Pipeweaver is an audio management system built around PipeWire.
It is aimed at configurations that need more structure than a traditional desktop mixer provides, particularly streaming and broadcasting setups. Users can arrange physical and virtual sources into a predictable set of channels, mix them independently and expose destinations that other applications can use. Its separation between the audio engine and control interfaces also makes it suitable for remotely managed systems.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Create named virtual audio channels for organising applications and other sources.
- Attach physical microphones, interfaces and other capture devices to selected channels.
- Route channel output to physical playback hardware or virtual destinations.
- Adjust individual levels without changing the source application’s own volume control.
- Use matrix mixing to define how sources contribute to multiple destinations.
- Configure independent mute behaviour for different paths through the audio setup.
- Move applications between configured channels as requirements change.
- Build layouts suitable for streaming, monitoring and broadcast-style signal management.
- Save configuration data instead of rebuilding the complete audio graph manually.
- Restore an established channel layout when PipeWire objects reappear.
- Use a browser-based interface for day-to-day configuration and control.
- Control Pipeweaver through its API from external applications and integrations.
- Command-line client provides another way to inspect and change the setup.
- Custom channel colours make larger configurations easier to distinguish visually.
- Separates audio-routing logic from the device or interface used to control it.
- Uses PipeWire as the underlying multimedia infrastructure on Linux.
Website: github.com/pipeweaver/pipeweaver
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Developer: Craig McLure
License: MIT License
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|---|---|
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| JamesDSP for Linux | Audio effect processor for Pipewire |
| Pulsemeeter | Audio routing and mixer application |
| wiremix | Terminal mixer for PipeWire audio devices and streams |
| Melodic Mix | Simple mixer and digital signal processing application |
| LSP Plugins | Broad collection of studio-oriented plug-ins |
| Sonusmix | GTK4 audio routing and device management application |
| qpwgraph | Graph manager dedicated to PipeWire |
| pwvucontrol | Pipewire volume control |
| Pipeweaver | Audio management tool built on top of PipeWire |
| coppwr | Low-level GUI for inspecting and controlling PipeWire |
| Helvum | Graphical patchbay for connecting PipeWire audio streams |
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