# audiorouterdev/audio-router

Routes audio from programs to different audio devices.

Repository: https://github.com/audiorouterdev/audio-router
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/audio-router
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2021-08-16T18:56:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3747, "days_push": 1843, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3703, forks 416 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:15.043494+00:00)

## What it is
A free Windows GUI application that routes audio output from individual programs to different audio devices, similar to CheVolume. It supports per-application routing, duplication, saved routings, and peak meters.

## Use cases
- route a game's audio to headphones while music plays on speakers
- send specific application audio to a different output device
- duplicate an app's audio stream to multiple devices
- automatically route an application to a saved device on startup
- monitor per-process audio levels with peak meters

## When to choose
- you need per-application audio routing on Windows for free
- you want to split audio from different programs across multiple output devices
- you need to duplicate one app's audio to several devices

## When to avoid
- you are on Linux or macOS - it is Windows-only
- you need actively maintained software - the last release was in 2021
- you need automatic routing for apps requiring administrator rights

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: audio-processing
- domain: windows, desktop-applications
- platform: windows
- tags: audio-routing, per-application-audio, sound-devices, free-alternative-to-chevolume, audio, desktop

## Member repositories
- audiorouterdev/audio-router (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:15.043494+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:31:00.617229+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/audiorouterdev/audio-router (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:15.043494+00:00, sha fe22b8bb13eb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.