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Maolan

An open-source digital audio workstation built in Rust.

🌐 Website · 📦 Main Repository · 📖 Documentation

What is Maolan?

Maolan is a free, open-source DAW built in Rust, focused on recording, editing, routing, automation, export, and plugin hosting. It prioritizes transparency, performance, and community-driven development.

  • Multi-track audio & MIDI — Record and arrange with precise timing and flexible mixing.
  • Piano roll editing — Compose and refine MIDI performances with an intuitive editor.
  • Plugin hosting — Load CLAP, VST3, and LV2 plugins with complex routing chains, sidechains, and MIDI paths.
  • Automation & envelopes — Automate volume, pan, sends, and plugin parameters across the timeline.
  • Export — Render to WAV, MP3, OGG, and FLAC with normalization and master-limiter options.

Organization Repositories

Repository Description
maolan The main DAW application
plugins Audio plugins for the Maolan ecosystem
editor Audio editor
mixosc OSC mixing utilities
engine Audio engine powering Maolan
generate Maolan AI for generating music
doc Documentation source
lv2 Maolan LV2 hosting crate
plugin-host Out-of-process plugin host
plugin-protocol Shared IPC protocol for out-of-process plugin hosting
trainer NAM trainer
vocal Vocal manipulation based on RVC
widgets Reusable UI widgets
baseview Fork of baseview with FreeBSD support
devops Maolan DevOps
site Project website and documentation

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/maolan/maolan
cd maolan
cargo run --release

Platform Support

  • Linux
  • FreeBSD
  • Windows

Get Involved

Licensed under the BSD-2-Clause license.

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