg rendering library	MPL-2.0	29	12 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
juce-widgets ^{by christofmuc}	Unsorted collection of "widgets"	MIT	25	30 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
BarelyML ^{by MNSignalProcessing}	Markdown-inspired markup for JUCE	MIT	22	2 years_^🟠
juce-draggableListBox ^{by getdunne}	JUCE ListBox whose items can be reordered by drag-and-drop	MIT	14	5 years_^🔴
juce_litehtml ^{by Archie3d}	JUCE module that provides integration of the litehtml HTML/CSS rendering engine		12	4 years_^🔴
RtfFileLoader ^{by hogliux}	Convert rtf files to xml to create a JUCE AttributedString	GPL-3.0	12	9 years_^🔴
juce_murka ^{by Kiberchaika}	A lightweight GPU-accelerated library inspired from ImGui for interactive audio plugin UI design for JUCE		9	7 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
JuceHtmlTextEditor ^{by ZioGuido}	HTML parsing of the basic tags for formatting text and adding hyperlinks		7	10 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
haydxn_juce_animation ^{by jkoutavas}	JUCE animation package originally contributed by 'haydxn'	MIT	5	8 years_^🔴
bbcode-editor ^{by SoundDevelopment}	TextEditor descendant that accepts BBCode	MIT	5	4 years_^🔴
html_entity_decoder ^{by asimilon}	A simple HTML entity String decoder module for JUCE	BSL-1.0	3	5 years_^🔴

Tooling & Debugging

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
pluginval ^{by Tracktion}	Cross-platform plugin testing and validation	GPL-3.0	589	4 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
FRUT ^{by McMartin}	The OG way to setup CMake with JUCE (pre JUCE 6)	GPL-3.0	461	2 years_^🟠
melatonin_inspector ^{by sudara}	Inspect your JUCE components ala Web Inspector	MIT	294	2 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
formula ^{by soundspear}	VST and AU plugin to live code and test effects inside your DAW	BSL-1.0	245	6 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
juce-toys ^{by jcredland}	LLDB helpers. Comoponent, buffer and value tree debuggers and more	MIT	135	2 years_^🟠
melatonin_audio_sparklines ^{by sudara}	Display audio as ASCII waveforms on the console and in your tests	MIT	104	5 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
DSP-Testbench ^{by AndrewJJ}	Test your dsp with signal sources, routing, analysis and monitoring	MIT	86	1 year_^🟠

Frameworks

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
plugdata ^{by plugdata-team}	Pure Data as a plugin, with a new GUI	GPL-3.0	2363	4 hours_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
Chataigne ^{by benkuper}	Real-time communication and syncing with many other technologies	GPL-3.0	1684	1 day_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
HISE ^{by christophhart}	The open source framework for sample based instruments	other	1434	6 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
Camomile ^{by pierreguillot}	A meta-plugin that embeds Pure Data	GPL-3.0	994	2 years_^🟠
react-juce ^{by JoshMarler}	Cross-platform native apps with React.js and JUCE	MIT	836	4 years_^🔴
cabbage ^{by rorywalsh}	Framework for developing plugins with the Csound programming language	GPL-3.0	571	8 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
ysfx ^{by jpcima}	JSFX hosting library incl. example plugin	Apache-2.0	257	4 years_^🔴
plugincollider ^{by asb2m10}	Plugin that embeds SuperCollider	GPL-3.0	141	22 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
AudioTK ^{by AudioTK}	An audio digital processing toolbox based on a workflow/pipeline principle	BSD-3-Clause	51	5 years_^🔴
none ^{by 0x07dc}	Framework built with JUCE, provides architecture guidance for making a plugin (GUI, Processors, States, State Modifiers)	other	3	5 years_^🔴

