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Pure Data (Pd)

Realtime computer music system.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: BSD-3-Clause — Open source (permissive)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: not documented
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: Miller S. Puckette et al.
Latest version: 0.57-0 (5 October 2026)
Latest activity: 5 October 2026
Source code: github.com/pure-data/pure-data

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: MIDI support.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Pd's audio and MIDI functions are built-in as well as networking (e.g. using Open Sound Control), but there are a number of external libraries that allow you to do graphics, interface hardware and much more...” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Pure Data (Pd) is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (BSD-3-Clause) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

Pure Data (or just "Pd") is an open source visual programming language for multimedia. Pure Data is developed by Miller Puckette since 1996 and you can find it on his official website along with the official documentation and other related resources. This is the official "Pd" or "main distribution" and it is also known as "Pd Vanilla". Think of Pd as a "Modular Synthesizer" that is also a programming language. Pd's audio and MIDI functions are built-in as well as networking (e.g. using Open Sound Control), but there are a number of external libraries that allow you to do graphics, interface hardware and much more...

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 9 November 2026
Last technical check: 7 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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