Rack/README.md

# VCV Rack

*Rack* is the host application for the VCV virtual Eurorack modular synthesizer platform.

- [VCV website](https://vcvrack.com/)
- [Manual](https://vcvrack.com/manual/)
- [Support](https://vcvrack.com/support)
- [Module Library](https://library.vcvrack.com/)
- [Rack source code](https://github.com/VCVRack/Rack)
- [Building](https://vcvrack.com/manual/Building)
- [Communities](https://vcvrack.com/manual/Communities)
- [Licenses](LICENSE.md) ([HTML](LICENSE.html))

## Acknowledgments

- [Andrew Belt](https://github.com/AndrewBelt): Lead Rack developer
- [Pyer](https://www.pyer.be/): Module design, component graphics
- [Richie Hindle](http://entrian.com/audio/): Rack developer, bug fixes
- [Grayscale](https://grayscale.info/): Module design, branding
- Christoph Scholtes: [Library reviews](https://github.com/VCVRack/library) and [plugin toolchain](https://github.com/VCVRack/rack-plugin-toolchain)
- Rack plugin developers: Authorship shown on each plugin's [VCV Library](https://library.vcvrack.com/) page
- Rack users like you: [Bug reports and feature requests](https://vcvrack.com/support)

## Dependency libraries

- [GLFW](https://www.glfw.org/)
- [GLEW](http://glew.sourceforge.net/)
- [NanoVG](https://github.com/memononen/nanovg)
- [NanoSVG](https://github.com/memononen/nanosvg)
- [oui-blendish](https://github.com/geetrepo/oui-blendish)
- [osdialog](https://github.com/AndrewBelt/osdialog) (written by Andrew Belt for VCV Rack)
- [ghc::filesystem](https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem)
- [Jansson](https://digip.org/jansson/)
- [libcurl](https://curl.se/libcurl/)
- [OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org/)
- [Zstandard](https://facebook.github.io/zstd/) (for Rack's `tar.zstd` patch format)
- [libarchive](https://libarchive.org/) (for Rack's `tar.zstd` patch format)
- [PFFFT](https://bitbucket.org/jpommier/pffft/)
- [libspeexdsp](https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/speexdsp/-/tree/master/libspeexdsp) (for Rack's fixed-ratio resampler)
- [libsamplerate](https://github.com/libsndfile/libsamplerate) (for Rack's variable-ratio resampler)
- [RtMidi](https://www.music.mcgill.ca/~gary/rtmidi/)
- [RtAudio](https://www.music.mcgill.ca/~gary/rtaudio/)
- [Fuzzy Search Database](https://bitbucket.org/j_norberg/fuzzysearchdatabase) (written by Nils Jonas Norberg for VCV Rack's module browser)
- [TinyExpr](https://codeplea.com/tinyexpr) (for math evaluation in parameter context menu)

## Contributions

VCV cannot accept free contributions to Rack itself, but we encourage you to

- Send us feature requests and bug reports.
- Create a plugin that extends Rack's functionality. Most of Rack's functionality is exposed in its public plugin API.
- Work at VCV! Check job openings at <https://vcvrack.com/jobs>