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It can also reopen an existing generated project to tweak and regenerate it, and stores your defaults in a persistent preferences file — no hand-editing of configuration scripts.\n\n## Features\n\n- **Project** — one scrollable page for the whole plugin:\n  - identity: technical/display names, version, manufacturer, copyright, website, e-mail, plugin \u0026 manufacturer codes, auto-computed bundle ID, with live inline validation;\n  - plugin type (Synthesizer, Audio Effect, MIDI Effect) and formats (AU, VST3, Standalone);\n  - compilation: C++ standard, preprocessor definitions, header search paths;\n  - artefacts: copy to system plugin folders and/or a central per-OS directory.\n- **Preferences** — persistent defaults (identity + default artefact settings) stored as JSON in the OS configuration directory.\n- **Templates** — view, edit, replace, or reset the C++ source templates (`PluginProcessor` / `PluginEditor`) used for new projects; overrides persist on disk.\n- **Reopen a project** — read an existing generated project back into the form and regenerate it in place.\n\n## Requirements\n\n- Python 3.11+\n- PySide6 (`pip install -r requirements.txt`)\n- No external dependencies beyond PySide6: the CMake project templates ship inside Luthier (`Templates/`) and the generation engine is built in (`core/`).\n\n## Run from source\n\n```bash\npython -m venv .venv\n.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt\n.venv/bin/python main.py\n```\n\nCheck that the bundled templates are reachable (headless):\n\n```bash\n.venv/bin/python main.py --check\n```\n\n## Build a standalone app\n\nPyInstaller bundles the templates and resources into a self-contained app.\nIt does not cross-compile — build on each target OS.\n\n```bash\n.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements-dev.txt\n.venv/bin/pyinstaller Build/luthier.spec --noconfirm --distpath Dist --workpath Build\n```\n\nThe same `Build/luthier.spec` works on all platforms:\n\n| OS      | Output                       |\n| ------- | ---------------------------- |\n| macOS   | `Dist/Luthier.app`           |\n| Windows | `Dist/Luthier/Luthier.exe`   |\n| Linux   | `Dist/Luthier/Luthier`       |\n\nOn Windows, activate the virtual environment with `.venv\\Scripts\\activate` and\nrun `pyinstaller Build\\luthier.spec`.\n\n## License\n\nLuthier is released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).\n\nPackaged builds are distributed with Qt (via PySide6) under the LGPLv3 — see [THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md](THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md).\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Ftensquaresoftware%2Fluthier","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Ftensquaresoftware%2Fluthier","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Ftensquaresoftware%2Fluthier/lists"}