# csound/csound

Main repository for Csound

Repository: https://github.com/csound/csound
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/csound
Homepage: https://csound.com
Language: C
License: LGPL-2.1
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-19T12:22:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 89, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4546, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 75, "gap_med": 7.0, "n_releases_24m": 17}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1503, forks 211 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:54.537262+00:00)

## What it is
Csound is a sound and music computing system, originally an audio programming language descended from the MUSIC-N family, with a core C library, CLI frontend, and APIs for embedding. It supports synthesis, signal processing, and real-time audio across desktop, mobile, embedded, and web platforms.

## Use cases
- synthesize music with an audio programming language
- generate soundtracks procedurally for games or media
- do real-time audio signal processing
- embed a sound synthesis engine in an app
- compose algorithmic music from scores
- learn computer music and DSP techniques

## When to choose
- you need a mature, battle-tested synthesis and DSP engine with a huge opcode library
- you want text-based score/orchestra composition of electronic music
- you need to embed audio synthesis in C/C++ apps or on mobile/web/embedded platforms

## When to avoid
- you want a modern visual DAW-style workflow rather than a text-based language
- you need simple sample playback without learning a specialized language
- you want a lightweight audio library with minimal learning curve

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, interpreter, programming-language, cli, sdk
- domain: media, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, windows, cli, embedded, wasm
- tags: sound-synthesis, computer-music, audio-programming-language, dsp, music-composition, real-time-audio, audio, linux, macos, ios, android, web-server

## Member repositories
- csound/csound (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.537262+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 2026-08-30T04:32:47.987666+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/csound/csound (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.537262+00:00, sha 6a906865727b)
  - homepage: https://csound.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:29.417609+00:00, sha fa0faed98790)
  - site_page: https://csound.com/docs/manual/index.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:37:29.427907+00:00, sha 4a2fac575f8b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.