OpenDAW – open-source web-based Digital Audio Workstation
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- #music-production
- #DAW
- #open-source
- openDAW is a web-based Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) focused on democratizing music production with a strong emphasis on education and data-privacy.
- The project is committed to transparency, community-driven development, and is open-source under AGPL v3 (or later).
- openDAW promotes radical simplicity and respect with no sign-ups, tracking, ads, paywalls, or data mining.
- Acknowledgments to contributors, testers, bug hunters, and ambassadors who have supported the project.
- Upcoming development roadmap includes fine-tuning recording, implementing audio playback algorithms, sample editor, and more.
- External libraries used include jszip, markdown-it, and d3-force.
- System requirements for development include Git, mkcert, Node.js >= 23, Sass, TypeScript, and OpenSSL.
- Installation and setup instructions provided for developers.
- Future goals include offline desktop builds, cloud-agnostic storage, live remote collaboration, and AI-powered features.
- openDAW is available under AGPL v3 or a commercial license for closed-source integration.