# gridsound/daw

GridSound (2.59.3) is a work-in-progress free browser-based digital audio workstation following the Web Audio API 🎛🎹🎵✨ -- If you can, please sponsor us a little on our Patreon ❤️

Repository: https://github.com/gridsound/daw
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/daw
Homepage: https://gridsound.com
Language: JavaScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: music, audio, webaudio, web-audio, digital-audio-workstation, daw, synth, drums, lfo
Last push: 2026-07-28T19:09:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3804, "days_push": 36, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1856, forks 151 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:44.952839+00:00)

## What it is
GridSound is a free, work-in-progress browser-based digital audio workstation (DAW) built with HTML5 and the Web Audio API. It runs at daw.gridsound.com and lets users save compositions online via a GridSound account.

## Use cases
- produce music in the browser
- free online digital audio workstation
- compose tracks with a web-based DAW
- make beats with synth and drums in browser
- record and arrange audio without installing software
- web audio music editor

## When to choose
- you want a free DAW that runs entirely in the browser with no installation
- you work across devices and want cloud-saved compositions
- you need lightweight music production with Web Audio API technology

## When to avoid
- you need a mature, feature-complete DAW for professional studio production
- you require offline work without an account or internet connection
- you need advanced plugin/VST support found in desktop DAWs

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, gui
- domain: media, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: daw, digital-audio-workstation, webaudio, music-production, synth, drums, lfo, html5, audio, web-server, javascript

## Member repositories
- gridsound/daw (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:44.952839+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 2026-08-30T03:16:38.883157+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gridsound/daw (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:44.952839+00:00, sha d44c6db49515)
  - homepage: https://gridsound.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:55:37.695472+00:00, sha 662acbf87e4b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.