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  1. olive

    Free open-source non-linear video editor

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  3. JUCE

    JUCE is an open-source cross-platform C++ application framework for desktop and mobile applications, including VST, VST3, AU, AUv3, LV2 and AAX audio plug-ins.

    Project mention: Aproximar tanh en ML: Padé, K-TanH y bit-hacks IEEE-754 | dev.to | 2026-04-22

  4. ardour

    Mirror of Ardour Source Code

    Project mention: Ableton Extensions SDK | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-04

  5. yabridge

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

    Project mention: I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-11

    I love how windows-linux discussion is populated by DAW/VST incompatibility. I'm still new to the industry, and therefore also open minded about daw/plugins.

    I actually had good experience with setting up yabridge, it could have worked for me I think. But the elephant in the room is that many big commercial plugins use JUCE as a framework, and the recent release of JUCE (JUCE8) just broke compatibility with wine and seem to be sabotaging wine-based usage completely, and are not considering going back at the moment.

    https://forum.juce.com/t/juce8-direct2d-wine-yabridge/64298/...

    https://github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge/issues/386

    There are patches based on binary diffs to JUCE7, but it is just so much pain to simply run the commonest plugins in the field :/

    So I'm now kind of stuck between using windows with commercial plugins or use linux with mainly smaller scale alternatives (although there are good ones: lsp, decent sampler, cardinal, surge)

  6. helio-sequencer

    Libre music sequencer for desktop and mobile platforms

  7. dexed

    DX7 FM multi plaform/multi format plugin

  8. NeuralNote

    Audio Plugin for Audio to MIDI transcription using deep learning.

    Project mention: NeuralNote | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-23

  9. sonobus

    Source code for SonoBus, a real-time network audio streaming collaboration tool.

    Project mention: Show HN: Contrapunk – Real-time counterpoint harmony from guitar input, in Rust | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-04

    Nicely done! I saw you're building a cloud version so wanted to refer the excellent https://github.com/sonosaurus/sonobus which you might be able to integrate. All the best!

  10. DawDreamer

    Digital Audio Workstation with Python; VST instruments/effects, parameter automation, FAUST, JAX, Warp Markers, and JUCE processors

  11. dragonfly-reverb

    A set of free reverb effects

  12. Camomile

    An audio plugin with Pure Data embedded that allows to load and to control patches

  13. master_me

    automatic mastering plugin for live streaming, podcasts and internet radio.

  14. airwave

    Airwave is a WINE-based VST bridge, that allows for the use of Windows 32- and 64-bit VST 2.4 audio plugins with Linux VST hosts

  15. Vaporizer2

    Vaporizer2 hybrid wavetable additive / subtractive VST / AU / AAX synthesizer / sampler workstation plugin

  16. ADLplug

    FM Chip Synthesizer — OPL & OPN — VST/LV2/Standalone

  17. amsynth

    Simple software synthesizer for Linux

  18. avendish

    declarative polyamorous cross-system intermedia objects

  19. RenderMan

    Command line C++ and Python VSTi Host library with MFCC, FFT, RMS and audio extraction and .wav writing.

  20. RetroPlug

    A frontend for the SameBoy GameBoy emulator, with a focus on music creation. It runs standalone and can be used as an audio plugin (VST) in your favourite DAW!

  21. zam-plugins

    Collection of LADSPA/LV2/VST/JACK audio plugins for high-quality processing

  22. OB-Xd

    Virtual Analog Oberheim based synthesizer.

  23. ai-dj

    Standalone (Ableton Link) + VST3/AU for live performance. 8 tracks, 8 AI models, 30 seconds of patience per loop. It occasionally hallucinates. Not a song generator - you still have to do the work. Stay human.

    Project mention: Planning a Creative Challenge for OBSIDIAN Neural - Early Interest Check | dev.to | 2025-11-30

    The core plugin is free and open-source on GitHub

  24. sushi

    Elk Audio OS Plugin host and DAW (by elk-audio)

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).

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What are some of the best open-source Vst projects in C++? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 olive 9,040
2 JUCE 8,539
3 ardour 5,032
4 yabridge 3,882
5 helio-sequencer 3,478
6 dexed 3,391
7 NeuralNote 2,539
8 sonobus 2,096
9 DawDreamer 1,242
10 dragonfly-reverb 1,105
11 Camomile 983
12 master_me 720
13 airwave 586
14 Vaporizer2 559
15 ADLplug 516
16 amsynth 497
17 avendish 480
18 RenderMan 398
19 RetroPlug 374
20 zam-plugins 313
21 OB-Xd 251
22 ai-dj 220
23 sushi 173

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