DSP

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
faust ^{by grame-cncm}	JUCE standalone app and plugin exporter for Faust DSP library	other	3183	33 minutes_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
Audio-Effects ^{by juandagilc}	Collection of Audio Effects examples from a book		896	6 years_^🔴
signalsmith-stretch ^{by Signalsmith-Audio}	Polyphonic pitch/time algorithm	MIT	566	16 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
dsp ^{by Signalsmith-Audio}	Signalsmith's library of DSP utilities and classes	MIT	277	2 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
formula ^{by soundspear}	Plugin for developing and testing DSP code in real time using C	BSL-1.0	245	6 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
pitch_detector ^{by adamski}	Pitch estimation based on YIN		148	4 years_^🔴
pMix2 ^{by olilarkin}	pMix - a preset interpolator, plug-in chainer and Faust IDE written with JUCE		103	7 years_^🔴
juce_faustllvm ^{by olilarkin}	JUCE Module for embedding the libfaust JIT compiler		38	7 years_^🔴
sst-filters ^{by surge-synthesizer}	Surge filters as a separate library	GPL-3.0	34	14 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
mammut ^{by kmatheussen}	Sound transformation using one single gigantic analysis (no windows)		30	2 years_^🟠
juce-MultiStepEnvelopeGenerator ^{by getdunne}	Multi Step Envelope Generator	MIT	30	3 years_^🟠
ape ^{by jthorborg}	Plugin that allows programming C++ DSP code in real time		29	1 year_^🟠
sst-waveshapers ^{by surge-synthesizer}	Surge waveshapers as a separate library	GPL-3.0	29	8 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
SimpleVocoder ^{by Stenzel}	Leaky autocorrelation vocoder		25	5 years_^🔴
OverlappingFFTProcessor ^{by DanielRudrich}	Class for buffering samples for FFT processing	AGPL-3.0	16	7 years_^🔴
ob_HIIR ^{by AndrewJJ}	JUCE module wrappler for Laurent DeSoras' upsampling and downsampling library	LGPL-2.1	15	3 years_^🔴
OomphSC ^{by DanielRudrich}	Audio Plug-in which figures out the Oomph of a signal and sends it via OSC	GPL-3.0	8	4 years_^🔴
JUCE_SoundTouch ^{by eyalamirmusic}	Wrapper around the SoundTouch tempo/pitch library	LGPL-2.1	7	6 years_^🔴

Music Notation and Theory

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
guidolib ^{by grame-cncm}	Music notation format, score rendering engine and various music score utilities	MPL-2.0	182	10 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
belle ^{by andigamesandmusic}	Music notation rendering library. Outputs to PDF, JUCE, Core Graphics, MIDI, etc.		96	2 years_^🟠
jackel ^{by nberr}	Negative harmony application	other	19	4 years_^🔴
foleys_musicology ^{by ffAudio}	Music theory and score editing/rendering		11	6 years_^🔴
Bach ^{by bliston}	A music theory library JUCE module	MIT	9	9 years_^🔴

Networking & Cryptography

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
RestRequest ^{by adamski}	JUCE module for making HTTP requests to REST APIs	MIT	64	5 years_^🔴
yum_CredentialManager ^{by Yum-Audio}	MacOS Keychain and Windows CredentialManager integration	MIT	13	3 years_^🔴

Graphics & Video

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
CustomMatPlot ^{by franshej}	MatPlotLib implementation in JUCE	MIT	89	2 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
imgui_juce ^{by Krasjet}	Dear ImGui backend for JUCE	LGPL-3.0	59	1 year_^🟠
foleys_video_engine ^{by ffAudio}	A video engine to load, play, assemble and write video	other	58	3 years_^🟠
vulkan-cpp-library ^{by parawave}	Windows 10 Vulkan support for JUCE 6	other	25	5 years_^🔴
juce_bgfx ^{by Archie3d}	bgfx rendering example for JUCE		24	4 years_^🔴
juce_nanovg ^{by timothyschoen}	NanoVG graphics module for JUCE		16	4 years_^🔴

OpenGL

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
3DAudioVisualizers ^{by TimArt}	An OpenGL Audio Visualizer suite for Audio and GUI		152	6 years_^🔴
glslEditor_AudioPlugin ^{by COx2}	GLSL Editor Audio Plugin	MIT	74	5 years_^🔴
OpenGLRealtimeVisualization4JUCE ^{by JanosGit}	OpenGL-accelerated realtime audio visualization components	MIT	68	7 years_^🔴
LearnJUCEOpenGL ^{by ianacaburian}	Beginner's reference on animated 2D graphics in JUCE using OpenGL		24	7 years_^🔴
juce-midi-visualizer-AU-plugin ^{by rosshoyt}	Generate real-time 3D visualization of MIDI Data using OpenGL	MIT	23	5 years_^🔴
openglWithJuce ^{by iomeone}	OpenGL with JUCE		15	7 years_^🔴
Polyline2DExample ^{by CrushedPixel}	A JUCE example application for Polyline2D	MIT	14	7 years_^🔴
LiveShaderPalette ^{by ianacaburian}	Live code animated OpenGL shaders and mouse/touch input actions side-by-side	GPL-3.0	13	7 years_^🔴
Polyline2DPathRenderer ^{by CrushedPixel}	Renders JUCE Paths very quickly using OpenGL	MIT	11	7 years_^🔴

