Build for Capsule

Build the next
sound.

Capsule is an open instrument-platform. Build synth engines, effects and tools — and ship them to every LAB. You can start before the hardware ships.

Join the developer list What is Capsule? →

The pipeline

From code to playing — fast.

Write a plugin, build it offline, hear it in the simulator, ship it to every LAB. No hardware, no waiting — tap a step.

The toolkit

Build offline. No hardware required.

Develop entirely on your computer with a free, permissive SDK — then ship to every LAB. You don’t need a device to start.

The desktop SDK

A free, permissive SDK with a real API and full docs. Develop offline on macOS, Windows or Linux, then ship signed plugins to the Capsule ecosystem.

Free SDKPermissiveDocs

Hear it before hardware

A desktop simulator builds and plays your plugin on your computer — no device needed. Want to feel the platform first? Play Capsule in your browser.

Desktop simulatorNo hardwareOffline

The plan

Developers come first — literally.

We’re opening the tools ahead of broad shipping, so there’s a real ecosystem on day one.

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Join the list

Tell us what you’d build. We’re recruiting a first cohort now.

02

Early SDK + simulator

Get the desktop SDK and build offline, with the simulator — before hardware.

03

Devices to builders

We seed units to active developers. Every LAB is a devkit.

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Ship to the ecosystem

Your plugin reaches every LAB owner, day one and beyond.

From the community

What people are building.

One SDK, every kind of instrument. Real projects from our first developers will live here. (Showcase coming as the first cohort ships.)

Synths
Effects
Samplers
Drums
Sequencers
Generators
Community plugin showcase — coming soon. Want to be one of the first names here? Join the developer list →

Developer updates

Get the SDK first.

A separate, low-volume list just for builders — SDK access, docs, and developer news. Not the consumer mailing list.

A separate developer list. We email occasional SDK and developer news; unsubscribe any time.

✓ You’re on the developer list — we’ll send SDK access first.