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Functional programming language for real time signal processing. Version 2.85.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-01.

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overview

Package summary

Functional programming language for real time signal processing

Project links

Commands and aliases

encoderunitypackage
faust
faust-config
faust2alqt
faust2alsa
faust2alsaconsole
faust2android
faust2androidunity
faust2api
faust2atomsnippets
faust2au
faust2audiokit
faust2bela
faust2bench
faust2caconsole
faust2cagtk
faust2caqt
faust2caqtios
faust2clap.py
faust2cmajor
faust2comparator
faust2cpalrust
faust2csound
faust2csvplot
faust2daisy
faust2dplug
faust2dssi
faust2dummy
faust2dummymem
faust2eps
faust2esp32
faust2faustvst

history

Project history and usage

Faust, short for Functional Audio Stream, is a domain-specific functional programming language for real-time audio signal processing and synthesis. It is distributed as both a command-line compiler and an ecosystem of libraries, architecture files, web tools, and target-specific `faust2...` scripts.

Project history

Faust has been developed since 2002, with GRAME-CNCM described by the project as its birthplace and main development home. Its core design is to describe DSP algorithms as mathematical signal-processing specifications, then compile those specifications into efficient code in languages and intermediate forms such as C, C++, Java, LLVM IR, and WebAssembly.

The project grew from a compiler into a distribution. The official repository includes compiler sources, architecture targets, build tooling, documentation, examples, tests, DSP libraries, syntax-highlighting support, and a large set of helper scripts that turn Faust programs into plugins, standalone applications, diagrams, web targets, embedded targets, and audio-environment integrations.

Faust's development workflow also reflects a mature language project. Official documentation distinguishes stable release packages, a `master` branch, and a `master-dev` branch used as the main development branch, with GRAME merging development work into stable releases.

Adoption history

Faust adoption is visible in its target matrix. The official README and manual describe output for native standalone applications, iOS and Android apps, WebAssembly, and plugin or environment targets including Csound, LADSPA, Max/MSP, Pure Data, Q, SuperCollider, VST, AU, LV2, JACK, JUCE, Bela, Teensy, ESP32, and others.

The surrounding community has its own recurring venue: the International Faust Conference, which the official site describes as a biennial gathering of Faust developers and users. Past editions listed by the project include IFC-18, IFC-20, IFC-22, IFC-24, and IFC-26.

How it is used

At the package level, Faust is most often installed to obtain the `faust` compiler and the many `faust2...` tools. A developer writes a `.dsp` program, compiles it directly with `faust`, or uses a wrapper such as `faust2jaqt`, `faust2lv2`, `faust2supercollider`, `faust2puredata`, `faust2svg`, or `faust2wasm`-style tooling to generate a target-specific artifact.

The project also supports zero-configuration web workflows through the Faust IDE, Faust Editor, and Faust Playground, which lowers the barrier for experiments while keeping the command-line compiler central for packaging and reproducible builds.

Why package nerds care

Faust is interesting to package nerds because it is not just one binary. A Faust package exposes a compiler, a library interface (`libfaust`), DSP libraries, architecture templates, and many generated-target scripts, so downstream packaging has to preserve paths and auxiliary tools that users expect to compose.

It also sits at the intersection of language runtimes and audio tooling. Installing Faust from Homebrew, MacPorts, Linux packages, or source gives users a portable way to generate native code and plugins without manually assembling each audio SDK or framework workflow.

Timeline

2002: Faust development begins.
2018: First International Faust Conference takes place in Mainz.
2020: IFC-20 takes place in the Paris area.
2022: IFC-22 takes place during SMC-22 in Saint-Etienne.
2024: IFC-24 takes place in Turin.
2026: IFC-26 takes place in Cannes.

Related projects

FaustLive and Faustgen are related prototyping tools in the Faust ecosystem; the official overview notes FaustLive is no longer the recommended primary tool, with Faust IDE preferred.
The Faust DSP Libraries are maintained as a separate project and included by the main Faust repository as a submodule.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: yellow

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

text:audio,server
text:programming language

Install behavior

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executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`encoderunitypackage`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust-config`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2alqt`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2alsa`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2alsaconsole`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2android`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2androidunity`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2api`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2atomsnippets`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2au`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2audiokit`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2bela`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2bench`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2caconsole`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2cagtk`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2caqt`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2caqtios`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2clap.py`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2cmajor`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2comparator`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2cpalrust`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2csound`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2csvplot`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2daisy`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2dplug`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2dssi`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2dummy`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2dummymem`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2eps`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2esp32`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2faustvst`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2feh`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2firefox`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2gen`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2graph`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2graphviewer`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2hothouse`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2ios`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2jack`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2jackconsole`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2jackrust`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2jackserver`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2jaqt`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2jaqtchain`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2juce`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2ladspa`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2linuxunity`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2lv2`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2magtk`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2mathdoc`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2mathviewer`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2max6`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2md`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2minimal`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2msp`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2netjackconsole`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2netjackqt`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2nodejs`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2octave`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2osxiosunity`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2owl`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2paconsole`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2paqt`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2pdf`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2plot`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2png`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2portaudiojulia`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2portaudiorust`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2pure`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2puredata`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2pwconsole`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2pwgtk`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2pwqt`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2raqt`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2rnbo`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2ros`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2rosgtk`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2rpialsaconsole`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2rpinetjackconsole`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2sam`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2sc`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2sc.py`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2sig`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2sigviewer`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2smartkeyb`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2sndfile`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2stratus`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2sublimecompletions`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2supercollider`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2svg`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2svgplot`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2svgviewer`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2teensy`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2tidalcycles`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2unity`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2vcvrack`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2vst`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2vsti`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2w32max6`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2w32msp`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2w32puredata`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2w32vst`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2w64max6`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2w64puredata`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2w64vst`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2winunity`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2wwise`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faust2wwise.py`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faustoptflags`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faustpath`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`faustremote`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`filename2ident`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`sound2faust`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`sound2file`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`sound2reader`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`usage.sh`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03

manager version2.85.9

manager updated2026-07-01

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:faust
Version	2.85.9
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://faust.grame.fr
Repository	https://github.com/grame-cncm/faust
Last updated	2026-07-01T10:17:32Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/faust.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
curated package history
pkgdb category and tag curation