An awesome list of open source JUCE libraries, plugins and utilities.
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| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
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| drowaudio by drowaudio |
Older, but very large collection of utilities by the Tracktion superstar | 125 |  |
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| Gin by FigBug |
Massive collection of extras, including StackBlur, Websockets, Maps, etc | BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License | 112 |  |
| chowdsp_utils by Chowdhury-DSP |
Large collection of utilities including dsp, presets, json | Other | 87 |  |
| Lemons by benthevining |
Collection of modules, including DMX, OSC, PLOSA | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 28 |  |
| kv-modules by kushview |
Kush View's module collection includes ffmpeg, video, jack | GNU General Public License v2.0 | 14 |  |
| juce-utils by christofmuc |
MIDI, i18n, and other helper classes built on top of JUCE | MIT License | 11 |  |
| squarepine_core by SquarePine |
Collection includes flexible Google Analytics, Easing functions, metering | Other | 11 |  |
| Jaut by ElandaSunshine |
Collection of lower level modules complementing JUCE | 6 |  |
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| JUMP by ImJimmi |
Metering and utility classes built on top of JUCE | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 6 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
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| JUCECmakeRepoPrototype by eyalamirmusic |
Large variety of JUCE 6 and CMake plugin and app templates | 138 |  |
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| pamplejuce by sudara |
JUCE, CMake, Catch2, Pluginval on GitHub Actions | MIT License | 64 |  |
| juce-plugin-ci by maxwellpollack |
Cross-platform CI for JUCE audio plugins with GitHub Actions | 40 |  |
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| JUCE-CMake-Plugin-Template by anthonyalfimov |
Audio Plugin Template on GitHub Actions | 18 |  |
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| juce-template by nberr |
"Everything but the processing" template supporting Rust DSP | MIT License | 2 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BespokeSynth by BespokeSynth |
Cross-Platform Modular synth instrument/environment | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 3152 |  |
| helio-workstation by helio-fm |
One music sequencer for all major platforms, desktop and mobile | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 2440 |  |
| dexed by asb2m10 |
Yamaha DX7 FM multi patform / multi format plugin | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 2154 |  |
| surge by surge-synthesizer |
A very active open source rebuild and extension of the classic | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 2076 |  |
| helm by mtytel |
Free, Open source, cross platform 32-voice polyphonic synth | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 2066 |  |
| giada by monocasual |
Your Hardcore Loop Machine | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 1230 |  |
| vital by mtytel |
The popular spectral warping wavetable synth is open source | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 978 |  |
| OB-Xd by reales |
Virtual Analog modelled Oberheim OB-X with a few extras | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 458 |  |
| odin2 by TheWaveWarden |
24-voice polyphonic synth with filter emulations and modulation matrix | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 360 |  |
| typebeat by kofigumbs |
MacOS only Rust-backed Keyboard sequencer, sampler, and synth | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | 357 |  |
| ADLplug by jpcima |
2 FM synths based on OPL3 and OPN2 sound chip emulations | Boost Software License 1.0 | 329 |  |
| monique-monosynth by surge-synthesizer |
Mono synth with morph mixer | Other | 260 |  |
| tunefish by paynebc |
Virtual Analog synth | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 202 |  |
| Magical8bitPlug2 by yokemura |
8-bit gaming console synth | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 194 |  |
| juicysfplugin by Birch-san |
Soundfont synthesizer | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 130 |  |
| ChowKick by Chowdhury-DSP |
Kick synthesizer based on old-school drum machine circuits | BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License | 98 |  |
| shortcircuit-xt by surge-synthesizer |
Sampler | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 68 |  |
| tuning-workbench-synth by surge-synthesizer |
Simple microtonal synth | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 32 |  |
| Hera by jpcima |
June 60 | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 29 |  |
| SN76489 by FigBug |
Sega Master System Sound Chip emulation | GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 | 28 |  |
| PAPU by FigBug |
Gameboy PAPU emulation | GNU General Public License v2.0 | 27 |  |
| bitKlavier by Princeton-CDH |
