README.md

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	379	3 days󠀠󠀠🟢
chowdsp_utils by Chowdhury-DSP	Large collection of utilities including dsp, presets, json	other	347	5 months󠀠󠀠🟢
drowaudio by drowaudio	Older but large collection of utilities by the Tracktion superstar	other	177	3 years🔴
squarepine_core by SquarePine	Collection includes flexible Google Analytics, Easing functions, metering	GPL-3.0	53	4 months󠀠󠀠🟢
cello by bgporter	JUCE ValueTrees for humans	MIT	42	4 months󠀠󠀠🟢
juce-utils by christofmuc	MIDI, i18n, and other helper classes built on top of JUCE	MIT	35	26 days󠀠󠀠🟢
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	20	5 years🔴
JUMP by ImJimmi	Metering and utility classes built on top of JUCE	GPL-3.0	18	8 months󠀠󠀠🟢

Templates

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
pamplejuce by sudara	C++20, JUCE, CMake, Catch2, Pluginval on GitHub Actions	MIT	713	2 months󠀠󠀠🟢
JUCECmakeRepoPrototype by eyalamirmusic	Large variety of JUCE and CMake plugin and app templates		292	5 months󠀠󠀠🟢
audio-plugin-template by JanWilczek	C++23, JUCE, CPM, googletest on GitHub Actions	Unlicense	201	4 months󠀠󠀠🟢
nn-inference-template by Torsion-Audio	Neural network inference template for TensorFlow Lite, LibTorch, ONNX Runtime	MIT	132	10 months󠀠󠀠🟢
NTHN_TEMPLATE_PLUGIN by ncblair	Audio Plugin CMake Template with a focus on Parameters and State Management	MIT	114	1 year🟠
juce_cmake_vscode_example by tomoyanonymous	Boilerplate for developing plugins with JUCE, CMake & VSCode		111	1 year🟠
JUCE-CMake-Plugin-Template by anthonyalfimov	Audio Plugin Template on GitHub Actions	MIT	72	3 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	33	2 years🟠
JUCE-ConsoleApp by eyalamirmusic	A JUCE example for CLI/console app along with the message thread		4	1 year🟠

