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# Developing your own plugins and scripts
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## Plugins
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Audacity supports the following formats:
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* **Nyquist** (Lisp or SAL)\
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Audacity's built-in scripting format. Allows for easy generation of UI elements and already is tuned to Audacity's needs. Note that this plugin format is not supported as realtime effects.\
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Documentation: [creating-your-own-nyquist-plugins](../developing-your-own-plugins-and-scripts/creating-your-own-nyquist-plugins/ "mention")
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* **VST3** (C++)\
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The industry standard for plugins. Widely supported across Audacity, Musescore and most DAWs.\
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Documentation: [https://steinbergmedia.github.io/vst3\_doc/vstsdk/index.html](https://steinbergmedia.github.io/vst3\_doc/vstsdk/index.html)
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* **LV2** (C, C++, other C-compatible languages)\
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The Linux plugin standard. Widely supported across open source software.\
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Documentation: [https://lv2plug.in/book/](https://lv2plug.in/book/)
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* **Vamp** (C++, Python)\
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An easy-to-develop-for framework for audio analyzers.\
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Documentation: [https://www.vamp-plugins.org/develop.html](https://www.vamp-plugins.org/develop.html)
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Additionally, LADSPA, VST2.4 and Audio Units are supported. LADSPA and VST2.4 are the predecessor to LV2 and VST3, respectively, and thus fairly outdated. Audio Units are only available on macOS.
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Further, Audacity has modules, which allow extending Audacity beyond just editing audio. It is somewhat experimental and not yet documented.
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## Scripts
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Audacity supports the following scripting formats:
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* **mod-script-pipe** (Python, Perl)\
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A module that exposes a named pipe to which commands can be sent.\
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Documentation: [https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/scripting.html](https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/scripting.html)
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* **Macros**\
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You can use Audacity's macros feature to chain effects and actions together. This can be exported as a file.\
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Documentation: [https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/macros.html](https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/macros.html)
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If you have found a macro or script which you find universally applicable, you can share it in the scripts section.
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