mackron/miniaudio

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7184 stars · 598 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

miniaudio is an audio playback and capture library for C and C++ distributed as a single source file with no external dependencies. It provides low-level device access plus a high-level engine with mixing, effects, 3D spatialization, and built-in decoders for WAV, FLAC, and MP3.

Use cases

• play sound files in a C or C++ application
• record audio from a microphone
• decode wav mp3 and flac files without external libraries
• mix multiple sounds with effects and 3D spatialization
• build a cross-platform audio engine for a game
• resample and convert audio data between formats
• implement duplex audio streaming

When to choose

• you want zero-dependency audio in C/C++ with a simple build
• you need cross-platform audio across desktop, mobile, and web
• you want both low-level device access and a high-level mixing engine
• you need a permissive public-domain/MIT-0 license

When to avoid

• you need advanced audio codecs like AAC or OGG Vorbis out of the box
• you require ABI stability across shared library versions
• you need a full DAW-grade audio processing suite
• you are working outside C/C++ without binding effort

Facets

library · maturity stable

audio-processing sdk cross-platform developer-tools windows bsd cross-platform wasm cpp c single-file public-domain playback capture recording decoding resampling spatialization no-dependencies game-audio audio macos linux android ios

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