Instruments

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
BespokeSynth by BespokeSynth	Cross-Platform Modular synth instrument/environment	GPL-3.0	4602	2 days󠀠󠀠🟢
surge by surge-synthesizer	A very active open source rebuild and extension of the classic	GPL-3.0	3835	5 days󠀠󠀠🟢
helio-sequencer by helio-fm	One music sequencer for all major platforms, desktop and mobile	GPL-3.0	3460	1 day󠀠󠀠🟢
dexed by asb2m10	Yamaha DX7 FM multi patform / multi format plugin	GPL-3.0	3366	2 months󠀠󠀠🟢
helm by mtytel	Free, Open source, cross platform 32-voice polyphonic synth	GPL-3.0	2489	8 years🔴
vital by mtytel	The popular spectral warping wavetable synth is open source	GPL-3.0	2008	4 years🔴
giada by monocasual	Your Hardcore Loop Machine	GPL-3.0	2003	1 day󠀠󠀠🟢
odin2 by TheWaveWarden	24-voice polyphonic synth with filter emulations and modulation matrix	other	770	12 months󠀠󠀠🟢
osci-render by jameshball	A synthesiser for making oscilloscope music and visuals	GPL-3.0	693	8 days󠀠󠀠🟢
ripplerx by tiagolr	A physically modeled synth, capable of sounds similar to AAS Chromaphone and Ableton Collision	GPL-3.0	552	6 months󠀠󠀠🟢
ADLplug by jpcima	2 FM synths based on OPL3 and OPN2 sound chip emulations	BSL-1.0	517	4 years🔴
monique-monosynth by surge-synthesizer	Mono synth with morph mixer	other	405	2 years🟠
Magical8bitPlug2 by yokemura	8-bit gaming console synth	GPL-3.0	375	9 months󠀠󠀠🟢
juicysfplugin by Birch-san	Soundfont synthesizer	GPL-3.0	317	4 years🔴
tunefish by paynebc	Virtual Analog synth	GPL-3.0	301	3 years🔴
OB-Xd by reales	Virtual Analog modelled Oberheim OB-X with a few extras		245	3 months󠀠󠀠🟢
Wavetable by FigBug	A 2 oscillator wavetable synth with flexible modulation options	BSD-3-Clause	202	7 days󠀠󠀠🟢
blocks by dan-german	Simplified modular synth	GPL-3.0	195	2 years🟠
ChowKick by Chowdhury-DSP	Kick synthesizer based on old-school drum machine circuits	BSD-3-Clause	190	3 years🔴
AudiblePlanets by gregrecco67	An expressive, quasi-Ptolemaic semi-modular synthesizer	GPL-3.0	160	2 months󠀠󠀠🟢
aeolus_plugin by Archie3d	Pipe organ emulator VST/AU	GPL-3.0	155	11 months󠀠󠀠🟢
drumlabooh by psemiletov	LV2/VSTi drum machine that can use Hydrogen, SFZ, and other drumkit formats	GPL-3.0	106	5 days󠀠󠀠🟢
BlackBird by khrykin	Single Oscillator synth	GPL-3.0	80	2 years🟠
crypt by vitling	Hyper-unison synth for rich cold synthetic full-textured sounds	GPL-3.0	60	6 months󠀠󠀠🟢
PAPU by FigBug	Gameboy PAPU emulation	GPL-2.0	59	7 days󠀠󠀠🟢
SID by FigBug	Commodore 64 SID emulation	GPL-3.0	55	7 days󠀠󠀠🟢
SN76489 by FigBug	Sega Master System Sound Chip emulation	LGPL-2.1	50	7 days󠀠󠀠🟢
bitKlavier by Princeton-CDH	Bitklavier is a digital prepared piano	GPL-3.0	43	2 years🟠
Hera by jpcima	Juno 60	GPL-3.0	42	4 years🔴
Voc by FigBug	Vocal synth emulates glottis and shape of vocal tract	LGPL-2.1	35	7 days󠀠󠀠🟢
SARAH by getdunne	SARAH: Harmonic-analysis based synthesizer	MIT	33	3 years🔴
RP2A03 by FigBug	Nintenodo RP2A03	LGPL-2.1	33	7 days󠀠󠀠🟢
VanillaJuce by getdunne	Simple but complete VST2.4 + AUv2 synthesizer	MIT	28	7 years🔴
BatSynth by Emmet-Hayes	2 oscillators with 13 wave shapes		20	4 months󠀠󠀠🟢
SIMDsynth by seclorum	A simple polyphonic synthesizer demonstrating SIMD techniques for x86 and ARM CPU types	MIT	14	7 months󠀠󠀠🟢
juce-synth by w-frank	A MIDI controlled subtractive synthesiser built using JUCE and the Maximillian library		12	5 years🔴
BowedStringJUCE by SilvinWillemsen	Bowed String		11	7 years🔴
VermeerMonosynth-1 by mohragk	Monosynth VST on JUCE 5	GPL-3.0	10	1 year🟠
blue-synthesiser by mariusz96	Bachelor's thesis "Sound synthesis based on audio samples as an VST3 instrument"		9	4 years🔴
duck-synth by jsvaldezv	Synthesiser plug-in with two oscillators, adsr, reverb and volume	MIT	9	1 year🟠
juce-string-model by w-frank	Realistic string instrument model using physical modelling and includes a delay line		7	5 years🔴
BeatAligningGuitarLooper by DanielRudrich	A guitar looper which detects the tempo and plays along a rudimentary drumbeat	GPL-3.0	3	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	509	21 days󠀠󠀠🟢
vmpc-juce by izzyreal	JUCE implementation of VMPC2000XL	GPL-3.0	237	3 hours󠀠󠀠🟢
Just-a-Sample by BOBONA	A modern audio sampler, focused on simplicity and ease of use	MIT	192	9 days󠀠󠀠🟢
Soompler by abbysoft-team	Soompler, a JUCE based sampler plugin		36	6 years🔴
JUCE-AKSampler by getdunne	AudioKit AKSampler wrapped as a JUCE app/plug-in	GPL-3.0	32	6 years🔴
CTAG-JUCE-Sampler by NiklasWan	CTAG JUCE sampler		27	6 years🔴
