# CLAP (CLever Audio Plug-in API)

- id: src_01M569EHMA1A6CDKD5FFTKA9DJ
- type: source · status: active · revision: 2
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=metadata_checked, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T14 · tags: level:advanced, plugin-standard, audio-plugin-api, clap, mit, interoperability, code:c
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:24:13.327Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569EHMA1A6CDKD5FFTKA9DJ

Source: https://github.com/free-audio/clap

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  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "Open C ABI for audio plug-ins (synths and effects) and hosts, with a stable backward-compatible entry point and extensions; an open alternative to proprietary plugin formats for tool builders.",
  "source_type": "repository",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "free-audio (CLAP community)",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2026-09-14T09:14:43.000Z"
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```

Evidence claims:
- [upstream_claim] README: CLAP is an audio plug-in API enabling synthesizers, audio effects and hosts to work together; a plugin binary compiled with CLAP 1.x can be loaded by any other 1.x host (backwards compatibility); core objects clap_host and clap_plugin; extensions mechanism. · locator: README, Learn about CLAP · source: https://github.com/free-audio/clap
- [sourced_fact] GitHub metadata: MIT, not archived, last push 2026-09-14. · locator: repository metadata · source: https://github.com/free-audio/clap
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- code: license=MIT hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=permitted training=not_applicable · MIT per GitHub. · evidence: https://github.com/free-audio/clap

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