awesome-linux-clap-list

A list of FOSS clap plugins that work for Linux (and Windows too but get Linux for your own sake, detailed below). FOSS means "Free and Open Source Software", that basically means the source code is freely available to all so there will never be any payment or registration required (fuck iLok)

You can download these and more using this soon https://github.com/open-audio-stack/open-audio-stack-registry

(Bold are my recommended plugins)

Plugin List

• Aeolus - Pipe organ synthesizer
• ADT - Automatic double tracking plugin (not only) for vocals
• Actuate - Synthesizer, Sampler, Granulizer
• AIDA-X - AIDA-X, an Amp Model Player leveraging AI
• Airwindows Consolidated - Airwindows, Consolidated into a single Library, Rack Plugin and DAW Plugin
• B-Step - The MonoPlugs b-step sequencer
• Bit Flipper - Bit manipulation distortion plugin.
• BYOD - Build-your-own guitar distortion!
• Cardinal - Virtual modular synthesizer plugin
• castello - A small reverb plugin based on Csound reverbsc
• CChorus - A versatile stereo chorus, multi-format audio effect plugin
• ChowKick - Kick synthesizer based on old-school drum machine circuits
• ChowMultiTool - Multi-Tool Audio Plugin
• CHOWTapeModel - Physical modelling signal processing for analog tape recording
• crrshrr - DCT clip/bitcrush plugin
• crunchy - A very simple bit crusher effect plugin
• DEL2 - A rhythm delay with crunch.
• delax - A delay audio plugin
• dexed - DX7 FM multi plaform/multi format plugin
• DF JPverb - A lush algorithmic reverb designed to sound great with synthetic sound sources
• DF Zita Rev1 - A feedback-delay-network reverb plugin
• Dragonfly Reverb - A set of reverb effects
• firefly-synth - Semi-modular synthesizer
• firefly-fx - Semi-modular FX plugin
• fluidsynth - A clap-plugin bridge to fluidsynth
• Hamburger - A distortion plugin with inbuilt dynamics controls and equalisation
• hardclipper - A simple hard clipper
• HexoSynth - A hexagonal modular synthesizer plugin.
• JC303 - A Roland TB-303 Plugin for, a Juce port of Open303 engine
• lamb - A lookahead compressor/limiter that's soft as a lamb
• lsp-plugins - Linux Studio Plugins Project
• master_me - Automatic mastering plugin for live streaming, podcasts and internet radio
• MoniqueMonosynth - Monique monosynth
• midi_transpose_rs - Midi Transposer
• nih-plug plugins - A collection of basic plugins
• OB-Xf - A synth nspired by the venerable Oberheim OB-X
• OctaSine - Frequency modulation synthesizer plugin
• Odin 2 - Odin 2 Synthesizer Plugin
• OmniAmp - Multi-purpose audio tool. Distortion, compression, reverb, guitar, bass
• PeakEater - A wave shaper plugin
• Penare - A wonky distortion plugin :3
• PiMax - Loudness maximizer & multiband saturation plugin
• plugdata - Pure Data as a plugin, with a new GUI
• ripchord - Chord tool originally from trackbout; this fork adds CLAP support
• RoomReverb - A mono/stereo to stereo algorithmic reverb audio plugin with many presets that lets you add reverberation to your recordings in your DAW
• Scrollscope - A simple scrolling oscilloscope
• Shortcircuit XT - Will be a sampler when its done!
• six-sines - That's the right number of sines, I think.
• ShowMidi - Multi-platform GUI application to effortlessly visualize MIDI activity
• SG-323 - Ursa Major Stargate 323 emulation
• SpectMorph - Spectral Audio Morphing
• Stereo Cross Delay - A stereo delay plugin with feedback and cross-mixing
• Stochas - The Stochas Sequencer
• StompTuner - Strobe Tuner
• STR-X - Custom Guitar Amplfier
• Subhoofer - Sub and Bass Enhancement plugin
• Surge XT - Synthesizer plug-in (previously released as Vember Audio Surge)
• sfzq - SFZ/SF2 Player for Linux
• Terrain - Open Source Wave Terrain Synth
• ToneTwistPlugs - Multi-format audio effect plugs
• unplugred plugins - Different unique plugins (please donate if you can) Also here: https://github.com/unplugred/vsts
• Vital - Wavetable synth Also here: https://github.com/mtytel/vital
• vitalium-verb - A Rust port of the reverb module from the Vital/Vitalium synthesizer
• wolf-shaper - Waveshaper plugin with a spline-based graph editor
• wstd-crshr - Simple bit reduction plugin
• wstd-dlay - Simple Delay Audio Plugin
• wstd-eq - Simple nasty EQ plugin
• wstd-flangr - Simple flanger plugin
• wstd-fldr - Simple wave folder plugin
• wstd-smthr - Simple soft-clipping overdrive plugin
• ZynAddSubFX - ZynAddSubFX open source synthesizer

