Radar check
What we found when we opened it. Every bar is one fact, with its date.
Last code pushed 1 Oct 2026, 25 days before this check.
Latest release 26.10 on 1 Oct 2026.
Public since April 2017, a little over 9 years.
642 stars and 107 forks.
24 commits and 5 new issues in the last 90 days.
70 contributors. 10 pull requests merged in 90 days.
No security policy file says how to report a problem. No published security advisories.
How the bars are scored
- Alive. Days since the last code push: a week or less 100, a month 90, three months 70, six months 50, a year 30, eighteen months 15, older 0.
- Releases. Age of the latest GitHub release, on a similar scale; no bar when the project publishes no releases.
- Maturity. Age of the project: eight years 100, five 90, three 70, two 55, one 40, six months 25, younger 10.
- Adoption. Stars on a log scale: 100,000 stars is 100, 10,000 is 80, 1,000 is 60, 100 is 40.
- Activity. Commits in the last 90 days: 300 or more 100, 100 85, 30 65, 10 45, any 25.
- Community. People who have contributed: 100 or more 100, 30 80, 10 60, 5 40, 2 25, one 10.
- Security. A published security policy 80, none 40; published advisories are listed, not scored.
Checked by Repo Radar on 26 Oct 2026 from the repository on GitHub.
In simple English
Many old computer games use a specific audio tool made by Microsoft. This tool only works on Windows computers. If you try to run those games on Linux or Mac, the sound breaks. FAudio pretends to be that Microsoft tool. It lets the game play sound normally on your operating system. You need to know how to compile C++ code to use it.
What it is
FAudio is a C++ library that reimplements the DirectX Audio runtime libraries for open platforms. It handles sound effects, spatial audio and audio mixing for games built with FNA.
What it is good for
Game developers who want to port their Windows games to Linux or macOS without rewriting the audio engine.
- Runs Windows game audio code on Linux and macOS.
- Matches the exact behavior of the original Microsoft audio library.
- Depends only on SDL for low-level tasks.
- Requires C++ compilation knowledge to set up.
- Custom licence terms require checking if you redistribute it.
- Mainly built for game developers rather than casual users.
Microsoft DirectX Audio runtimes
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