Sampler by DBraun	A sampler made with JUCE	MIT	24	3 months󠀠󠀠🟢
streaming_sampler by onereddogmedia	Extension to JUCE's Sampler class which enables disk streaming	MIT	16	4 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	1351	2 years🟠
SmartGuitarAmp by GuitarML	Neural Network WaveNet modelled guitar amps	Apache-2.0	1326	3 years🔴
ZLEqualizer by ZL-Audio	16-band minimum-phase dynamic equalizer	AGPL-3.0	864	3 days󠀠󠀠🟢
Fire by jerryuhoo	A multi-band distortion plugin	AGPL-3.0	626	7 months󠀠󠀠🟢
paulxstretch by essej	Extreme Timestretching application and plugin	other	611	3 years🔴
BYOD by Chowdhury-DSP	Build-Your-Own Guitar Distortion	GPL-3.0	553	9 months󠀠󠀠🟢
Maim by ArdenButterfield	Audio plugin for custom MP3 distortion and digital glitches	GPL-3.0	358	5 months󠀠󠀠🟢
ChowMatrix by Chowdhury-DSP	Inifinitely growable tree of delay lines	BSD-3-Clause	328	4 years🔴
SmartGuitarPedal by GuitarML	Neural Network WaveNet modelled guitar pedals	Apache-2.0	294	3 years🔴
CTAGDRC by p-hlp	An audio compressor plugin	GPL-3.0	212	5 years🔴
mda-plugins-juce by hollance	Old school MDA freeware plugins reimplemented in JUCE	other	190	2 months󠀠󠀠🟢
Schrammel_OJD by JanosGit	Audio plugin model of a modern classic overdrive pedal	GPL-3.0	189	4 years🔴
valentine by tote-bag-labs	An open source compressor meant to pump and breathe	GPL-3.0	184	9 months󠀠󠀠🟢
slPlugins by FigBug	Large plugin collection from socalabs	BSD-3-Clause	140	7 days󠀠󠀠🟢
RoomReverb by cvde	Algorithmic reverb plugin	GPL-3.0	138	8 months󠀠󠀠🟢
simple-reverb by szkkng	Simple reverb	GPL-3.0	124	1 year🟠
SimpleCompressor by DanielRudrich	Code and theory of a look-ahead compressor / limiter	GPL-3.0	111	6 years🔴
NEL-19 by Mrugalla	High-fidelity random vibrato (windows only)	GPL-3.0	96	1 year🟠
SG-323 by greyboxaudio	Authentic emulation of an Ursa Major Stargate 323 Reverb	GPL-3.0	91	3 months󠀠󠀠🟢
vsts by unplugred	A treasure trove of effects and other fun plugins		90	6 days󠀠󠀠🟢
cStop by calgoheen	Tape stop plugin with a few extra goodies	GPL-3.0	83	3 months󠀠󠀠🟢
modEQ by tobanteAudio	EQ audio plugin with modulation	GPL-3.0	80	6 years🔴
CHOW by Chowdhury-DSP	Digital Distortion	GPL-3.0	73	6 years🔴
PhaseVocoder by stekyne	Phase Vocoder		71	4 years🔴
vstSpleeter by gvne	Uses JUCE and spleeterpp to run spleeter in c++		67	6 years🔴
repitch by ellamenop	MIDI controlled harmonizer		63	4 years🔴
crispy by spensbot	Audio Saturation Plugin (VST/AU) made with JUCE	MIT	61	6 years🔴
quantumVerb by QVbDev	Convolution Reverb	GPL-3.0	61	8 years🔴
PerceptoMap by hqrrr	Visualizing how we hear: An open-source spectrogram plugin for psychoacoustic audio analysis	AGPL-3.0	52	5 months󠀠󠀠🟢
ZLEComp by ZL-Audio	Compressor plugin with gain reduction history	GPL-3.0	46	1 year🟠
anotherdelay by dllim	Tape Delay plugin with tape flutter, wow, and saturation emulation	MIT	45	7 years🔴
utility-clone by m1m0zzz	VST plugin like a Ableton Utility	GPL-3.0	34	2 years🟠
mverb by FigBug	Dattorro’s figure-of-eight reverb	GPL-3.0	30	7 days󠀠󠀠🟢
SMPLComp by p-hlp	A simplified version of the CTAGDRC audio compressor plugin	GPL-3.0	22	5 years🔴
ABComparisonPlugin by DanielRudrich	An audio-plugin for multi-channel AB-comparison of several input signals	GPL-3.0	20	2 years🟠
OvertoneFilter by lukemcraig	Emphasize MIDI-selected harmonics of an audio signal		20	6 years🔴
JUCEVocoder by dbaylies	A simple vocoder plug-in with a built-in synthesis engine		19	5 years🔴
Delay by joonastuo	Delay-effect plugin		14	7 years🔴
Filter by joonastuo	A state variable filter plugin		14	7 years🔴
Contrast by ImJimmi	Bundle of minimal plug-ins	MIT	14	3 years🔴
VibraFlanger by joonastuo	Vibrato/Flanger effect plugin made with JUCE		11	7 years🔴
ATK-MT2 by AudioTK	Plugin emulating the MT2 pedal		9	4 years🔴
Phaser by joonastuo	Phaser-effect plugin		7	7 years🔴
Distortion by joonastuo	Waveshaper distortion plugin		7	7 years🔴
TS9 by AudioTK	Plugin modeling the well-known Ibanez TS9 TubeScreamer		7	4 years🔴
Lush-Delay by spensbot	A Delay Plugin Made with JUCE	MIT	6	5 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	4 years🔴
juce-audio-filters by w-frank	Collection of digital audio filter plugins using the JUCE DSP module		3	5 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	4 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	365	4 years🔴
ff_meters by ffAudio	LED meters for JUCE audio buffers	BSD-3-Clause	120	4 years🔴
equalize_it by egor-sm	12-band parametric EQ	GPL-3.0	63	3 years🟠
sound_meter by SoundDevelopment	Resizable efficient peak meters	MIT	45	4 months󠀠󠀠🟢

