chaosprint/glicol

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2993 stars · 99 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Glicol is a graph-oriented live coding language for computer music with both its language and audio DSP engine written in Rust. It compiles to WebAssembly to run real-time, garbage-collection-free audio synthesis in browsers, and also works as a Rust audio library on desktop, DAWs (VST), and embedded boards like Bela.

Use cases

• live coding music performances in the browser
• real-time audio synthesis and DSP in Rust
• build browser-based music and audio apps with npm or CDN
• teach electronic music, DSP, and coding
• create synthesizers and sequencers with sample-accurate control
• collaborative decentralized live coding sessions

When to choose

• you want a live coding language for music that runs in the browser with near-native audio performance
• you need a memory-safe Rust DSP library for real-time audio synthesis
• you want to combine high-level sequencer control with low-level sample-accurate synthesis
• you are teaching or learning electronic music production and audio programming

When to avoid

• you need a general-purpose programming language rather than a music/audio DSL
• you require offline studio production tools rather than live coding and real-time synthesis
• you need extensive built-in instrument sample libraries comparable to commercial DAWs
• you want a mature ecosystem with long-term API stability, as the project is still evolving

Facets

library · maturity active

audio-processing interpreter programming-language audio programming-languages web-development rust wasm browser cross-platform live-coding dsp synthesizer webaudio computer-music audio-engine audio javascript

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