Testing

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
juce-end-to-end ^{by FocusriteGroup}	End to end functional testing via js	Apache-2.0	99	1 year_^🟠
TestsTalk ^{by Sinecure-Audio}	Catch2 Examples from ADC 2020 talk		22	6 years_^🔴
melatonin_test_helpers ^{by sudara}	Catch2 matchers for JUCE's `AudioBlock`	MIT	18	5 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
melatonin_parameters ^{by sudara}	Log parameter conversion and formatting example with tests	MIT	16	3 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
straw ^{by kunitoki}	Straw is a juce automation framework for integration testing	other	5	2 years_^🟠

Educational

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
synth-plugin-book ^{by hollance}	Source code for the book "Code Your Own Synth Plug-Ins With C++ and JUCE"	MIT	221	2 years_^🟠
juce-cookbook ^{by tobanteAudio}	JUCE Cookbook	other	133	6 years_^🔴
juceSynthFramework ^{by TheAudioProgrammer}	Build a JUCE synth step by step with Josh		75	7 years_^🔴
audio-effects ^{by getdunne}	Revised versions of Reiss and McPherson's "Audio Effects" examples	GPL-3.0	69	7 years_^🔴
audio-dsp ^{by prayash}	Playing around with audio plugin development and DSP		47	7 years_^🔴
plugex ^{by belangeo}	PLUGin EXamples made with JUCE	LGPL-3.0	43	6 years_^🔴
plugin-ci-example ^{by jatinchowdhury18}	JUCE plugin CI examples for Gitlab, GitHub, Azure	BSD-3-Clause	22	4 years_^🔴
Juce-Simples-Exemples ^{by nseaSeb}	Simples Juce Exemples	GPL-3.0	9	7 years_^🔴

Hosts & DAWs

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
pedalboard ^{by spotify}	A Python library and host for manipulating audio	GPL-3.0	6347	4 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
element ^{by kushview}	The audio plugin host that isn't a DAW!		1743	3 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
tracktion_engine ^{by Tracktion}	The one, the only, the engine that JUCE was once extracted from	other	1455	3 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
DawDreamer ^{by DBraun}	Python DAW with full cross platform support	GPL-3.0	1323	9 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
OwlPlug ^{by DropSnorz}	Cross-platform plugin manager	GPL-3.0	526	22 hours_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
RenderMan ^{by fedden}	Interactive "command line" host backed by Maximilian	Unlicense	399	5 years_^🔴
Plugalyzer ^{by CrushedPixel}	Command-line VST3, AU and LADSPA plugin host for easier debugging of audio plugins	GPL-3.0	192	4 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
PluginRunner ^{by jatinchowdhury18}	Run audio through a plugin from the CLI on windows	WTFPL	14	7 years_^🔴

Integrations

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
MIDI2LR ^{by rsjaffe}	An application and plugin to remotely control Lightroom via MIDI	GPL-3.0	775	2 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
clap-juce-extensions ^{by free-audio}	CLAP plugin support	MIT	211	5 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
popsicle ^{by kunitoki}	Bridging JUCE to python	other	204	2 years_^🟠
luce ^{by peersuasive}	LUA GUI module (unmaintained)		129	10 years_^🔴
JucyFluttering ^{by audiooffler}	Flutter for iOS and Android frontend	GPL-3.0	125	5 years_^🔴
osmid ^{by llloret}	MIDI <-> OSC conversion used by Sonic Pi	other	76	6 years_^🔴
AbletonLink_JuceSampler ^{by ianacaburian}	Tutorial on tempo synchronization with Ableton Link		75	7 years_^🔴
tomduncalf_juce_web_ui ^{by tomduncalf}	WIP: Helper classes for integrating a web-based UI with JUCE	MIT	65	5 years_^🔴
WebUISynth ^{by tomduncalf}	Example of WIP: A simple JUCE synth with a web (React/Typescript) UI	MIT	45	5 years_^🔴
TD-JUCE ^{by DBraun}	TD-JUCE: JUCE audio and VSTs in TouchDesigner	other	41	5 years_^🔴
freesound-juce ^{by MTG}	Freesound.org API implementation	MIT	38	5 years_^🔴
qt_with_juce_example ^{by nikeocom}	Example project using Qt and JUCE together		22	7 years_^🔴
aap-juce ^{by atsushieno}	Android Audio Plugin (AAP) support with lots of plugin ports	AGPL-3.0	21	1 hour_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
juce_meets_link ^{by COx2}	An integration example of Ableton Link with JUCE	GPL-3.0	20	5 years_^🔴
FreesoundSimpleSampler ^{by ffont}	Sampler plugin which demonstrates the Freesound-JUCE API client	GPL-3.0	12	7 years_^🔴
juce_meets_DaisySP ^{by COx2}	Example of integration of DaisySP and JUCE	MIT	11	5 years_^🔴
jlv2 ^{by lvtk}	LV2 plugin hosting	other	11	4 years_^🔴

