PipeWire | |
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![]() Screenshot of pactl showing information about PipeWire configuration in a system and version information | |
Original author(s) | Wim Taymans |
Initial release | 20 June 2017 |
Stable release | 1.4.6[1] ![]() |
Repository | gitlab |
Written in | C |
Operating system | Linux, FreeBSD |
License | MIT License |
Website | pipewire |
PipeWire is a low-level server and multimedia framework for handling audio and video streams on Linux.[2][3][4] Created by Wim Taymans at Red Hat, it aims to unify audio and video processing by providing low-latency capture and playback functionality.[5][6] Pipewire facilitates advanced multimedia routing and pipeline processing, and is designed to replace and be compatible with existing sound systems.[7]