# soul-lang/SOUL

The SOUL programming language and API

Repository: https://github.com/soul-lang/SOUL
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/soul
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: soul-programming-language, soul, audio, synthesis, dsp
Last push: 2022-07-21T06:44:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2830, "days_push": 1504, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1744, forks 93 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:30.529029+00:00)

## What it is
SOUL (SOUnd Language) is a programming language and API for writing high-performance, low-latency audio DSP code, created at ROLI by Julian Storer and Cesare Ferrari. It includes a compiler, command-line tools, a patch/plugin format, and can run in browsers via Web Audio.

## Use cases
- write low-latency audio dsp code
- build audio synthesis effects
- compile audio plugins to wasm for the browser
- prototype audio patches in a live playground
- embed high-performance audio processing in c++ apps

## When to choose
- you need modern, safe, high-performance audio dsp code
- you want audio code that runs both natively and in the browser
- you are building audio plugins or synthesis engines

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose programming language
- you require active community development and frequent updates
- you need a fully permissive open-source license

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: programming-language, compiler, audio-processing, cli
- domain: programming-languages, embedded-systems, developer-tools
- platform: cpp, cross-platform, cli, browser, wasm
- tags: dsp, audio-synthesis, low-latency, soul-language, audio-plugins, web-audio, audio

## Member repositories
- soul-lang/SOUL (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.529029+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 2026-08-30T03:29:31.166304+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/soul-lang/SOUL (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.529029+00:00, sha 61fb0fb8600f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.