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yabridge
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robbert-vdh / yabridge

yabridge

A modern and transparent way to use Windows VST2, VST3 and CLAP plugins on Linux

12Distinct people
14Mentions
1Explicit recommenders
4.2KGitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

What to know before exploring

What it is

A modern and transparent way to use Windows VST2, VST3 and CLAP plugins on Linux

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Where it is used

No documented product use was verified in the last source check.

What people are saying

I love how windows-linux discussion is populated by DAW/VST incompatibility. I'm still new to the industry, and therefore also open minded about daw/plugins. I actually had…

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 10:01:16 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year14 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2022-02-19 01:50:43 UTC to 2026-01-11 15:51:40 UTC.

012342022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 2 submissions, 0 comments20242025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC220
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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> Problems Noted So Far - Menu bar is not visible in windowed mode, can be accessed wth ALT+F and arrow keys - Program needs to be fullscreen, non fullscreen window cannot be controlled/resized and mouse location data is innacurate - Multiple Windows are a struggle because the program is fullscreen - Sometimes the program becomes uncontrollable, even in fullscreen mode, the work around is press ctrl + , to open settings and then close settings, then the fullscreen program becomes controllable again - Max for live doesn't work or works inconsistently, your millage may vary -- source: https://github.com/BEEFY-JOE/AbletonLiveOnLinux Once you run the installer, and have a broken version of live running, you then have to install the Jack bridge to get audio working, after that you can install https://github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge to try an
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