Bitklavier is a digital prepared piano | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 25 |  |
| BlackBird by khrykin |
Single Oscillator synth | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 23 |  |
| SID by FigBug |
Commodore 64 SID emulation | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 19 |  |
| Voc by FigBug |
Vocal synth emulates glottis and shape of vocal tract | GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 | 18 |  |
| aeolus_plugin by Archie3d |
Pipe organ emulator VST/AU | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 15 |  |
| RP2A03 by FigBug |
Nintenodo RP2A03 | GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 | 12 |  |
| VermeerMonosynth-1 by mohragk |
Monosynth VST on JUCE 5 | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 6 |  |
| BatSynth by Emmet-Hayes |
2 oscillators with 13 wave shapes | 4 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SmartGuitarAmp by GuitarML |
Neural Network WaveNet modelled guitar amps | Apache License 2.0 | 962 |  |
| AnalogTapeModel by jatinchowdhury18 |
Physical Modeling for Analog Tape Machines | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 726 |  |
| ChowMatrix by Chowdhury-DSP |
Inifinitely growable tree of delay lines | BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License | 204 |  |
| SmartGuitarPedal by GuitarML |
Neural Network WaveNet modelled guitar pedals | Apache License 2.0 | 157 |  |
| Schrammel_OJD by JanosGit |
Audio plugin model of a modern classic overdrive pedal | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 90 |  |
| CHOW by Chowdhury-DSP |
Digital Distortion | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 48 |  |
| slPlugins by FigBug |
Large plugin collection from socalabs | BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License | 45 |  |
| PhaseVocoder by stekyne |
Phase Vocoder | 41 |  |
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| quantumVerb by QVbDev |
Convolution Reverb | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 39 |  |
| repitch by maxwellpollack |
MIDI controlled harmonizer | 37 |  |
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| simple-reverb by szkkng |
Simple reverb | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 32 |  |
| RoomReverb by cvde |
Algorithmic reverb plugin | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 24 |  |
| mda-plugins-juce by hollance |
Old school MDA freeware plugins reimplemented in JUCE | Other | 23 |  |
| NEL-19 by Mrugalla |
High-fidelity random vibrato (windows only) | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 21 |  |
| jg-granular by szkkng |
Streaming granular synthesis effect | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 14 |  |
| mverb by FigBug |
Dattorro’s figure-of-eight reverb | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 9 |  |
| OvertoneFilter by lukemcraig |
Emphasize MIDI-selected harmonics of an audio signal | 8 |  |
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| IEMPluginSuite | Large suite of plugins, including Ambisonic | |||
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
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| Frequalizer by ffAudio |
Equalizer using JUCE's dsp module | BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License | 223 |  |
| ff_meters by ffAudio |
LED meters for JUCE audio buffers | BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License | 88 |  |
| sound_meter by SoundDevelopment |
Resizable efficient peak meters | MIT License | 15 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
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| SendMIDI by gbevin |
Cross-platform tool to send MIDI messages from the command line | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 490 |  |
| stochas by surge-synthesizer |
Probabilistic sequencer | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 254 |  |
| ReceiveMIDI by gbevin |
Cross-platform tool to monitor and receive MIDI messages on the command line | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 200 |  |
| KnobKraft-orm by christofmuc |
The free modern cross-platform MIDI Sysex Librarian | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | 92 |  |
| SuperVirtualKeyboard by vsicurella |
Microtonal keyboard layout | The Unlicense | 28 |  |
| b-step by surge-synthesizer |
Chord sequencer | Other | 20 |  |
| ripchord by trackbout |
Cross platform plugin to create and remix chord progressions | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 16 |  |
| Midi-Bass-Pedal-Chords by stfufane |
Map chords to your MIDI bass pedal | 10 |  |
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| librearp.gitlab.io | Pattern based arepeggiator | |||
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
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| fontaudio by fefanto |
Icon toolkit for audio with permissive licensing | MIT License | 204 |  |
| foleys_gui_magic by ffAudio |
WYSWYG plugin editor letting you create JUCE GUIs without coding | Other | 170 |  |
