daw

An opinionated, web-based DAW. Simple, light, intuitive, free.

The idea is a modern DAW interface that runs in the browser, built on top of the openDAW headless engine so the hard parts, real-time DSP, mixing, MIDI, don't have to be reinvented. Desktop-first and landscape, mobile isn't a goal.

Stack

• openDAW headless SDK: the audio engine (runs in an AudioWorklet: effects, mixer, MIDI)
• SolidJS + Vite + TypeScript: the UI
• Canvas / WebGL: timeline, meters, piano roll, and anything that has to stay smooth

Roadmap

MVP scope:

• Project scaffold
• UI shell: transport, track list, mixer
• Wire the openDAW engine (real audio behind the shell)
• Multiple audio tracks
• Basic mixing: gain, pan, mute / solo
• Simple effects
• Basic parametric EQ
• Simple MIDI player

Anything past the MVP is open-ended.

Develop

Bun is preferred, but any package manager is basically okay:

npm install
npm run dev

License

AGPL-3, same as openDAW, which this is built on.