Linux Audio Development (LAD)
Linux Audio Developers
This list shows audio vendors who already offer their software or plugins for Linux.
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| Vendor | Products | Development Model | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airwindows | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Algonaut | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Anode Labs | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Applied Computer Music Technologies Ltd. | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| Apisonic Audio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| AP Mastering | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Arboreal Audio | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Ardour | DAW | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Arthur Freye & Jannis Müller | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Auburn Sounds | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| ATK Audio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Audio Assault | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| Audio Blast | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Audio Damage | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| auDYo engineering | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| audiosingularity | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Audiomodern | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| AudioThing | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| baconpaul (Paul Walker) | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | Interview | |
| Bertom Audio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Bespoke | DAW | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Big Man Labs | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Bitwig | DAW | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Bird's | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| blablack | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| BlueLab | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Bom Shanka Machines | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Calf Studio Gear | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| CandelaAudio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| C.H.A.I.R. | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Chowdhury DSP | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Cockos | DAW | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Conceptual Machines | DAW | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| consint | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| CRQL | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Cut Through Recordings | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Darkplace Studio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| DDMF | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| decent|SAMPLES | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Dillon Bastan | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| direct.audio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| discoDSP | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| DISTRHO | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Dimethoxy Audio | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| DsgDnB | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| dumumub | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Dusk Audio | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Elk Audio | other | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| falkTX (Filipe Coelho) | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Fors | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| FRCTL Audio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Frequency Bureau | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| FULL FX Media | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Gahel | other | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Geonkick | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| guitarix | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| GuitarML | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| GVST | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Harrison Audio | DAW | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Higher Plane | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| HY-Plugins | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Illformed | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Inertia Sound Systems | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Infinite Digits | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Inphonik | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| Intechstudio | other | 🔒 Open Source | ||
| ISIVISI | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Ivy Audio | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Jun Murakami App Factory | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Janus Thorborg | other | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| JoaCHIP | plugins | 🧩 Closed Source | ||
| Joakim Frostegård | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Kafka Studios | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Kazrog | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| Klangfreund | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| Korneff Audio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| Kreuzberg Audio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Libre Wave | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| LHI Audio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Linux Studio Plugins | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | Interview | |
| Loomer | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Luna Co. Audio | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Manda Audio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| Matt Tytel | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Mensla | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Michael Willis | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| midilab | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Mixxx | other | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Modartt | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| MOK | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Monocasual Laboratories | other | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| MousePlugins | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Musical Entropy | plugins | 🧩 Closed Source | ||
| Nakst | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Nando Audio | plugins | 🧩 Closed Source | ||
| NoirSonance | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Node Audio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| n-Track | DAW | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| Ohlhorst Digital | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| PAA Audio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Pavel Smokotnin | other | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Peter Semiletov | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Pleatech | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Plogue | plugins | 🧩 Closed Source | Interview | |
| Polarity Productions | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Punk Labs | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | Interview | |
| Presonus | DAW | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Qtractor | DAW | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Quentin Faidide | other | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| rncbc | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Renoise | DAW | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| ReplicatAudio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Room360 Audio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| RV Audio Design | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| Shift Line Team | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Signal Perspective | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| Sinuslabs | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | Interview | |
| Smao Lab | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| smiarx | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| SocaLabs | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Sononym | other | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| SuperflyDSP | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Spectre Digital | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Stomp Tones | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Studiologic | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Surge Synth Team | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Sync Audio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| TAL Software | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| Ternär Music Technology | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| The Usual Suspects | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| TheOnlyWaveforms | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| TheWaveWarden | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| Timothy Schoen | other | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| TiagoLr | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Toneboosters | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Tom Trnk | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| ToneLib | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Tracktion | DAW, plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| trummerschlunk (Klaus Scheuermann) | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| tucktuckg00se | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Tweakbench | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| UB DSP | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| u-he | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | Interview | |
| Ultramaster | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| unplug.red | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| VCV | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Venomode | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Voidstar Audio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Wasted Audio | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| WET VST | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| White Elephant Audio | plugins | 🔒 Closed Source | ||
| Wilder Garden Audio | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Wouter Hisschemöller | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| x42 (Robin Gareus) | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | Interview | |
| yimrakhee | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| ZL Audio | plugins | 🧩 Open Source | ||
| Zrythm | DAW | 🧩 Open Source |