# RustAudio/rodio

Rust audio playback library

Repository: https://github.com/RustAudio/rodio
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rodio
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: audio-playback-library, rust, audio
Last push: 2026-08-23T21:05:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4060, "days_push": 10, "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 2451, forks 328 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:52.965181+00:00)

## What it is
Rodio is a Rust audio playback and recording library built on top of cpal, with format decoding via Symphonia or optional decoders for FLAC, MP3, Vorbis, and WAV. It provides a simple high-level API for playing sounds in applications and games.

## Use cases
- play sound effects in a Rust game
- play music files like mp3 or flac from my app
- add audio playback to a Rust desktop application
- decode and play wav and ogg files in Rust
- record audio from the microphone in Rust
- simple audio engine for a game engine written in Rust

## When to choose
- you need easy audio playback in a Rust application or game
- you want support for common audio formats with optional decoders
- you want a high-level API over cpal without managing audio streams yourself

## When to avoid
- you need advanced audio synthesis, DSP, or DAW-grade processing
- you need multi-track mixing with fine-grained low-level control
- you target CPUs without f32 support or 32-bit atomic operations

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing
- domain: media
- platform: cross-platform, windows, rust
- tags: audio-playback, sound, cpal, symphonia, gamedev, decoding, audio, game-development, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- RustAudio/rodio (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:52.965181+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 2026-08-30T02:30:11.984254+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/RustAudio/rodio (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:52.965181+00:00, sha 7273e309ab4c)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/rodio (fetched 2026-08-29T10:11:28.706668+00:00, sha 68e93950c48a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.