https://linuxdaw.org/?f=clap&l=o https://pedalboards.mod.audio/plugins https://library.vcvrack.com https://cardinal.kx.studio/modules

how to install linux: 1) copy down your windows product key 2) backup your files to a harddrive 3) install the linux mint cinnamon .iso file from the linux mint website 4) use etcher (download from its website) to put the .iso on a usb flash drive 5) go into bios 6) boot from the usb 7) go through the introduction and then erase all of your computers the storage and install 8) press update all in the update manager 9) celebrate. it takes 15 minutes.

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Please note, some of the above are experiencing GUI bugs and do not work perfectly! The vast majority do work, only AIDA-X. Cardinal, and Octasine are currently broken on Linux but function fine on Windows.

All of the above plugins also work for Windows. For Windows users, I would also advise looking at https://github.com/sdatkinson/NeuralAmpModelerPlugin and https://tonehunt.org (tonehunt is no longer FOSS but it's only a website)

Also, download this: https://github.com/ldrolez/free-midi-chords If you want realistic sounding instruments, look for .sfz samples and download sfizz (no .clap). Synths will never get you realistic sounding instruments, you NEED samples.

Just because it's free doesn't mean you shouldn't donate to support these creators! Your choice!!

Oh and truly lastly, "but are these plugins as good as paid plugins", mostly yes (besides the sample based ones so far). Plugins have largely just become rehashes of each other, most reverb, compression, EQ, etc. plugins do the exact same thing with a different coat of paint https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tWHFRbooCY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaDoRa5n8nQ&t=115s

NOTE FOR SELF: Check what licenses the assets of these plugins are under and add here https://github.com/RustoMCSpit/Audio-UI-Components-Library

Art asset questions

I wish to add these assets to a list of free to use UI assets for plugin development.

What license are the assets under? Licenses like GPL, MIT, etc. aren't made for art assets. Who are they credited to? What software was used to make them and can you upload the project files for that software which you used to render the assets as well so I can modify it?

maybe i should merge this with OAS open-audio-stack/open-audio-stack-registry#157 UIs to add

• https://nakst.gitlab.io https://nakst.itch.io/
• midilab/jc303#24 (comment)
• jerryuhoo/Fire#81 (comment)
• more NAM art
• dsp56300/gearmulator#242
• rerdavies/ToobAmp#65
• calf-studio-gear/calf#389
• any skins of plugins or daws or anything
• cool companies to get inspired from https://uimother.com/collections/gui-kits
• a html to svg converter for https://uiverse.io
• https://polyhaven.com
• surge-synthesizer/surge-synthesizer.github.io#395 Royal dark and classic are cc0 but not sure on others
• eye-wave/bit-flipper-vst#2
• davemollen/dm-TimeWarp#2
• dsp56300/gearmulator#245

Info to include

• Software used to make UI
• Licensing
• Creator
• Original REPO / Project

https://github.com/RustoMCSpit/Audio-UI-Components-Library

nig plug, egui, assets above tech stack

other links for myself (nothing below is linux and clap)

These are also interesting projects:

