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GRAME

Domain specific language for audio

Faust (Functional Audio Stream) is a functional programming language for sound synthesis and audio processing with a strong focus on the design of synthesizers, musical instruments, audio effects, etc. Faust targets high-performance signal processing applications and audio plug-ins for a variety of platforms and standards.

c
javascript
c++
rust
typescript

audio
compiler
digital signal processing
function programming language

Project ideas

14 ideas on its 2026 ideas page. Sizes: 14 medium, 5 large. 6 mentors named.

Web-Based UI System for Faust (Inspired by Cmajor Patch GUIs) medium
Extending the Faust DSP Testbench medium
Integration in Surge medium
Integration in Bespoke medium
PluginGuiMagic architecture medium
Integration in BELA medium
Integration in openFramework medium
Integration in the Heavy Compiler Collection medium
Faust programming by examples large
Languages built on top of the signal API large
Developing modular synthesis using widget modulation large
2024: FaustNet - DDSP, Faust in Cables.gl, Amati++, a VST/CLAP Plugin embedding the dynamic compiler
2023: Automatic Differentiation in the Faust Compiler and Better Faust on the Web
2022: Integration in HISE

Read the ideas page. Ideas are for scope reference; never copy one into a proposal.

History

In GSoC since 2022, 5 years. Projects per year: '22: 1, '23: 2, '24: 4, '25: 3, '26: 2.

On GitHub

28 repositories pushed to in the last year. Main languages: C++ (6), JavaScript (5), TypeScript (5), Faust (2), Rust (2), C (1).

Links and channels

Website: https://faust.grame.fr
Ideas page: https://github.com/grame-cncm/faustideas/blob/master/GSOC.md
Contributor guide: https://github.com/grame-cncm/faustideas
Source code: https://github.com/grame-cncm/faust
Chat: https://discord.gg/qPPcXzJdmR
Email: research@grame.fr
Mailing list: https://faust.grame.fr/community/help/

go deeper in your terminal

git-into-gsoc org "GRAME" --shortlist
git-into-gsoc repos "GRAME"
git-into-gsoc issues --org "GRAME"

or ask your assistant:
"Which GRAME repositories merge
newcomers' pull requests, and which beginner
issues are still free?"

Those commands read live data: which repositories merge outside pull requests, and which beginner issues nobody has claimed. Install in two minutes.