# sonosaurus/sonobus

Source code for SonoBus, a real-time network audio streaming collaboration tool.

Repository: https://github.com/sonosaurus/sonobus
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sonobus
Homepage: https://sonobus.net
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: audio, network, peer-to-peer, macos, windows, linux, low-latency, music, podcasting, plugin, audiounit, vst, aax
Last push: 2026-07-21T02:33:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2225, "days_push": 44, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2168, forks 181 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:21.490208+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, streaming, p2p, gui, plugin-system
- domain: media, cross-platform, audio
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: low-latency-audio, peer-to-peer, opus-codec, vst-plugin, audiounit, remote-collaboration, podcasting, jamming, audio, real-time, macos, linux, ios, android

## Member repositories
- sonosaurus/sonobus (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:21.490208+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 2026-08-30T02:49:30.827333+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sonosaurus/sonobus (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:21.490208+00:00, sha ba5d64bf7ba5)
  - homepage: https://sonobus.net (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:41.093917+00:00, sha 3b447c2897ab)
  - site_page: https://sonobus.net/alldownloads.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:41.101395+00:00, sha 38b25c1253d0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.