Top 8 C++ Livecoding Projects

Sonic Pi

111 10,507 8.8 C++

Code. Music. Live.

Project mention: Anyone else using ChatGPT to make music? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-24

I have wondered what grooves it could come with using https://sonic-pi.net/

supercollider

64 5,198 8.4 C++

An audio server, programming language, and IDE for sound synthesis and algorithmic composition.

Project mention: Recreating the THX Deep Note (2009) | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-09-03

Link to the audio programming language / server they're using in the article: https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider

InfluxDB

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Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
Tidal

24 2,125 6.7 C++

Pattern language

Project mention: Tidal Cycles – Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-01

Bonzomatic

1 1,327 3.9 C++

Live shader coding tool and Shader Showdown workhorse (by Gargaj)
CToy

5 1,299 0.0 C++

Interactive C live coding environment
jet-live

3 400 1.8 C++

c++ hot code reload for linux and macos

Project mention: A Modern C Development Environment | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-10

> 9. The debugger can modify a variable while the program is running.
> 11. The debugger can modify a function while the program is running (any new calls are done to that function).
Another words: hot code reloading / swapping [1].
And I would add:
> You record a failure once, then debug the recording, deterministically, as many times as you want. The same execution is replayed every time. [2]
[1] e.g. https://github.com/ddovod/jet-live, https://github.com/crosire/blink, https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/68

tinyspec-cling

1 34 0.0 C++

tiny spectral synthesizer with livecoding support
WorkOS

workos.com sponsored

The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
ShaderPiPFX

1 9 0.0 C++

HLSL live player. Compile and play your HLSL shader automatically.

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).