MIR (Music Information Retrieval)

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
JUCE_Tempometer ^{by MartinTownley}	Beat tracking JUCE example based on BTrack		21	5 years_^🔴

Machine Learning

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
ddsp-vst ^{by magenta}	Realtime DDSP Neural Synthesizer and Effect	Apache-2.0	827	3 years_^🔴
Scyclone ^{by Torsion-Audio}	Real-time Neural Timbre Transfer plugin based on RAVE	other	447	3 years_^🔴
KlonCentaur ^{by jatinchowdhury18}	Analog guitar pedal emulation using the RTNeural real time framework	BSD-3-Clause	383	5 years_^🔴
rave_vst ^{by acids-ircam}	Realtime Audio Variational autoEncoder (RAVE) packaged as a vst	other	191	3 years_^🔴
micro-tcn ^{by csteinmetz1}	Efficient real-time modeling of analog dynamic range compression	Apache-2.0	174	4 years_^🔴
infermux ^{by greynewell}	Local LLMs in your DAW in VST, AU, AAX with llama.cpp	MIT	95	3 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
TensorFlowVST ^{by Cyril-Meyer}	Example of using a TensorFlow Keras model in a VST		18	5 years_^🔴

Hardware

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
push2-display-with-juce ^{by Ableton}	Ableton Push 2 display example (archived repo)	MIT	152	5 years_^🔴
juce_serialport ^{by cpr2323}	Access hardware serial ports or USB virtual serial ports		48	3 years_^🔴
PolarDesigner ^{by AustrianAudioGmbH}	control the polar pattern of your OC818 or other dual-diaphragm mic	GPL-3.0	38	4 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
Sysex77 ^{by nseaSeb}	Midi editor for the Yamaha Sy77/TG77/Sy99 FMSynth		24	1 month_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
BCR2000_Master ^{by christofmuc}	Small program for working with the Behringer BCR2000 MIDI controller and its BCL language	AGPL-3.0	17	4 years_^🔴
AmbiCreator ^{by AustrianAudioGmbH}	Record first-order Ambisonics using two OC818 microphones		15	4 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
meeblip-controller ^{by rclement}	Midi controller for the Meeblip Anode synth	GPL-3.0	12	8 years_^🔴
StereoCreator ^{by AustrianAudioGmbH}	Create different stereo set-ups with one or two OC818 microphones	GPL-3.0	6	4 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}

Networking

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
sonobus ^{by sonosaurus}	Real-time network audio streaming collaboration tool	GPL-3.0	2198	3 years_^🟠
audiogridder ^{by apohl79}	Offload dsp processing to remote computers	MIT	888	2 years_^🟠
JammerNetz ^{by christofmuc}	Host a jam session over the internet	AGPL-3.0	62	1 month_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
juce_bluetooth ^{by genkiinstruments}	Bluetooth LE module for MacOS and Windows	MIT	27	23 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}

Forks

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
yup ^{by kunitoki}	Liberally licensed standalone framework with modern rendering forked from JUCE7	other	186	1 day_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
JUCE_ARA ^{by Celemony}	JUCE fork that provides Audio Random Access (ARA) support	other	48	12 days_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
JUCE ^{by soundradix}	Fork with AAX AudioSuite support and other features and fixes	other	23	3 months_{^󠀠󠀠🟢}
juce_emscripten ^{by Casperaki}	Port of JUCE for the browser via Emscripten (maintained)	other	9	4 years_^🔴

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