Midi

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
ShowMIDI by gbevin	Multi-platform GUI application to effortlessly visualize MIDI activity	GPL-3.0	856	1 year🟠
SendMIDI by gbevin	Cross-platform tool to send MIDI messages from the command line	GPL-3.0	831	1 year🟠
stochas by surge-synthesizer	Probabilistic sequencer	GPL-3.0	538	1 year🟠
ReceiveMIDI by gbevin	Cross-platform tool to monitor and receive MIDI messages on the command line	GPL-3.0	367	12 months󠀠󠀠🟢
KnobKraft-orm by christofmuc	The free modern cross-platform MIDI Sysex Librarian	AGPL-3.0	271	18 days󠀠󠀠🟢
ripchord by trackbout	Cross platform plugin to create and remix chord progressions	GPL-3.0	98	4 years🔴
b-step by surge-synthesizer	Chord sequencer	other	55	2 years🟠
arpligner by YPares	Multi-track & polyphonic arpeggiator where both chords and arp patterns are live MIDI data	other	43	2 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-Presetz by tomto66	Plugin that lets you define "variations" of settings of "parameters" and output as Midi	GPL-3.0	1	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	1	4 years🔴
LibreArp	Pattern-based arpeggiator

Microtuning

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
tuning-workbench-synth by surge-synthesizer	Simple microtonal synth	GPL-3.0	48	3 years🔴
SuperVirtualKeyboard by vsicurella	MIDI Plugin for interacting with microtonal piano layouts	Unlicense	48	5 years🔴
everytone-tuner by vsicurella	MIDI microtuning plugin	Unlicense	17	4 years🔴
Tune-Up-MIDI by vsicurella	A micro-tuning plugin. Converts single-channel MIDI into multichannel MIDI with pitchbend messages		5	5 years🔴
ScaleStructureComponent by vsicurella	For designing a 2D isomorphic layout based on MOS scales for use with ET tuning systems		2	5 years🔴

