Ableton @ GitHub

Ableton provides a set of libraries and tools for third party developers. You can find the open source repositories on our GitHub organization page. Two of our libraries have restricted access and may require licensing: Link and Live Set Export.

Ableton Link is a technology that synchronizes musical beat, tempo, phase, and start/stop commands across multiple applications running on one or more devices. It comes in two flavors:

• LinkKit SDK for iOS LinkKit provides a C / Objective C interface for the use on iOS. Usage of LinkKit is governed by the Ableton Link SDK license. By using LinkKit you agree to its terms and conditions.

• Link cross-platform source code library Link is an open source cross platform C++ library. It is dual licensed under GPLv2+ and a proprietary license. If you would like to incorporate Link into a proprietary software application, please contact link-devs@ableton.com.

Ableton Live Set Export is a library that allows an application to write Ableton Live project files. Currently only ALSExportKit for iOS is available. It is governed by the ALS Export SDK License. To get access to ALSExportKit please register here.

The third party plugin developers portal contains resources to help developers make their plugins work well in Live.