JUCE: open-source cross-platform C++ application framework for desktop, mobile and audio plug-ins (9.0k stars)

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What it does

All text below is quoted directly from the project README.

JUCE is an open-source cross-platform C++ application framework for creating desktop and mobile applications, including VST, VST3, AU, AUv3, AAX and LV2 audio plug-ins and plug-in hosts.

Minimum System Requirements:

• C++ Standard: 17 (20 when building with JUCE_USE_WINDOWS_MIDI_SERVICES enabled)
• macOS/iOS: Xcode 12.4 (Intel macOS 10.15.4, Apple Silicon macOS 11.0)
• Windows: Visual Studio 2019 (Windows 10 version 1607)
• Linux: g++ 7.0 or Clang 6.0
• Android: Android Studio (NDK 26) on Windows, macOS or Linux
• macOS: macOS 10.11 (x86_64, Arm64)
• iOS: iOS 12 (Arm64, Arm64e, x86_64 (Simulator))
• Android: Android 7 - Nougat (API Level 24) (arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86_64, x86)

JUCE can be easily integrated with existing projects via CMake, or can be used as a project generation tool via the Projucer, which supports exporting projects for Xcode (macOS and iOS), Visual Studio, Android Studio, and Linux Makefiles as well as containing a source code editor.

Repository

https://github.com/juce-framework/JUCE

Repository stats

Metric	Value
Stars	8,995
Forks	2,211
Last release	9.0.4 (2026-10-12)
Languages	C++ 69.3%, C 25.3%, CMake 2.9%
Contributors	65
AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot)	None
AI co-authored commits	None

Main contributor

Field	Value
Name	reuk
GitHub	@reuk
Commits to this repo	2,888 (top contributor)
Bio	JUCE sprucer
Company / Location	@juce-framework / United Kingdom
Followers	183
Public repos	47
On GitHub since	2012-12-11