PipeWire
| PipeWire | |
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Screenshot of pactl showing information about PipeWire configuration in a system and version information | |
| Original author | Wim Taymans |
| Initial release | 20 June 2017 |
| Stable release | 1.6.0 (19 February 2026)
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| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux, FreeBSD |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | pipewire |
| Repository | gitlab |
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.