# mtytel/vital

Spectral warping wavetable synth

Repository: https://github.com/mtytel/vital
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vital
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2023-05-25T04:09:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2030, "days_push": 1196, "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 2110, forks 221 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:14.231021+00:00)

## What it is
Vital is a spectral warping wavetable synthesizer for music production, released as an open-source (GPLv3) codebase alongside binary builds. The repo hosts the C++ source for building the synth, while official binaries and presets are distributed via vital.audio.

## Use cases
- create music with a wavetable synthesizer
- spectral warping sound design
- build a synth plugin from source
- free alternative to Serum wavetable synth
- produce electronic music with an open-source synth

## When to choose
- you want a powerful free wavetable synthesizer for music production
- you want to study or build a professional synth's C++ source
- you need a cross-platform synth with spectral warping features

## When to avoid
- you want to contribute code - pull requests are not accepted
- you need a closed-source or iOS App Store product without a commercial license
- you expect active upstream development or timely issue responses

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: audio-processing, gui
- domain: media, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, cpp
- tags: synthesizer, wavetable-synth, spectral-warping, music-production, audio-plugin, daw, audio

## Member repositories
- mtytel/vital (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:14.231021+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 2026-08-30T02:53:45.556434+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mtytel/vital (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:14.231021+00:00, sha df746a4ff4c0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.