Alternatives to qpwgraph
A graphical patchbay for PipeWire that routes audio and MIDI between applications and devices on Linux. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
qpwgraph
A graphical patchbay for PipeWire that routes audio and MIDI between applications and devices on Linux.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as qpwgraph.
Carla
A modular audio plugin host that loads LV2, VST2, VST3, AU, LADSPA and DSSI plugins.
Carla offers a patchbay mode for routing on Linux as well as Windows and macOS, but it is built around JACK and also hosts audio plugins.
Also worth comparing
These listings name qpwgraph as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
JACK Audio Connection Kit
Connect audio and MIDI applications through an audio server.
qpwgraph routes audio and MIDI between applications and devices through a drag-and-drop graphical patchbay, but it only works on Linux with PipeWire rather than its own server.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Easy Effects
A rack of audio effects for PipeWire on Linux: equaliser, compressor, limiter, noise reduction and thirty more.
Voicemeeter Banana
Windows virtual mixer with five inputs and five outputs for routing audio.
Loopback
Create virtual audio devices that combine application and hardware audio on a Mac.
BlackHole
Pass audio between Mac applications through a virtual loopback driver.
VB-CABLE
Route audio between applications through a virtual audio cable.
