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vibez
A free, open-source DAW for electronic music written in Rust, built around Perform, Arrange and Mix views.
v0.5.1 released 2026-10-19 (gh api); README calls it a working alpha. (checked 2026-10-25)
In Music-making software
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (84% of 19 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? yes (89% of 19 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (95% of 19 others)
- Who is it for? non-developers (68% of 19 others)
- How does it use MIDI? MIDI 1.0 in or out (notes, CC, clock, or MIDI files) (65% of 17 others)
- Does the product itself use AI or machine learning? (if both, pick the LLM or agent option) no (72% of 18 others)
- What does it cost the person using it? free, nothing paid (53% of 19 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Ardour 73% of 15 shared answers match
- Blokkily 73% of 15 shared answers match
- YANES 73% of 15 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | copyleft or source-available with restrictions GPL-3.0-or-later. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | individual side project, no revenue | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | non-developers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | audio plugin formats (VST3, AU/AUv3, CLAP, LV2) Hosts VST3 and CLAP. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where does the main version run? | desktop app | source 2026-10-26 |
| How do you mainly use it to make or shape sound? | arrange on a timeline, step grid, or tracker Also a pad-grid Perform mode. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How does it use MIDI? | MIDI 1.0 in or out (notes, CC, clock, or MIDI files) Partial: one input port, notes only. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does the product itself use AI or machine learning? (if both, pick the LLM or agent option) | no | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does it cost the person using it? | free, nothing paid | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can you take your music out of it as a file other tools can open? | yes, audio only WAV export from the master; projects in its own .vzp format. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How much musical experience does it assume? | a lot: working musicians and producers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it recreate real instruments or classic hardware? | inspired by hardware, but its own design Swing modelled on the MPC2000XL; 808 and 909 kits; otherwise its own design. | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/alexanderwanyoike/vibez · read 2026-10-25
- GitHub · github.com/alexanderwanyoike/vibez/blob/dev/README.md · collected 2026-10-26
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