Yabridge GUI Controller

Overview

Yabridge is a command-line tool that converts Windows VST/VST3 plugins into Linux-native plugins, enabling you to run them via Wine. This PyQt-based GUI application simplifies managing and converting VST2 and VST3 plugins installed through Wine. With this application, you can:

• Scan and synchronize your VST plugins.
• Display lists of converted plugins.
• Check the status of converted plugins.

This tool streamlines the process of using Windows plugins seamlessly on a Linux system.

If you dont know how to install wine-staging and yabridge on your system, you can follow my tutorial.

Features

• Environment Checks: Verifys if Yabridge and Wine are installed.
• Plugin Lists: Display lists of integrated VST2 and VST3 plugins.
• Scan Plugins: Sync plugins using yabridgectl sync and update the plugin lists.

Installation

Dependencies

Ensure you have the necessary packages installed.

• puthon3-pyqt6
• git
• wget

Install the dependencies

To install and operate you need pyqt6, git and wget:

• Arch based distros

sudo pacman -S --needed python-pyqt6 wget git

• Debian/Ubuntu based distros

sudo apt install python3-pyqt6 wget git

Installation/Update

Copy the following command, paste it in a terminal and hit [ENTER]. Thats it!

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apapamarkou/yabridge-gui-controller/main/src/yabridge-gui-controller-git-install | bash

Uninstallation

Copy the following command, paste it in a terminal and hit [ENTER]. Thats it!

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apapamarkou/yabridge-gui-controller/main/src/yabridge-gui-controller-git-uninstall | bash

Usage

• Scan Button: Starts the scan operation to sync plugins and update the lists. A progress dialog with a progress bar will be displayed. This action is nesessary to integrate any windows VST/VST3 plugins installed in your DAW as native Linux plugins.
• About Button: Opens a dialog box with information about the application.
• Quit Button: Closes the application.

Development

Feel free to contribute to the project by submitting issues, feature requests, or pull requests. Make sure to follow the coding style.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• PyQt: For providing the graphical interface framework.
• Yabridge: For managing VST plugins in Wine.
• Wine: For providing the Windows execution environment.