Bipscript

Bipscript is a scripting language for interactive music. Features include APIs for audio plugin hosting, MIDI sequencing and OSC control.

The script interpreter implementation currently builds and runs on UNIX-like operating systems.

Recent Releases

02/2026 v0.23

maintenance release now available

05/2025 v0.22

support for controlling DMX-512 lighting devices (examples, api)

12/2024 v0.21

supports MIDI sysex messages

03/2024 v0.20

supports extensions including FLTK (examples, api)

07/2023 v0.19

event types and removing events from loops

03/2023 v0.18

file i/o + import statements

Uses

Custom utilities for live performance
Creating interactive music
Raspberry Pi/SoC projects
Live coding?

Documentation

Quick start instructions
Installation
Examples: core, fltk
Demo applications
API docs: core, fltk
LAC 2020 videos: 1 2 3 4 5
sur linuxmao.org

Downloads

Arch (+ IDE)
Fedora
openSUSE
Ubuntu
Source Code: Git

Support

Issues, scripting help:

Creative Commons License

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