LinuxLink splits your audio into channels (Music, Games, Voice Chat, your microphone…) and lets you build independent mixes from them: one for your headphones, another for your stream or recording, each with its own volume for every channel. It is modelled on Elgato Wave Link 3 and built on PipeWire.
- Routing matrix. Channels are rows, mixes are columns, and every cell has its own fader and mute. Click + to route a channel into a mix.
- App channels. Put any apps in a channel (search through every installed app) and LinuxLink keeps them there, every time they start.
- Up to five mixes. Toggle 🎧 on any mix to hear it; turn on as many as you like. Every mix is also a virtual microphone for OBS, Discord or a recorder.
- Microphones and inputs as channels, with real device gain, mute and live meters.
- Faders that work like Wave Link's: linear in decibels over 60 dB, with level meters in every track, ticks every 6 dB and snapping to −45/−30/−15 dB.
- Voice ducking: your microphone (or any channel) lowers music and games in the mixes you choose while you talk, with Wave Link's sensitivity, amount and speed presets.
- Channel boost of up to +12 dB for quiet apps and microphones.
- Your layout: reorder channels and mixes, hide channels you don't need to see, and switch to a compact view with one mix's faders.
- Control API: a local WebSocket API in the style of Wave Link's, for Stream Deck style controllers and scripts.
- Stays out of the way. Closing the window keeps LinuxLink running in the system tray; optionally start with your computer.
- Bluetooth headsets just work: connect one and your mixes move to it.
- Apps by their real name and icon, including Steam and Proton games.
- Remembers everything across restarts and reboots.
- Updates itself (AppImage, tarball) or hands verified packages to your system installer (.deb, .rpm, Flatpak), with a What's new window after every update.
Download the file for your system from the latest release. Every release has packages for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64).
| System | File | How to install |
|---|---|---|
| Any distribution | LinuxLink-<version>-x86_64.AppImage |
chmod +x LinuxLink-*.AppImage and run it. Updates itself. |
| Any distribution | LinuxLink-<version>-x86_64.flatpak |
flatpak install --user LinuxLink-*.flatpak (or open it in Discover / GNOME Software) |
| Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS | linuxlink_<version>_amd64.deb |
sudo apt install ./linuxlink_*.deb |
| Fedora, openSUSE, RHEL | linuxlink-<version>-1.x86_64.rpm |
sudo dnf install ./linuxlink-*.rpm (openSUSE: sudo zypper install ./linuxlink-*.rpm) |
| Arch, CachyOS, EndeavourOS, Manjaro | linuxlink-<version>-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst |
sudo pacman -U linuxlink-*.pkg.tar.zst, or build packaging/arch/PKGBUILD |
| Anything else | linuxlink-<version>-x86_64-linux.tar.gz |
Unpack it and run ./install.sh. Updates itself. |
On ARM64, pick the aarch64 / arm64 file instead. Details, updating and
uninstalling for each format: docs/installing.md. Every release also has a
SHA256SUMS file: sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS --ignore-missing.
- PipeWire with pipewire-pulse (the default on Fedora, Ubuntu 22.10+, Debian 12+, Arch and most current distributions).
pactlandparec: packagepulseaudio-utilson Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE,libpulseon Arch. The .deb, .rpm and Arch packages install them for you.- Optional:
bluetoothctl(BlueZ) to show Bluetooth devices by name. - The tray icon needs a desktop with StatusNotifierItem support (KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, XFCE, Budgie…; on GNOME install the AppIndicator extension).
- Start LinuxLink from your app menu.
- Click a channel (for example Music) and tick or search for the apps that belong in it.
- In My Mix, set how loud each channel is in your headphones. Pick your headphones in the top-right corner.
- For streaming or Discord, use the Stream mix and select LinuxLink Stream as the microphone / audio source in that app.
The user guide explains everything in detail.
- User guide: channels, mixes, devices, settings, the tray
- Setups: step-by-step recipes for streaming with OBS, Discord calls, recording and Bluetooth headsets
- Installing, updating and removing, for every package format
- FAQ and troubleshooting
- Configuration reference: every setting and command-line option
- How it works: the PipeWire graph behind LinuxLink
- Building from source
- Releasing
- Changelog
Bug reports, ideas and pull requests are welcome. Please read CONTRIBUTING.md and our Code of Conduct. For security problems, see SECURITY.md. Need help? See SUPPORT.md.
LinuxLink is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Elgato or Corsair.
LinuxLink is licensed under either of
at your option. Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution you intentionally submit for inclusion in LinuxLink shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.