No. 6 of 35 ·Audio Visualizer Software

Radiance

Windows · Mac · Linux

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Three barsScore 6.5

Radiance is ranked #6 of 35 in audio visualizer software on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

Radiance plans and pricing

Radiance Free Free and open-source video art software radiance.video · 4 Oct 2026

Purpose: Radiance is free and open-source video art software designed for live performance.
Shader effects: It includes over 150 GPU-accelerated effects written in WGSL that can be edited live.
Media playback: It integrates MPV to open video clips, images, files, webcams, live streams, and YouTube videos.
Beat detection: It detects beats in incoming audio and uses them as a global timebase for effects.
Performance output: It can output to one or more screens and includes a projection mapping editor.
Download platforms: The project README says Radiance can be downloaded for Linux, Mac, or Windows.
Build dependencies: Building from source requires Rust, Cargo, and dynamically linked libmpv.
YouTube setup: Loading YouTube videos by URL requires yt-dlp to be installed separately.
Feature limitation: The project README lists MIDI controller input and TCP output for LED displays as missing from the rewrite compared with version 0.6.1.
License: The project is released under the MIT/X11 License.
Intended users: The project describes Radiance as video art software for VJs and says it is designed for live performance.
Price from: Free

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