sonosaurus/sonobus

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2168 stars · 181 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

SonoBus is an open-source application for streaming high-quality, low-latency peer-to-peer audio between devices over the internet or a local network. It connects multiple users in a group for music, remote sessions, and podcasts, and also runs as an AU/VST/AAX audio plugin inside a DAW.

Use cases

• jam with musicians remotely in real time
• record a podcast with multiple guests over the internet
• stream low-latency audio between devices on a local network
• send and receive group audio inside a DAW via a plugin
• run remote band rehearsals or music lessons
• playback audio to everyone in a connected group

When to choose

• you need real-time multi-user audio collaboration with low latency
• you want uncompressed PCM or Opus-compressed audio with quality control
• you need a cross-platform tool that also works as a DAW plugin
• you want peer-to-peer audio without routing through a central server

When to avoid

• you need encrypted audio transport for privacy-sensitive content
• you rely on echo cancellation or automatic noise reduction
• you only need one-way streaming or broadcasting rather than group collaboration
• you are on unstable WiFi and cannot tolerate the added latency buffers

Facets

application · maturity active

audio-processing streaming p2p gui plugin-system media cross-platform audio windows cross-platform low-latency-audio peer-to-peer opus-codec vst-plugin audiounit remote-collaboration podcasting jamming audio real-time macos linux ios android

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