Every current Stillwell Audio plugin is now available for Linux. At the same time, we have added CLAP builds across all three of our current platforms: Linux, macOS, and Windows.
That is a short sentence for a long piece of work. Bringing the whole catalog to a third platform—and adding a modern plugin format across all three—meant revisiting every product, build, package, and download path. We are proud to have the complete line arriving together.
To reflect this catalog-wide change, every plugin version has been bumped to 4.1.x.
The goal was the same as it has been throughout our recent catalog work: carry the plugins forward without changing the sound or working character that made them useful in the first place.
Linux system requirements
The Linux builds are for x86_64 systems with glibc 2.31 or later, using X11 or XWayland. Each Linux download includes VST3 and CLAP formats.
Linux support on arm64 is technically possible, but whether we add it will depend on customer demand.
In practical terms, the minimum includes Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 11. Newer releases such as Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04, Debian 12 and 13, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, current Fedora, and current Arch Linux meet or exceed the glibc requirement. Older systems such as Ubuntu 18.04, Debian 10, and RHEL 8 do not meet it without a system upgrade.
If you are unsure which glibc version your system provides, run:
ldd --version
CLAP host support
CLAP—the CLever Audio Plug-in API—is an open plugin format built for modern hosts and plugin development. Every current Stillwell Audio download now includes CLAP alongside the other formats available for that platform.
Examples of major DAWs with CLAP support include:
- Bitwig Studio — Linux, macOS, and Windows
- REAPER — Linux, macOS, and Windows
- FL Studio — macOS and Windows
That list is not exhaustive, and host support continues to grow. Check your DAW’s current documentation if you are not sure which plugin formats it accepts.
The new builds are available now from the downloads page. As always, the evaluation versions are fully functional, so Linux and CLAP users can put them to work before making any decisions.