VCV Rack Plugin Template

A concise template for creating VCV rack plugins.

Requirements

• VCV Rack 2
• If Mac: Homebrew
• If Windows: MSYS2

Getting Started

• Run setup.[bat|sh] in a directory of your choice. This will:
  • Install the necessary packages.
  • Install the Rack SDK in ./sdk.
  • Create a plugin in ./plugin.
  • Create a simple module with an input, an output, a light, a parameter, and a custom widget in ./plugin.

Building and Installing Your Plugin

• Run ./plugin/build.[bat|sh]. This will:
  • Build the plugin dependencies.
  • Build the plugin.
  • Create a distributable.
  • Install the distributable to the local user plugins folder.

Visual Studio Code Utilities

• The ./plugin folder contains a .vscode folder providing:
  • A build task that runs ./plugin/build.bat.
  • Debug and release launch configurations that run VCV rack with your plugin.
  • An MSYS2 MINGW64 terminal.
• These utilities are currently Windows-only. They further require VCV Rack and MSYS2 to be installed to their default locations. Yet you can easily modify them to your setup as necessary.

Further Resources

• VCV Plugin Development Tutorial
• VCV Panel Guide
• VCV Rack API Documentation