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| Original author(s) | Wim Taymans |
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| Initial release | 20 June 2017; 7 years ago (2017-06-20) |
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| Repository | gitlab |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux,FreeBSD |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | pipewire |
PipeWire is a server for handling audio, videostreams, and hardware onLinux.[2][3][4] It was created byWim Taymans atRed Hat.[5][6] It handlesmultimedia routing andpipeline processing.[7]
In 2015, Taymans started work on PipeWire. It was based on ideas from several existing projects, including one called PulseVideo by William Manley.[8][9][10][11][excessive citations] According to Red Hat's Christian Schaller, it drew many of its ideas from an early PulseVideo prototype by Manley and builds upon some of the code that was merged intoGStreamer due to that effort.[5] A goal of the project was to improve handling of video on Linux in the same way thatPulseAudio improved handling of audio.[2]
Although a separate project from PulseAudio, Taymans initially considered using the name "PulseVideo" for the new project.[2] By June 2015, the name "Pinos" was being used, after the cityPinos de Alhaurin in Spain, where Taymans used to live.[5]
Initially, Pinos only handled video streams. By early 2017, Taymans had started working on integrating audio streams. Taymans wanted to support both consumer and professional audio use cases, and consultedPaul Davis (JACK developer) and Robin Gareus (Ardour developer) for advice on implementation for professional audio. At this time, the name "PipeWire" was adopted for the project.[8]
In November 2018, PipeWire was re-licensed from theLGPL to theMIT License.[12][13]
In April 2021,Fedora Linux 34 became the firstLinux distribution to ship PipeWire for audio by default.[14][15][16] A year later,Pop! OS adopted it as the default audio server in version 22.04.[17] It was made the default audio server inUbuntu beginning with version 22.10.[18] In 2023, it was adopted as the default audio server for theGNOME desktop environment inDebian 12 Bookworm.[19]
The project aims include:
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