Visually managing and rerouting audio, video, and MIDI connections on PipeWire systems. It is catalogued under Design & Creative on PulseGate.

Helvum is a consumer product built for audio engineers and Linux users managing audio routing.

Is Helvum still active?

Unverified. Helvum has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What are alternatives to Helvum?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Cool FormKit Lite, Input Masks for Contact Form 7, and Tidy Author Box.

Helvum is developed by Tom A. Wagner, Naveen Prashanth.

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Helvum

Name: Helvum
Author: Tom A. Wagner, Naveen Prashanth

FlathubDesign & Creative

Helvum is a graphical patchbay application for PipeWire, allowing users to create and manage connections between audio, video, and MIDI devices and applications. It provides a visual interface for flexible routing on Linux systems.

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Overview

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In the Design & Creative space, Helvum takes a focused approach. Visually managing and rerouting audio, video, and MIDI connections on PipeWire systems. Helvum is a consumer product aimed at audio engineers and Linux users managing audio routing. Helvum is free to use. It runs on Linux.

Tom A. Wagner, Naveen Prashanth builds and maintains Helvum, and it first shipped in 2022. Key capabilities include audio routing, MIDI routing, and graphical patchbay.

Audio routing
MIDI routing
Graphical patchbay
Device connection management
PipeWire integration

Built with & integrations

Runs on

Linux

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Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed29 Jun · 16:48 UTC
Helvum verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about Helvum

What is Helvum?: Visually managing and rerouting audio, video, and MIDI connections on PipeWire systems. It is catalogued under Design & Creative on PulseGate.
Who is Helvum for?: Helvum is a consumer product built for audio engineers and Linux users managing audio routing.
Does Helvum have a free plan?: Yes — Helvum is free to use.
What platforms does Helvum run on?: Helvum runs on Linux.
Is Helvum still active?: Unverified. Helvum has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What are alternatives to Helvum?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Cool FormKit Lite, Input Masks for Contact Form 7, and Tidy Author Box.Cool FormKit Lite Input Masks for Contact Form 7 Tidy Author Box
Who develops Helvum?: Helvum is developed by Tom A. Wagner, Naveen Prashanth.
When did Helvum launch?: Helvum first shipped in 2022.

At a glance

Platforms: Desktop
Languages: English
Built for: audio engineers and Linux users managing audio routing
Model: B2C
Solves: Visually managing and rerouting audio, video, and MIDI connections on PipeWire systems.

Registered as

Flathub: org.pipewire.Helvum

Developer

Tom A. Wagner, Naveen Prashanth

Live coverage

Identity confidence: Medium · 70
Indexed: 29 Jun 2026
Lifecycle: Unverified
Last seen: 29 Jun 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: helvum-flathub-org
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 29 Jun 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Taken from the project's own store listing.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 4 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://flathub.org/apps/org.pipewire.Helvum

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