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Server, language, and IDE for sound synthesis and algorithmic composition. Version 3.14.1 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Server, language, and IDE for sound synthesis and algorithmic composition
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Project history and usage
SuperCollider is a free, cross-platform environment for real-time sound synthesis, algorithmic composition, live coding, and audio research.
Project history
James McCartney originally developed and released SuperCollider in 1996. In 2002 he released it as free software under the GNU General Public License, after which an active community continued its development.
The modern system is organized around scsynth, the real-time synthesis server; sclang, its native language and client; and ScIDE, an editor with integrated help. The alternative supernova server adds multithreaded synthesis support.
Adoption history
SuperCollider moved from a creator-led proprietary system to a community-maintained free-software project in 2002. It is now available across macOS, Linux, and Windows and is used by musicians, sound artists, researchers, educators, and live coders.
Its client-server design encouraged clients in languages beyond sclang, while the Quarks package system and sc3-plugins collection gave the community established ways to distribute language extensions and additional synthesis units.
How it is used
Users write and evaluate sclang code to construct synthesis graphs, patterns, and time-based processes, while scsynth or supernova performs real-time audio processing.
SuperCollider communicates through Open Sound Control, so its server can run locally or over a network and can be driven by sclang or clients written in other programming languages.
Why package nerds care
SuperCollider is simultaneously a programming language, an interactive development environment, a network-controllable synthesis server, and an extension ecosystem. That separation makes it unusually composable compared with monolithic music applications.
Quarks are especially notable to package enthusiasts: they are Git-backed packages that can declare dependencies, preserve exact revisions, install local development trees, and save reproducible package sets.
Timeline
- 1996: James McCartney originally released SuperCollider.
- 2002: SuperCollider became GPL-licensed free software and transitioned to community maintenance.
- SuperCollider 3 era: The project established its modern server, language, IDE, Quarks, and plugin ecosystem.
Related projects
- sc3-plugins extends the synthesis server with additional unit generators.
- Quarks is SuperCollider's integrated ecosystem for community language extensions and packages.
- Sonic Pi has distributed builds derived from SuperCollider technology, while Supriya is a Python client for the server.
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Configuration files
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- Linux
~/.config/SuperCollider/startup.scd- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/SuperCollider/startup.scd- Windows
C:\SuperCollider\startup.scd
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page generated2026-11-04
manager version3.14.1
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local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/supercollider/supercollidernone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:supercollider |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.14.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/supercollider |
| Homepage | https://supercollider.github.io/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider |
| Upstream docs | https://supercollider.github.io/ |
| Source archive | https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider/releases/download/Version-3.14.1/SuperCollider-3.14.1-macOS-universal.dmg |
| SHA-256 | ed264b32752d27fc86e506dd0a7eb36de7c19ebce73c3fdf2ed5514f8c73f02e |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | supercollider |
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| Disabled | no |
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