UI

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
foleys_gui_magic by ffAudio	WYSWYG plugin editor letting you create JUCE GUIs without coding	other	557	5 months󠀠󠀠🟢
fontaudio by fefanto	Icon toolkit for audio with permissive licensing	MIT	396	11 months󠀠󠀠🟢
JIVE by ImJimmi	Build flexible GUIs using declarative markup	MIT	188	18 days󠀠󠀠🟢
melatonin_blur by sudara	Fast cross-platform CPU blurs and drop/inner shadows for JUCE	MIT	161	11 months󠀠󠀠🟢
animator by bgporter	Animation module implementing classic easing curves and some new ones	MIT	80	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	7 months󠀠󠀠🟢
juce-widgets by christofmuc	Unsorted collection of "widgets"	MIT	23	6 months󠀠󠀠🟢
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🔴
RtfFileLoader by hogliux	Convert rtf files to xml to create a JUCE AttributedString	GPL-3.0	12	9 years🔴
juce_litehtml by Archie3d	JUCE module that provides integration of the litehtml HTML/CSS rendering engine		11	4 years🔴
juce_murka by Kiberchaika	A lightweight GPU-accelerated library inspired from ImGui for interactive audio plugin UI design for JUCE		9	2 months󠀠󠀠🟢
JuceHtmlTextEditor by ZioGuido	HTML parsing of the basic tags for formatting text and adding hyperlinks		7	5 months󠀠󠀠🟢
bbcode-editor by SoundDevelopment	TextEditor descendant that accepts BBCode	MIT	6	4 years🔴
haydxn_juce_animation by jkoutavas	JUCE animation package originally contributed by 'haydxn'	MIT	5	7 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	532	2 months󠀠󠀠🟢
FRUT by McMartin	The OG way to setup CMake with JUCE (pre JUCE 6)	GPL-3.0	458	1 year🟠
melatonin_inspector by sudara	Inspect your JUCE components ala Web Inspector	MIT	267	10 months󠀠󠀠🟢
formula by soundspear	VST and AU plugin to live code and test effects inside your DAW	BSL-1.0	235	13 days󠀠󠀠🟢
juce-toys by jcredland	LLDB helpers. Comoponent, buffer and value tree debuggers and more	MIT	134	1 year🟠
melatonin_audio_sparklines by sudara	Display audio as ASCII waveforms on the console and in your tests	MIT	102	2 months󠀠󠀠🟢
DSP-Testbench by AndrewJJ	Test your dsp with signal sources, routing, analysis and monitoring	MIT	82	1 year🟠

Frameworks

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
plugdata by plugdata-team	Pure Data as a plugin, with a new GUI	GPL-3.0	2217	1 day󠀠󠀠🟢
Chataigne by benkuper	Real-time communication and syncing with many other technologies	GPL-3.0	1586	25 days󠀠󠀠🟢
HISE by christophhart	The open source framework for sample based instruments	other	1374	3 days󠀠󠀠🟢
Camomile by pierreguillot	A meta-plugin that embeds Pure Data	GPL-3.0	982	2 years🟠
react-juce by JoshMarler	Cross-platform native apps with React.js and JUCE	MIT	827	4 years🔴
cabbage by rorywalsh	Framework for developing plugins with the Csound programming language	GPL-3.0	570	3 months󠀠󠀠🟢
ysfx by jpcima	JSFX hosting library incl. example plugin	Apache-2.0	243	4 years🔴
plugincollider by asb2m10	Plugin that embeds SuperCollider	GPL-3.0	132	2 months󠀠󠀠🟢
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	4 years🔴

