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I'm building LYNX, an open-source DAW inspired by FL Studio, free,cross-platform

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In short

The application incorporates central production interfaces such as a Channel Rack, Piano Roll, and Mixer, supported by an engine built on C++20 and JUCE 8. It features native recreations of dozens of commercial plugins while completely omitting proprietary assets or code. Additionally, its multithreaded architecture streams long audio directly from disk and avoids processing idle channels to preserve system resources.

Key points

  • The workstation operates independently of commercial audio brands and contains none of th…: The workstation operates independently of commercial audio brands and contains none of their proprietary code, audio, or presets.
  • A lock-free multithreaded design optimizes performance by distributing tasks and bypassin…: A lock-free multithreaded design optimizes performance by distributing tasks and bypassing idle mixer channels.
  • In tests with a 125-track project, the software rendered over 10 times real time using si…: In tests with a 125-track project, the software rendered over 10 times real time using significantly fewer resources than FL Studio 2026.

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A lightweight DAW with the FL Studio workflow.

Channel Rack, Piano Roll, Playlist and Mixer in C++20 + JUCE 8, built to run well on any PC.

Windows, macOS and Linux.

Formerly “LYNX”: renamed LYNX SHARE in v0.1.20 (it was easy to confuse with the Lynx text web browser). Old links to github.com/Ka1-S/LYNX redirect here; your settings and projects stay where they are.

Website · Download · Features · FL projects · Built-in plugins · Building · Status · Roadmap

LYNX SHARE's own demo project (LYNX.exe --showcase

) in the 0.1.19 workspace: browser, Piano Roll, Channel Rack and Mixer.

LYNX SHARE ships native plugins inspired by the third-party plugins producers use most, next to its clean-room FL Studio natives. 24 dedicated LYNX SHARE engines are in, more are being built, and a project that uses one of the 56 originals below opens with the LYNX SHARE equivalent when the original is not installed (its settings are kept and come back once it is; see PLUGIN_FALLBACK.md).

Vendor | Inspired by → LYNX SHARE plugin |

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FabFilter | Pro-L 2 →…

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