Who is cinderwave for?

cinderwave is an open-source project built for developers.

Yes — cinderwave is open source under the MIT license and free to use.

What platforms does cinderwave run on?

cinderwave runs on the command line.

Is cinderwave still active?

The GitHub repository shows 4 commits in the last 90 days.

What are alternatives to cinderwave?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Track Debug, ZenPress, and StarPulse.

Who develops cinderwave?

cinderwave is developed by Makeph.

How long has cinderwave been around?

cinderwave first shipped in 2026.

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cinderwave

Name: cinderwave
Author: Makeph

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cinderwave serves as the desktop host renderer for the Cinderwave acid groovebox. It uses the identical zero-dependency C++17 DSP core that powers the RP2040 hardware version to bake musical patterns directly into WAV files.

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Overview

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In the Developer Tools space, cinderwave takes a focused approach. It focuses on rendering hardware-accurate audio patterns from a groovebox on a desktop machine without hardware. cinderwave is an open-source project aimed at developers. cinderwave is open source under the MIT license. It runs on the command line.

Behind cinderwave is Makeph, and it first shipped in 2026. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 4 commits in the last 90 days. Among its 3 catalogued features are Pattern Rendering, WAV Export, and Zero Dependency DSP.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Pattern Rendering
WAV Export
Zero Dependency DSP

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Runs on

CLI

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License

MIT

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HTTPSOpen Source GitHub · ★ 1Active maintenance

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cinderwave verified against its public source
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Frequently asked questions about cinderwave

What does cinderwave do?: Cinderwave focuses on rendering hardware-accurate audio patterns from a groovebox on a desktop machine without hardware. It is catalogued under Developer Tools on PulseGate.
Who is cinderwave for?: cinderwave is an open-source project built for developers.
Is cinderwave free?: Yes — cinderwave is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
What platforms does cinderwave run on?: cinderwave runs on the command line.
Is cinderwave still active?: The GitHub repository shows 4 commits in the last 90 days.
What are alternatives to cinderwave?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Track Debug, ZenPress, and StarPulse.Track Debug ZenPress StarPulse
Who develops cinderwave?: cinderwave is developed by Makeph.
How long has cinderwave been around?: cinderwave first shipped in 2026.

At a glance

Platforms: Cli
Languages: English
Open source: Yes · ★ 1
License: MIT
First seen: 23 Jul 2026
Built for: developers
Model: Open source
Solves: Rendering hardware-accurate audio patterns from a groovebox on a desktop machine without hardware.

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GitHub: Makeph/cinderwave
PyPI: cinderwave

Developer

Makeph

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Stars: 1
Forks: 0
Open issues: 0
Last commit: 23 Jul 2026
Commits 90d: 4
Contributors: 1
Authorship: Solo
Default branch: main
Latest release: v0.1.0 · 23 Jul 2026

Live coverage

Identity confidence: Low · 64
Indexed: 23 Jul 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Jul 2026
Last seen: 23 Jul 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: cinderwave-pypi-org
Lifecycle state recorded: 23 Jul 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 23 Jul 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 23 Jul 2026
Canonical URL: https://pypi.org/project/cinderwave

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