zrythm/zrythm
Freea highly automated and intuitive digital audio workstation - official mirror
About zrythm/zrythm
Zrythm is a free and open-source digital audio workstation tailored for both professionals and beginners, offering an intuitive interface and robust functionality. It is written in C++23 using Qt/QML and JUCE, and supports cross-platform use. Key capabilities include clip looping, adaptive snapping, multiple lanes per track, a piano roll (MIDI editor) with velocity editor, audio editor with adjustable gain/fades, audio/MIDI recording with takes, a wide variety of track types, support for VST3, CLAP, LV2, LADSPA, and AudioUnit plugins, Type 0 and 1 MIDI file support, WAV audio file import, built-in plugin browser, undoable user actions with undo history, hardware-accelerated UI, SIMD-optimized DSP, and multiple language support including Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, French, and German. Some features from v1 are not yet ported.
Key Features
Pros & Cons
- Free and open-source with no licensing costs
- Highly automated workflows reduce manual editing
- Intuitive interface suitable for both beginners and professionals
- Powerful mixing and automation capabilities
- Extensive plugin format support (VST3, CLAP, LV2, LADSPA, AudioUnit)
- Cross-platform availability (Linux, Windows, macOS)
- Hardware-accelerated UI for smooth performance
- Some features from v1 not yet ported (e.g., clip linking/stretching, chord pad, stem export)
- Relatively new/active development; may have occasional instability or incomplete documentation