jonrm

August 2, 2026, 8:47pm 1

I’m not new to programming, but I’m new to Zig, and I’m looking for an open source project to join or start.

I love music, and although my main profession has been as a web software engineer, I’ve also got several years’ experience in live audio engineering for small concerts and speaking engagements. I want to work on software in the music or audio space, and I think Zig’s performance characteristics and potential for use in embedded environments make it a good fit (and also I just like Zig hah).

Is anyone currently looking for new contributors on a project in this space?

If not, I’m brainstorming the idea of building a FOSS digital audio mixer, inspired in part by this project (part 1, part 2) done for FOSDEM 2024, except more oriented to live operation than remote control. Having mixed on a handful of digital consoles in the past, I can say that they are A) very cool and B) proprietary as all hell. I would love to see (or be!) an open source competitor to tools like these.

I don’t want to work alone, especially not on a project this ambitious. Does anyone have opinions about these ideas? Any feedback, or suggestions for existing projects I could join, or any interest in joining me for a digital mixer-like project, would be much appreciated!

P.S. I am not interested in working on a project which allows LLM contributions. I have to review enough slop as it is at my dayjob :downcast_face_with_sweat:

alanza August 2, 2026, 9:29pm 2

I don’t really have a project for you to join, but I’m excited to see more people interested in the audio + music space in Zig!