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Mosaic

An openFrameworks based Visual Patching Creative-Coding Platform.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

At a glance

All of Mosaic is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Mosaic is a multi-platform livecoding programming/patching environment for creating real-time audio-visual compositions. It's principally designed for live needs, as can be teaching in class, live performing in an algorave, or running a generative audio-visual installation in a museum. It aims to empower artists, creative coders, scenographers and other creative technologists in their creative workflow FLOSS, Free/Libre and Open Source Software openGL 4.1, glsl shading languages from 150 to 410 plugin injection capability multi-threaded ImGui based docking and nodes GUI interface non-blocking system dialogs lua/glsl/bash live-coding scheme live-coding (linux only) pure data live-patching good selection of audio synthesis modules non-linear interactive graphical timeline warping integrated on output window object mapmap style projection mapping module internal dht distributed chatroom, based on libdht

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  • Last technical check: 8 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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