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PipeWire

free software for low-latency multimedia processing and sharing
CreativeWork sound_server Q56283498

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
sound server, video server, free software[3][4]
Official website
pipewire.org
Copyright license
MIT License, GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later[7]
Copyright status
copyrighted
Creator
Wim Taymans[2]
Developer
Red Hat, Wim Taymans[5][6]
Hashtag
pipewire
Operating system
Unix-like operating system[9]
Platform
Linux
Programmed in
C[8]
Replaces
PulseAudio
Software version identifier
0.2.6, 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.1.3, 0.1.4, 0.1.5, 0.1.6, 0.1.7, 0.1.8, 0.1.9, 0.2.0, 0.2.1, 0.2.2, 0.2.3, 0.2.4, 0.2.5, 0.2.7, 0.2.90, 0.2.91, 0.2.92, 0.2.93, 0.2.94, 0.3.0, 0.3.5, 0.3.9, 0.3.10, 0.3.11, 0.3.12, 0.3.13, 0.3.14, 0.3.15, 0.3.16, 0.3.17, 0.3.18, 0.3.19, 0.3.20, 0.3.21, 0.3.22, 0.3.23, 0.3.24, 0.3.25, 0.3.26, 0.3.27, 0.3.28, 0.3.29, 0.3.30, 0.3.31, 0.3.32, 0.3.33, 0.3.34, 0.3.35, 0.3.36, 0.3.37, 0.3.38, 0.3.39, 0.3.40, 0.3.41, 0.3.42, 0.3.43, 0.3.44, 0.3.45, 0.3.46, 0.3.47, 0.3.48, 0.3.49, 0.3.50, 0.3.51, 0.3.52, 0.3.53, 0.3.54, 0.3.55, 0.3.56, 0.3.57, 0.3.58, 0.3.59, 0.3.60, 0.3.61, 0.3.62, 0.3.63, 0.3.64, 0.3.65, 0.3.66, 0.3.67, 0.3.68, 0.3.69, 0.3.70, 0.3.71, 0.3.72, 0.3.73, 0.3.74, 0.3.75, 0.3.76, 0.3.77, 0.3.78, 0.3.79, 0.3.80, 0.3.81, 0.3.82, 0.3.83, 0.3.84, 0.3.85, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.1.81, 1.0.7, 1.1.82, 1.1.83, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.3.81, 1.3.82, 1.3.83, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.7, 1.4.8, 1.4.9, 1.4.10, 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.4.11, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5, 1.6.6, 1.6.7, 1.6.8, 1.6.9, 1.6.10, 1.6.11[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
🏷️ Also known as
en pipewire en PipeWire ar بايب واير de pipewire es pipewire fa پایپ وایر fi pipewire fr pipewire ja pipewire ko 파이프와이어 ko pipewire ko Pipewire ko PipeWire

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
free software, sound server, video server
Developer 2
Red Hat, Wim Taymans
Belongs to 1
list of Linux audio software
Copyright license 1
MIT License
Created notable works 1
Wim Taymans
Creator 1
Wim Taymans
Operating system 1
Unix-like operating system
Platform 1
Linux
Replaces 1
PulseAudio
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Summary

PipeWire is a sound server[1].

Related Entities

free software Linux list of Linux audio software Red Hat Unix-like operating system Wim Taymans

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  6. [7] ↑ . GitHub. gitlab.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  21. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · S8321414 · 2026-10-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.2.6, 0.1.0, 0.1.1 +145
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 1.6.11"
  2. 5d ago · S8321414 · 2026-10-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 1.6.10"
  3. 8d ago · S8321414 · 2026-10-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.2.6, 0.1.0, 0.1.1 +145
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'n
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 1.6.9"
  4. 6w ago · S8321414 · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.2.6, 0.1.0, 0.1.1 +145
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 1.6.8"
  5. 16w ago · S8321414 · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 0.2.6, 0.1.0, 0.1.1 +145
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 1.6.7"
  6. 18w ago · S8321414 · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Platform → Linux
    Aliases → —
    Programmed in → C
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 1.6.6"
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