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tl;dr

A graphical control panel for PipeWire, the modern Linux audio system. Adjust routing, Bluetooth codecs, virtual devices, and effects without editing config files by hand.

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    What it does
      Visual audio control panel
      No config file editing
      Live patchbay graph
    Features
      Bluetooth codec management
      Per-app routing rules
      Virtual devices and sinks
      Effects rack with plugins
    Monitoring
      CPU and RAM graphs
      Dropout counters
      Scrolling log view
    Tech stack
      Python
      PipeWire
      Linux desktop
    Use cases
      Tune audio buffer sizes
      Route app sound to devices
      Save routing snapshots
    Audience
      Linux desktop users
      Audio tinkerers

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what do people make with this?

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Visually route audio from specific apps to specific output devices without editing config files.

VIBE 2

Create virtual devices like null sinks or combined multi-card outputs from a GUI.

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Insert LADSPA or LV2 audio plugins into a signal path using a visual effects rack.

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Save and recall complete audio routing setups by name for quick switching.

what's the stack?

PythonPipeWireLinux

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Stars383838
LanguagePythonPythonPython
Last pushed2026-07-08
MaintenanceActive
Setup difficultymoderatemoderatemoderate
Complexity3/53/52/5
Audiencedeveloperdeveloperdeveloper

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · moderate time til it works · 30min

Requires a Linux distribution running PipeWire and installation via distribution-specific packages or manual setup.

The explanation does not mention a license, so the terms of use are unclear.

in plain english

PipeWire Controller is a Linux desktop application that gives you a visual control panel for PipeWire, the audio system used by most modern Linux distributions. PipeWire handles sound routing, processing, and device management under the hood, but its native configuration is spread across text files and command-line tools. This app brings all of those settings into a graphical interface with toggles, dropdowns, and sliders, so you can adjust your audio setup without editing config files by hand. The app covers a broad range of audio concerns. You can tune the system clock and buffer sizes, configure stream processing like upmixing and resampling, manage Bluetooth codec profiles, and set per-application routing rules that decide which device a given app should send its sound to. It also includes a live patchbay: a visual node graph showing every audio and MIDI connection in your current session. You can drag ports together to link them, press Delete to remove a link, and watch signal flow animate along active connections. Version 0.3.0 expands the app well beyond its earlier role as a config editor. It adds performance monitoring with CPU and RAM graphs, dropout counters, and a scrolling log view. You can create virtual devices such as null sinks, virtual microphones, and combined outputs that play through multiple sound cards at once. There is also an effects rack system that lets you insert LADSPA and LV2 audio plugins into the signal path, with the rack appearing as an output device you route applications through. Routing snapshots let you save and recall an entire patch setup by name. The design philosophy is consistent throughout: each filter chain, virtual device, and effect rack runs as its own small process, using drop-in configuration files that never modify PipeWire's base system files. Creating or removing a virtual device does not interrupt playback. The README provides installation instructions for Arch, Fedora, and Debian-based distributions, along with a list of related community projects for presets, impulse responses, and headphone correction files.

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I'm on Linux using PipeWire for audio. How do I install and launch PipeWireController on my system to get a visual control panel instead of editing config files?
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Help me create a virtual combined output in PipeWireController that plays sound through two sound cards at the same time. What are the steps in the GUI?
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I want to route my browser audio to my headphones and my music player to my speakers using PipeWireController. How do I set per-application routing rules?
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How do I add LADSPA or LV2 audio plugins into PipeWireController's effects rack and route an application through that rack?
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I need to save my current PipeWire patchbay setup so I can switch between different audio routing configurations. How do routing snapshots work in PipeWireController?

Frequently asked questions

what is pipewirecontroller fr?

A graphical control panel for PipeWire, the modern Linux audio system. Adjust routing, Bluetooth codecs, virtual devices, and effects without editing config files by hand.

What language is pipewirecontroller written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, PipeWire, Linux.

What license does pipewirecontroller use?

The explanation does not mention a license, so the terms of use are unclear.

How hard is pipewirecontroller to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is pipewirecontroller for?

Mainly developer.

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