PipeWire

PipeWire
Original author(s)Wim Taymans
Initial release20 June 2017 (2017-06-20)
Stable release
1.4.5  (4 June 2025 (4 June 2025))
Repositorygitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire
Written inC
Operating systemLinux, FreeBSD
LicenseMIT License
Websitepipewire.org

PipeWire is a low-level server and multimedia framework for handling audio and video streams on Linux. Created by Wim Taymans at Red Hat, it aims to unify audio and video processing by providing low-latency capture and playback functionality. Pipewire facilitates advanced multimedia routing and pipeline processing, and is designed to replace and be compatible with existing sound systems.