| animator by bgporter |
Animation module implementing classic easing curves and some new ones | MIT License | 26 |  |
| hack_audio_gui by HackAudio |
Hack Audio's custom components | Other | 20 |  |
| Resvg4JUCE by JanosGit |
Wrapper for the resvg rendering library | Mozilla Public License 2.0 | 14 |  |
| juce-widgets by christofmuc |
Unsorted collection of "widgets" | MIT License | 7 |  |
| modern-dial by szkkng |
Nice clean example of a rotary "slider" | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 4 |  |
| numberbox by szkkng |
Clean Ableton style "slider" with tutorial | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 4 |  |
| bbcode-editor by SoundDevelopment |
TextEditor descendant that accepts BBCode | MIT License | 2 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRUT by McMartin |
The OG way to setup CMake with JUCE (pre JUCE 6) | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 304 |  |
| pluginval by Tracktion |
Cross-platform plugin testing and validation | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 231 |  |
| juce-toys by jcredland |
LLDB helpers. Comoponent, buffer and value tree debuggers and more | MIT License | 86 |  |
| melatonin_audio_sparklines by sudara |
Display audio as ASCII waveforms on the console and in your tests | MIT License | 67 |  |
| DSP-Testbench by AndrewJJ |
Test your dsp with signal sources, routing, analysis and monitoring | MIT License | 34 |  |
| melatonin_inspector by sudara |
Inspect your JUCE components ala Web Inspector | MIT License | 9 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camomile by pierreguillot |
A meta-plugin that embeds Pure Data | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 711 |  |
| HISE by christophhart |
The open source framework for sample based instruments | Other | 584 |  |
| react-juce by JoshMarler |
Cross-platform native apps with React.js and JUCE | MIT License | 572 |  |
| Chataigne by benkuper |
Real-time communication and syncing with many other technologies | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 452 |  |
| cabbage by rorywalsh |
Framework for developing plugins with the Csound programming language | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 331 |  |
| PlugData by timothyschoen |
Pure Data as a plugin, with a new GUI | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 233 |  |
| ysfx by jpcima |
JSFX hosting library incl. example plugin | Apache License 2.0 | 52 |  |
| plugincollider by asb2m10 |
Plugin that embeds SuperCollider | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 22 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
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| Audio-Effects by juandagilc |
Collection of Audio Effects examples from a book | 476 |  |
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| pitch_detector by adamski |
Pitch estimation based on YIN | 94 |  |
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| juce_faustllvm by olilarkin |
JUCE Module for embedding the libfaust JIT compiler | 30 |  |
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| SimpleVocoder by Stenzel |
Leaky autocorrelation vocoder | 12 |  |
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| sst-filters by surge-synthesizer |
Surge filters as a separate library | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 7 |  |
| JUCE_SoundTouch by eyalamirmusic |
Wrapper around the SoundTouch tempo/pitch library | GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 | 4 |  |
| sst-waveshapers by surge-synthesizer |
Surge waveshapers as a separate library | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 4 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RestRequest by adamski |
JUCE module for making HTTP requests to REST APIs | MIT License | 40 |  |
| yum_CredentialManager by Yum-Audio |
MacOS Keychain and Windows CredentialManager integration | MIT License | 8 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| foleys_video_engine by ffAudio |
A video engine to load, play, assemble and write video | Other | 42 |  |
| CustomMatPlot by franshej |
MatPlotLib implementation in JUCE | MIT License | 24 |  |
| vulkan-cpp-library by parawave |
Windows 10 Vulkan support for JUCE 6 | Other | 16 |  |
| juce_bgfx by Archie3d |
bgfx rendering example for JUCE | 4 |  |
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| juce_nanovg by timothyschoen |
NanoVG graphics module for JUCE | 3 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
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| juce-end-to-end by Focusrite-Novation |
End to end functional testing via js | Apache License 2.0 | 36 |  |
| TestsTalk by Sinecure-Audio |
Catch2 Examples from ADC 2020 talk | 12 |  |
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| melatonin_parameters by sudara |
Log parameter conversion and formatting example with tests | MIT License | 4 |  |
| melatonin_audio_block_test_helpers by sudara |
Catch2 matchers for JUCE's AudioBlock |
MIT License | 4 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
