VSDAW

OpenDAW-powered digital audio workstation inside Visual Studio Code.

License: AGPL-3.0-or-later
VSDAW is built on top of the OpenDAW SDK, which is licensed under AGPL-3.0-or-later.

Features

• First-class VS Code tabs: Timeline, Mixer, Piano Roll, Browser, and Graph.
• Custom .vsdaw project files stored as OpenDAW-compatible ZIP bundles.
• Audio and MIDI recording with multi-take support.
• OpenDAW stock devices for effects and instruments.
• Offline export to WAV, FLAC, and OGG.
• Native VS Code theming and keyboard shortcuts.

Pinned OpenDAW SDK versions

This release pins the following OpenDAW packages:

• @opendaw/studio-sdk@0.0.155
• @opendaw/studio-core@0.0.153

Development

VSDAW is developed with Bun. Make sure Bun is installed, then run:

bun install
bun run build
bun run test
bun run package

Available scripts

Script	Purpose
bun run build	Build engine, extension host, and React view bundles.
bun run build:engine	Bundle the hidden engine webview and copy OpenDAW workers.
bun run build:extension	Bundle the VS Code extension host and local Bun server.
bun run build:views	Bundle React view tabs and generate Tailwind CSS.
bun run test	Run Jest unit tests.
bun run test:integration	Run VS Code integration tests (vscode-test).
bun run test:smoke	Run smoke tests.
bun run lint	Run Biome linter/formatter checks.
bun run lint:fix	Auto-fix Biome issues.
bun run format	Format code with Biome.
bun run typecheck	Run TypeScript with --noEmit.
bun run package	Build and package the extension as a .vsix.
bun run version	Bump version and changelog with standard-version.

Local install verification

After bun run package:

code --install-extension vsdaw-<version>.vsix

Open VS Code, run VSDAW: Open Project, and verify the engine boots with crossOriginIsolated === true.

To uninstall:

code --uninstall-extension marius-patrik.vsdaw

Usage

See docs/USAGE.md for a complete usage guide.

Third-party notices

See ThirdPartyNotices.txt for upstream license notices.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.