PluginUI

Win32 + Direct2D user interfaces for audio plug-ins written in C#.

PluginUI draws everything with Direct2D / DirectWrite in a single child window of the host, has no dependency on WinForms, WPF or any UI runtime, and stays NativeAOT-compatible: a plug-in compiles to a native DLL that needs no .NET installation. It brings together the element catalog of VSTGUI and iPlug2 — about eighty elements, each available as styleable vector drawing, bitmap / film strip and SVG — with instrument and analysis elements, and the extension points to create more.

• Overview — what is in the box, requirements, concepts, performance (français).
• Getting started — a first editor in an NPlug VST3 plug-in, or in a standalone window.
• Element catalog — every element, with its VSTGUI / iPlug2 equivalent.
• Extending PluginUI — themes, skins, custom controls and containers, popups.
• Visual designer — PluginUIEditor and the .pluginui format.
• API reference — PluginUI, PluginUI.Dsp, PluginUI.NPlug, PluginUI.Design.

The source code, issues and releases are on GitHub. MIT license.