1. ZLEqualizer
2. Valentine
3. VChorus IPLUG2
4. time12 IPLUG2
5. Magical8bitPlug2
6. Quetzalcoatl
7. Fire
8. ADLplug
9. XUiDesigner
10. stone-phaser
11. StompboxUI
12. SpectralSuite
13. zmann
14. launch-codes
15. nyasynth
16. nih-sampler
17. rektifier
18. fogpad
19. duck-sampler
20. Maim
21. osci-render
22. rektifier IPLUG2
23. MOD desktop
24. GuitarD IPLUG2
25. NeuralNote JUCE
26. Bespoke
27. brummer10/guitarix.vst#44 JUCE
28. https://github.com/resonantdsp/swankyamp JUCE
29. https://github.com/Amsynth/Amsynth
30. https://github.com/atsushieno/ADLplug-AE
31. https://github.com/Gluton-Official/FreqChain
32. https://github.com/dvub/midiometry
33. https://github.com/bdejong/smartelectronix
34. https://punklabs.com/ot-chonk
35. https://github.com/unplugred/vsts
36. https://github.com/DirektDSP/Chasm
37. https://github.com/consint/Pult-EQ
38. https://github.com/bespokesamples/Granola
39. https://github.com/ZL-Audio/ZLCompressor
40. https://codeberg.org/chn/Overvoltage
41. https://github.com/Dougal-s/Aether
42. https://github.com/potatoTeto/DPCM_Bitcrusher
43. https://github.com/twonoise/rfclipper
44. https://github.com/yeeking/myk-polypitch-detect-plugin
45. https://github.com/ZXMushroom63/synthetic-audio
46. https://github.com/google/eclipsa-audio-plugin
47. https://github.com/Fenrir200678/melody_mate
48. https://github.com/declanmcm/fildes
49. https://github.com/hollance/lost-and-found-piano
50. https://github.com/clearly-broken-software/drops
51. https://github.com/Voidstar-Audio/KLYP
52. https://github.com/DaveFlater/DRD
53. https://github.com/hqrrr/PerceptoMap
54. https://github.com/Toyoda0109/CHORDIN
55. https://github.com/talaviram/Tonix
56. https://github.com/nvssynthesis/tsn-granular
57. https://github.com/WormJuiceDev/Cypher
58. https://github.com/nicolasdittlo/newlab-plugins
59. https://github.com/eclab/seq
60. https://github.com/eclab/flow
61. https://github.com/ummshsh/Recall-Sampler
62. https://github.com/mgoldsmith/EasyProjectTimer
63. https://github.com/innermost47/ai-dj
64. https://github.com/jurihock/robotone
65. https://github.com/j-p-higgins/SoundThread
66. https://github.com/danja/midi-chaos-amen
67. https://github.com/danja/amen-chaos
68. https://github.com/Diversiam90815/TheOrchestra
69. https://github.com/gaheldev/Millisecond
70. https://codeberg.org/zynskeyfolf/paws-lv2
71. https://github.com/Ankalot/Bifractalizer
72. https://github.com/emprcl/sektron
73. https://github.com/glicol/glicol-cli
74. https://github.com/xyproto/kickpad
75. https://github.com/TimKrause2/SignalViewLV2
76. https://github.com/christian-grothe/grainiac
77. https://github.com/pumodi/open-samples
78. https://github.com/giulioz/jv880_juce
79. https://github.com/Gluton-Official/FreqChain
80. https://github.com/danferns/simple-panner
81. https://github.com/chaosprint/asak
82. https://github.com/signalbash-audio/signalbash
83. https://github.com/Matth-ewe-f/audio-plugin-delay-intervals
84. https://twkrause.ca/#signalviewlv2
85. https://github.com/publicsamples/Shapey
86. https://github.com/movedx/Utility
87. https://github.com/Dimethoxy/Disflux
88. https://gitlab.com/ayrsd/audiostellar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-_5QuyPFUs
89. https://github.com/ivop/pokeysynth
90. https://github.com/Mrugalla/Hammer-and-Meiszel
91. https://github.com/sout233/Folder
92. https://github.com/jd-13/syndicate-mirror
93. https://github.com/zbanks/radiance
94. https://github.com/psemiletov/drumlabooh
95. https://github.com/peastman/ChorusExMachina
96. https://github.com/gabrielsoule/resonarium
97. https://github.com/gwennlbh/shapemaker
98. https://github.com/QualyaIO/obtuse.DPF
99. https://github.com/MrMatch246/MidiStrummer
100. https://github.com/sjaehn/BShapr
101. https://github.com/NaviCisco/StoneMistress
102. https://github.com/trummerschlunk/PodcastPlugins
103. https://github.com/greyboxaudio/SG-323
104. https://gitlab.com/wild-blossom-audio/wild-blossom-plugins
105. https://github.com/0x07dc/declicker
106. https://github.com/Geonkick-Synthesizer/geonkick
107. https://github.com/viljavai/RibCrusher juce
108. https://github.com/innermost47/beatcrafter
109. https://github.com/nafeu/dronmakr
110. https://github.com/Ankalot/XenRoll
111. https://github.com/Mrugalla/Absorbiere
112. https://github.com/psemiletov/drumlabooh
113. https://github.com/fullfxmedia/setekh JUCE
114. https://github.com/eye-wave/bit-flipper-vst
115. https://github.com/oxesoft/oxefmsynth
116. https://github.com/Lubba-64/node_sound
117. https://github.com/paynebc/tunefish
118. https://github.com/the-synister/synister
119. https://github.com/bsutherland/JuceOPLVSTi
120. https://github.com/LouisGorenfeld/DigitsVst
121. https://github.com/gregrecco67/AudiblePlanets
122. https://github.com/davemollen/dm-TimeWarp huge amount of plugins by this person
123. cStop
124. https://github.com/Kiriki-liszt/JS_Inflator lots of plugins
125. https://github.com/noahbaxter/chart-preview