DSP

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
faust by grame-cncm	JUCE standalone app and plugin exporter for Faust DSP library	other	3038	29 days󠀠󠀠🟢
Audio-Effects by juandagilc	Collection of Audio Effects examples from a book		872	5 years🔴
signalsmith-stretch by Signalsmith-Audio	Polyphonic pitch/time algorithm	MIT	477	4 months󠀠󠀠🟢
dsp by Signalsmith-Audio	Signalsmith's library of DSP utilities and classes	MIT	261	4 months󠀠󠀠🟢
formula by soundspear	Plugin for developing and testing DSP code in real time using C	BSL-1.0	235	13 days󠀠󠀠🟢
pitch_detector by adamski	Pitch estimation based on YIN		149	4 years🔴
pMix2 by olilarkin	pMix - a preset interpolator, plug-in chainer and Faust IDE written with JUCE		99	6 years🔴
juce_faustllvm by olilarkin	JUCE Module for embedding the libfaust JIT compiler		39	6 years🔴
sst-filters by surge-synthesizer	Surge filters as a separate library	GPL-3.0	31	3 days󠀠󠀠🟢
juce-MultiStepEnvelopeGenerator by getdunne	Multi Step Envelope Generator	MIT	30	2 years🟠
mammut by kmatheussen	Sound transformation using one single gigantic analysis (no windows)		29	2 years🟠
sst-waveshapers by surge-synthesizer	Surge waveshapers as a separate library	GPL-3.0	28	2 months󠀠󠀠🟢
ape by jthorborg	Plugin that allows programming C++ DSP code in real time		25	11 months󠀠󠀠🟢
SimpleVocoder by Stenzel	Leaky autocorrelation vocoder		25	4 years🔴
OverlappingFFTProcessor by DanielRudrich	Class for buffering samples for FFT processing	AGPL-3.0	16	6 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	7	4 years🔴
JUCE_SoundTouch by eyalamirmusic	Wrapper around the SoundTouch tempo/pitch library	LGPL-2.1	7	5 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	177	5 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	3 years🔴
foleys_musicology by ffAudio	Music theory and score editing/rendering		11	5 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	87	4 months󠀠󠀠🟢
imgui_juce by Krasjet	Dear ImGui backend for JUCE	LGPL-3.0	57	1 year🟠
foleys_video_engine by ffAudio	A video engine to load, play, assemble and write video	other	56	2 years🟠
juce_bgfx by Archie3d	bgfx rendering example for JUCE		25	4 years🔴
vulkan-cpp-library by parawave	Windows 10 Vulkan support for JUCE 6	other	25	5 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		149	5 years🔴
glslEditor_AudioPlugin by COx2	GLSL Editor Audio Plugin	MIT	73	5 years🔴
OpenGLRealtimeVisualization4JUCE by JanosGit	OpenGL-accelerated realtime audio visualization components	MIT	67	6 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	22	5 years🔴
openglWithJuce by iomeone	OpenGL with JUCE		15	6 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	96	9 months󠀠󠀠🟢
TestsTalk by Sinecure-Audio	Catch2 Examples from ADC 2020 talk		22	5 years🔴
melatonin_parameters by sudara	Log parameter conversion and formatting example with tests	MIT	16	5 days󠀠󠀠🟢
melatonin_test_helpers by sudara	Catch2 matchers for JUCE's AudioBlock	MIT	15	2 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	213	2 years🟠
juce-cookbook by tobanteAudio	JUCE Cookbook	other	127	6 years🔴
juceSynthFramework by TheAudioProgrammer	Build a JUCE synth step by step with Josh		73	7 years🔴
audio-effects by getdunne	Revised versions of Reiss and McPherson's "Audio Effects" examples	GPL-3.0	69	6 years🔴
audio-dsp by prayash	Playing around with audio plugin development and DSP		45	6 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	6 years🔴

Hosts & DAWs

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
pedalboard by spotify	A Python library and host for manipulating audio	GPL-3.0	6109	3 months󠀠󠀠🟢
element by kushview	The audio plugin host that isn't a DAW!		1580	14 days󠀠󠀠🟢
tracktion_engine by Tracktion	The one, the only, the engine that JUCE was once extracted from	other	1387	3 months󠀠󠀠🟢
DawDreamer by DBraun	Python DAW with full cross platform support	GPL-3.0	1217	3 months󠀠󠀠🟢
OwlPlug by DropSnorz	Cross-platform plugin manager	GPL-3.0	472	4 days󠀠󠀠🟢
RenderMan by fedden	Interactive "command line" host backed by Maximilian	Unlicense	397	5 years🔴
Plugalyzer by CrushedPixel	Command-line VST3, AU and LADSPA plugin host for easier debugging of audio plugins	GPL-3.0	170	4 days󠀠󠀠🟢
PluginRunner by jatinchowdhury18	Run audio through a plugin from the CLI on windows	WTFPL	14	6 years🔴