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| juce-cookbook by tobanteAudio |
JUCE Cookbook | Other | 57 |  |
| juceSynthFramework by TheAudioProgrammer |
Build a JUCE synth step by step with Josh | 54 |  |
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| plugin-ci-example by jatinchowdhury18 |
JUCE plugin CI examples for Gitlab, GitHub, Azure | BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License | 11 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
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| pedalboard by spotify |
A Python library and host for manipulating audio | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 3423 |  |
| tracktion_engine by Tracktion |
The one, the only, the engine that JUCE was once extracted from | Other | 782 |  |
| Element by kushview |
The audio plugin host that isn't a DAW! | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 635 |  |
| DawDreamer by DBraun |
Python DAW with full cross platform support | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 415 |  |
| RenderMan by fedden |
Interactive "command line" host backed by Maximilian | The Unlicense | 279 |  |
| OwlPlug by DropSnorz |
Cross-platform plugin manager | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 121 |  |
| Plugalyzer by CrushedPixel |
Command-line VST3, AU and LADSPA plugin host for easier debugging of audio plugins | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 16 |  |
| PluginRunner by jatinchowdhury18 |
Run audio through a plugin from the CLI on windows | Do What The F*ck You Want To Public License | 13 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
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| luce by peersuasive |
LUA GUI module (unmaintained) | 124 |  |
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| JucyFluttering by audiooffler |
Flutter for iOS and Android frontend | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 79 |  |
| popsicle by kunitoki |
Bridging JUCE to python | Other | 71 |  |
| osmid by llloret |
MIDI <-> OSC conversion used by Sonic Pi | Other | 59 |  |
| AbletonLink_JuceSampler by ianacaburian |
Ableton Link syncing | 47 |  |
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| clap-juce-extensions by free-audio |
CLAP plugin support | MIT License | 41 |  |
| freesound-juce by MTG |
Freesound.org API implementation | MIT License | 18 |  |
| jlv2 by lvtk |
LV2 plugin hosting | Other | 12 |  |
| aap-juce by atsushieno |
Android Audio Plugin (AAP) support with lots of plugin ports | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 9 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
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| KlonCentaur by jatinchowdhury18 |
Analog guitar pedal emulation using the RTNeural real time framework | BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License | 220 |  |
| ddsp-vst by magenta |
Realtime DDSP Neural Synthesizer and Effect | Apache License 2.0 | 134 |  |
| rave_vst by acids-ircam |
Realtime Audio Variational autoEncoder (RAVE) packaged as a vst | Other | 82 |  |
| micro-tcn by csteinmetz1 |
Efficient real-time modeling of analog dynamic range compression | Apache License 2.0 | 75 |  |
| TensorFlowVST by Cyril-Meyer |
Example of using a TensorFlow Keras model in a VST | 2 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
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| push2-display-with-juce by Ableton |
Ableton Push 2 display example (archived repo) | MIT License | 127 |  |
| juce_serialport by cpr2323 |
Access hardware serial ports or USB virtual serial ports | 25 |  |
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| PolarDesigner by AustrianAudioGmbH |
control the polar pattern of your OC818 or other dual-diaphragm mic | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 17 |  |
| meeblip-controller by rclement |
Midi controller for the Meeblip Anode synth | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 11 |  |
| AmbiCreator by AustrianAudioGmbH |
Record first-order Ambisonics using two OC818 microphones | 7 |  |
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| StereoCreator by AustrianAudioGmbH |
Create different stereo set-ups with one or two OC818 microphones | GNU General Public License v3.0 | 2 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
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| audiogridder by apohl79 |
Offload dsp processing to remote computers | MIT License | 549 |  |
| JammerNetz by christofmuc |
Host a jam session over the internet | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | 41 |  |
| repo | description | license | ⭐️ | updated |
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| juce_emscripten by Dreamtonics |
Port of JUCE for the browser via Emscripten | Other | 86 |  |
| JUCE_ARA by Celemony |
JUCE fork that provides Audio Random Access (ARA) support | Other | 32 |  |
| JUCE by soundradix |
Fork with AAX AudioSuite support and other features and fixes | Other | 16 |  |
150 entries as of 2022-06-24