# filoe/cscore

An advanced audio library, written in C#. Provides tons of features. From playing/recording audio to decoding/encoding audio streams/files to processing audio data in realtime (e.g. applying custom effects during playback, create visualizations,...). The possibilities are nearly unlimited.

Repository: https://github.com/filoe/cscore
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cscore
Language: C#
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: audio-library, dotnet, audio
Last push: 2024-07-03T15:10:43+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": 4115, "days_push": 791, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2361, forks 465 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:40.929169+00:00)

## What it is
CSCore is a free .NET audio library written entirely in C#, offering playback, recording, encoding/decoding of many codecs, and realtime audio processing with custom effects. It has an extensible architecture for building music players, voice chats, and audio recorders.

## Use cases
- play audio files in a .NET application
- record audio from a microphone in C#
- apply realtime audio effects during playback
- decode and encode mp3, flac, aac, or ogg files
- build a music player in C#
- create audio visualizations
- build a voice chat application

## When to choose
- you need a feature-rich audio library for .NET with playback, recording, and codec support
- you want realtime audio processing with a highly extensible architecture
- your primary target is Windows

## When to avoid
- you need full cross-platform support on Linux or macOS (only experimental)
- you need a library under a permissive license for FFmpeg-based features (LGPL applies)
- you need a very actively developed project

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: audio-processing, streaming
- domain: media, cross-platform
- platform: windows, dotnet, cross-platform
- tags: audio-playback, audio-recording, codecs, realtime-effects, csharp, ffmpeg, audio

## Member repositories
- filoe/cscore (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:40.929169+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 2026-08-30T02:36:06.650487+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/filoe/cscore (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:40.929169+00:00, sha 8c6b17172b80)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.