# robbert-vdh/yabridge

A modern and transparent way to use Windows VST2, VST3 and CLAP plugins on Linux

Repository: https://github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/yabridge
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: linux, wine, vst, vst3, clap
Last push: 2026-08-02T08:26:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2403, "days_push": 31, "days_rel": 667, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4038, forks 120 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:33.487581+00:00)

## What it is
Yabridge lets Linux users run Windows VST2, VST3, and CLAP audio plugins inside 64-bit Linux plugin hosts as if they were native, using Wine under the hood. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows plugins with a transparent, concurrent architecture and optional plugin groups for inter-plugin communication.

## Use cases
- run Windows VST plugins on Linux
- use Windows audio plugins in Bitwig Studio or REAPER on Linux
- load 32-bit Windows VST2 plugins in a 64-bit Linux DAW
- bridge CLAP plugins from Windows to Linux
- set up Wine-based audio plugin bridging for music production on Linux

## When to choose
- you're on Linux and need to use Windows-only audio plugins in a native DAW
- you need both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows plugin support (bitbridging)
- you want a transparent, actively maintained bridge with good debugging and performance tuning options

## When to avoid
- you use Flatpak-packaged DAWs, which yabridge does not support
- you only need native Linux plugins and don't require Windows compatibility
- you need a solution for macOS or Windows hosts rather than Linux

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, middleware
- domain: cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: cpp
- tags: wine, vst, vst3, clap, audio-plugins, daw, bitbridge, music-production, audio, linux

## Member repositories
- robbert-vdh/yabridge (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:33.487581+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 2026-08-29T18:23:47.136357+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:33.487581+00:00, sha 22afd7a12f8e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.