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# All things live coding [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re)



> A curated list of live coding languages and tools



This list was created with the intention of giving a quick-glance over the many possibilities to engage in this practice. For further information, head over to [TOPLAP](https://toplap.org).



## Contents



- [What is live coding](#what-is-live-coding)

- [Websites](#websites)

- [Languages](#languages)

- [Libraries and tools](#libraries-and-tools)

- [To Watch](#to-watch)

- [To Read](#to-read)

- [To Dance](#to-dance)

- [Conferences](#conferences)

- [Community](#community)

- [Related lists](#related-lists)

- [Acknowledgement](#acknowledgement)

- [How to Contribute](#how-to-contribute)

- [Code of Conduct](#code-of-conduct)



## What is live coding



Quoting [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_coding)



> Live coding (sometimes referred to as 'on-the-fly programming', 'just in time programming' and 'conversational programming') is a performing arts form and a creativity technique centred upon the writing of source code and the use of interactive programming in an improvised way.



## Websites



- [TOPLAP](https://toplap.org/) - The home of Live Coding.



## Languages



(In Alphabetical Order)



- [afterglow](https://github.com/brunchboy/afterglow) - A live-coding lighting controller, building on the Open Lighting Architecture with Clojure and bits of Overtone.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `lisp` `FLOSS` `audio`



- [Alda](https://github.com/alda-lang/alda) - A music programming language for musicians.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `FLOSS` `audio`



- [Atomiix](https://github.com/rumblesan/atomiix) - A re-implementation and re-invigoration of ixi lang.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `JavaScript` `FLOSS` `SuperCollider` `audio`



- [ChucK](http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/) - Strongly-timed, Concurrent, and On-the-fly Music Programming Language.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `FLOSS` `audio`



- [clive](https://mathr.co.uk/clive/) - Live-coding audio in C.



  `GNU/Linux` `C` `FLOSS` `audio`



- [Conductive](http://www.renickbell.net/doku.php?id=conductive) - A set of Haskell libraries for livecoding and real-time music applications.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `haskell`  `SuperCollider` `FLOSS` `audio`



- [Cyril](http://cyrilcode.com/) - A programming language designed for fast prototyping of visualisations and livecoding visuals.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `openFrameworks` `FLOSS` `visuals`



- [Extempore](https://extemporelang.github.io) - (Previously [Impromptu](http://impromptu.moso.com.au/)) A programming language and runtime environment designed to support 'cyberphysical programming'.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `lisp` `FLOSS` `audio`



- [Fluxus](http://www.pawfal.org/fluxus/) - A rapid prototyping, playing and learning environment for 3D graphics, sound and games.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux | Android | PS2` `racket-lang` `lisp` `FLOSS` `visuals`



- [FoxDot](http://foxdot.org/) - Live Coding with Python and SuperCollider.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `Python` `SuperCollider` `FLOSS` `audio`



- [Gibber](http://charlie-roberts.com/gibber/) - Creative coding for JavaScript.



  `Google Chrome | Mozilla Firefox` `web` `JavaScript` `FLOSS` `audio` `visuals`



- [Improviz](http://github.com/rumblesan/improviz) - An environment for using and abusing primitive shapes and animated textures.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `Haskell` `FLOSS` `visuals`



- [ixi lang](http://www.ixi-audio.net/) - An experimental project concerned with the creation of digital musical instruments and environments for generative music.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `FLOSS` `SuperCollider` `audio`



- [i-score](http://www.i-score.org/) - An interactive sequencer that allows live programming of OSC-enabled applications, through a visual language and JavaScript scripting.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `C++` `FLOSS` `audio`



- [Krill](https://github.com/Mdashdotdashn/krill) - Tidal cycle like live coding in NodeJS / Browser.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `NodeJS` `Browser` `FLOSS` `midi`



- [LiveCodeLab](http://livecodelab.net) - A web-based language and environment for VJs, musicians and graphic artists. Allows for immediate and engaging run-as-you-type prototyping, also used in education.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `web` `FLOSS` `visuals` `audio`



- [Max](https://cycling74.com/products/max/) - A visual programming language for media.



  `Windows | macOS` `graphical-language` `Commercial` `audio` `visuals`



- [Moonlet](https://github.com/elihugarret/Moonlet) - Lua live coding.



  `Windows | GNU/Linux` `FLOSS` `audio`



- [Motifn](https://www.motifn.com/) - Code music in Javascript that plays in your DAW or browser



  `Google Chrome | Mozilla Firefox` `web` `JavaScript` `MIDI` `audio` `WebAudio`



- [mutate4l](https://github.com/carrierdown/mutate4l) - Live coding integrated into Ableton Live's session view.



  `Windows | macOS` `Max for Live` `C#` `FLOSS` `audio`



- [Negasonic](https://github.com/merongivian/negasonic) - Live coding in the browser with Ruby.



  `Google Chrome | Mozilla Firefox` `web` `Ruby` `FLOSS` `audio`



- [ORCΛ](https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Orca) - An esoteric live coding environment with two-dimensional syntax.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `audio` `FLOSS`



- [Overtone](http://overtone.github.io/) - An open source audio environment designed to explore new musical ideas from synthesis and sampling to instrument building, live-coding and collaborative jamming.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `SuperCollider` `lisp` `FLOSS` `audio` `FLOSS`



- [PraxisLive](http://www.praxislive.org/) - Hybrid visual IDE for live creative coding.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `Java` `Processing` `GLSL` `graphical-language` `FLOSS` `visuals` `audio`



- [Pure Data](https://puredata.info/) - An open source visual programming language that can be used to process and generate sound, video, 2D/3D graphics, and interface sensors, input devices, and MIDI.



  `Windows | macOS | GNU/Linux` `graphical-language` `FLOSS` `audio` `visuals`



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## How to Contribute



- Fork this repository.

- Add the changes you feel appropriate (be it a language, something to read, something to watch, a tool, a conf, etc).

- Create a Pull Request with a description of what you've modified.

- ???

- PROFIT !



[Here](contributing.md) is a friendly guide of how to proceed.



## Code of Conduct



This list follows the [Contributor Covenant](http://contributor-covenant.org/) Code of Conduct v1.4.0, available [here](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html).



> In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as contributors and maintainers pledge to making participation in our project and our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level of experience, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.



TL;DR: _Be nice to each other_.



## License



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This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).



To the extent possible under law, [Mauro Lizaur](http://lvm.github.io) has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.