Integrations

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
MIDI2LR by rsjaffe	An application and plugin to remotely control Lightroom via MIDI	GPL-3.0	763	2 months󠀠󠀠🟢
popsicle by kunitoki	Bridging JUCE to python	other	204	2 years🟠
clap-juce-extensions by free-audio	CLAP plugin support	MIT	201	16 days󠀠󠀠🟢
luce by peersuasive	LUA GUI module (unmaintained)		129	9 years🔴
JucyFluttering by audiooffler	Flutter for iOS and Android frontend	GPL-3.0	123	5 years🔴
osmid by llloret	MIDI <-> OSC conversion used by Sonic Pi	other	74	6 years🔴
AbletonLink_JuceSampler by ianacaburian	Tutorial on tempo synchronization with Ableton Link		73	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	46	4 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	35	4 years🔴
qt_with_juce_example by nikeocom	Example project using Qt and JUCE together		21	6 years🔴
juce_meets_link by COx2	An integration example of Ableton Link with JUCE	GPL-3.0	20	5 years🔴
aap-juce by atsushieno	Android Audio Plugin (AAP) support with lots of plugin ports	AGPL-3.0	20	1 day󠀠󠀠🟢
FreesoundSimpleSampler by ffont	Sampler plugin which demonstrates the Freesound-JUCE API client	GPL-3.0	12	6 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	3 years🔴

MIR (Music Information Retrieval)

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
JUCE_Tempometer by MartinTownley	Beat tracking JUCE example based on BTrack		24	5 years🔴

Machine Learning

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
ddsp-vst by magenta	Realtime DDSP Neural Synthesizer and Effect	Apache-2.0	817	3 years🟠
Scyclone by Torsion-Audio	Real-time Neural Timbre Transfer plugin based on RAVE	other	438	3 years🟠
KlonCentaur by jatinchowdhury18	Analog guitar pedal emulation using the RTNeural real time framework	BSD-3-Clause	367	5 years🔴
rave_vst by acids-ircam	Realtime Audio Variational autoEncoder (RAVE) packaged as a vst	other	192	3 years🟠
micro-tcn by csteinmetz1	Efficient real-time modeling of analog dynamic range compression	Apache-2.0	171	4 years🔴
infermux by greynewell	Local LLMs in your DAW in VST, AU, AAX with llama.cpp	MIT	90	3 months󠀠󠀠🟢
TensorFlowVST by Cyril-Meyer	Example of using a TensorFlow Keras model in a VST		18	4 years🔴

Hardware

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
push2-display-with-juce by Ableton	Ableton Push 2 display example (archived repo)	MIT	151	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	37	4 months󠀠󠀠🟢
Sysex77 by nseaSeb	Midi editor for the Yamaha Sy77/TG77/Sy99 FMSynth		22	7 months󠀠󠀠🟢
BCR2000_Master by christofmuc	Small program for working with the Behringer BCR2000 MIDI controller and its BCL language	AGPL-3.0	16	3 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	11	7 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	2068	2 years🟠
audiogridder by apohl79	Offload dsp processing to remote computers	MIT	865	2 years🟠
JammerNetz by christofmuc	Host a jam session over the internet	AGPL-3.0	59	3 months󠀠󠀠🟢
juce_bluetooth by genkiinstruments	Bluetooth LE module for MacOS and Windows	MIT	27	1 year🟠

Forks

repo	description	license	⭐️	updated
yup by kunitoki	Liberally licensed standalone framework with modern rendering forked from JUCE7	other	140	3 months󠀠󠀠🟢
JUCE_ARA by Celemony	JUCE fork that provides Audio Random Access (ARA) support	other	46	2 months󠀠󠀠🟢
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	3 years🔴

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