qpwgraph is a graphical graph manager for PipeWire.
It presents multimedia clients, devices and ports as movable nodes connected by visible links. This provides a direct way to understand how applications are connected and to change those relationships when PipeWire’s automatic routing is not sufficient. The approach is particularly useful for multi-device setups, audio production and users accustomed to graphical JACK patchbays.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Displays PipeWire clients and devices as nodes on a graphical canvas.
- Shows individual input and output ports belonging to each node.
- Create new connections by linking compatible ports directly in the graph.
- Remove unwanted connections without restarting applications or audio devices.
- Move and arrange nodes to make complicated multimedia graphs easier to read.
- Patchbay facilities can retain selected connection relationships for later reuse.
- Optional ALSA MIDI Sequencer integration adds MIDI ports to the same workspace.
- Distinguishes different connection types visually within a single graph.
- Display identifiers associated with PipeWire nodes and ports for diagnostic work.
- Connect to a named remote PipeWire instance rather than only the default daemon.
- Automatic layout tools can organise nodes according to their graph relationships.
- Custom colours help distinguish groups, connection types and graph elements.
- Configurable widget and interface themes allow the presentation to be adjusted.
- Full-screen operation provides more working space for particularly large routing graphs.
- Qt interface integrates well with KDE Plasma and other Qt-based Linux desktops.
- Designed by the developer of QjackCtl and follows a familiar patchbay-oriented workflow.
Website: github.com/rncbc/qpwgraph
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Developer: Rui Nuno Capela
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
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