CLAP/Linux status:

• iPlug2 issue #105
• iPlug2 project #11
• CLAP: The New Audio Plug-in Standard
• Plugins made with DPF
• JUCE Clap support in JUCE 9 (2026)

Can't find the JUCE one? The announcement is also here: JUCE Roadmap Update Q3 2024.

A relevant FR: Support CLAP for Plugins Host Client.

If any of you nerds want to make a GUI based MIDI chord generator plugin, you can use this techstack: https://github.com/fefanto/fontaudio https://github.com/Remix-Design/RemixIcon https://github.com/robbert-vdh/nih-plug https://github.com/brummer10/XUiDesigner https://github.com/ffAudio/foleys_gui_magic https://github.com/emilk/egui

Python converters: https://github.com/MarkCWirt/MIDIUtil https://github.com/Miserlou/chords2midi https://github.com/ideoforms/isobar

Look into this: https://audioplugins.lim.di.unimi.it/index.php

Sort out below later:

Projects:

• UltraSinger
• Basic Pitch
• Applio
• RVC CLI
• StemRoller
• MISST
• TTS Generation WebUI
• Tony
• Sonic Visualiser
• https://github.com/plugdata-team/plugdata
• https://ewanbristow.gumroad.com/ (not foss)
• https://github.com/steinbergmedia/vstgui
• XUiDesigner
• HISE (Dual licensed)
• Ultimate Vocal Remover GUI

Vocoders:

• HiFi-GAN by jik876
• Vocos by gemelo-ai
• BigVGAN by NVIDIA
• BigVSAN by sony
• vocoders by reppy4620
• vocoder by fishaudio

VC Clients:

• Retrieval-based-Voice-Conversion-WebUI by RVC-Project
• So-Vits-SVC by svc-develop-team
• Mangio-RVC-Fork by Mangio621
• VITS by jaywalnut310
• Harmonify by Eempostor
• rvc-trainer by thepowerfuldeez

Pitch Extractors:

• RMVPE by Dream-High
• torchfcpe by CNChTu
• torchcrepe by maxrmorrison
• anyf0 by SoulMelody

To focus on https://github.com/sjoerdvankreel/firefly-synth-2 https://github.com/andremichelle/openDAW https://github.com/open-audio-stack/open-audio-stack-registry unfa's discord software thread has a lot of stuff

Other:

• FAIRSEQ by facebookresearch
• FAISS by facebookresearch
• ContentVec by auspicious3000
• audio-slicer by openvpi
• python-audio-separator by karaokenerds