A cross-platform audio plugin platform for Zig.

WARNING: This is in like a pre-alpha state, and probably very buggy and incomplete; Here be dragons

Nectar is made up of a number of packages:

• nectar/core - Core utilities and tools used across most other packages
• nectar/midi - Mostly tested MIDI Parser
• nectar/vst2 - Bindings to the VST 2.4 SDK and some utilities
• nectar/standalone - Bindings to libsoundio for standalone applications

Project Status

As of August 23rd, 2022:

Nectar has basic support for building a VST2 plugin, with a cross-platform interface. But things like GUI Support, other plugin formats, and general DSP abstractions are not here yet. I've created issues for all of the features I plan on supporting for an alpha v0.1 release. Here's an abridged list:

• Redesign parameter API
• Tweak build setup and make it less complex
• Document core APIs
• Add Clap plugin support
• Add VST3 plugin support
• Add GitHub actions for automated builds and tests
• Possibly: Add basic GUI support (more likely, just creating windows and nanovg-style drawing)

See here for the full list of issues.

Long term goals

Thinking further ahead than just the next release, here are some goals I'd like to achieve before a 1.0 release.

• GUI support with proper widgets and layout
• Standalone support (pretty much requires GUI support)
• Numerous tutorials and resources on the docs website
• A nice, easy to use DSP library
• ~100% test coverage for applicable packages
• Get some outside contributors and people excited about Zig audio involved
• Potentially redesign the docs site

Planned Targets (checked are implemented)

• VST2
• VST3
• CLAP
• Standalone (libsoundio)
• LV2