Listing policy
Listing conditions
This platform lists open-source audio plugins that the author, who administers the GitHub repository, submits and that meet all of the following conditions.
Supported formats: VST® 3 
- The repository is public on GitHub and is not archived.
- The license that GitHub detects at the release tag is approved by the OSI or recognized as free by the FSF, according to the SPDX License List.
- The release is an immutable release. Turn on immutable releases in the repository settings before you publish it.
- Every file in the release, including installers, has a build provenance attestation created by the release workflow of the repository, for example with actions/attest-build-provenance.
- The plugins are distributed as zip archives. This platform guides users only to zip archives that contain VST 3, CLAP, LV2, or Audio Unit bundles. It does not guide users to installers such as exe, msi, or pkg files.
- No archive contains VST 2. If any archive in a release contains a VST 2 bundle or entry point, this platform does not list the release.
- macOS bundles are signed with a Developer ID certificate and notarized by Apple. This platform does not guide users to archives whose macOS bundles fail this check.
- The release passes the other automated checks described on the Security page, including the lookup in a database of known malware.
The license check relies on the license that GitHub detects for the repository. This platform does not guarantee the licenses of bundled materials such as samples, presets, or fonts.
What a listing means
Whether AI was used to develop a plugin does not affect listing. The same conditions apply to every plugin. Disclosing the use of AI is not required.
This platform does not certify safety or quality by listing a plugin, so check plugins yourself before using them.