A local-first jam and sample manager for musicians who want to focus on creating music, not managing files. Wallflower records, imports, analyzes, and organizes musical explorations -- using local AI to automatically detect structure, separate sources, and tag metadata -- so you can quickly go from "I just finished a 2-hour jam" to "here's the interesting 8-bar synth loop in Bb minor at 120bpm" with minimal effort.
Wallflower v0.2.0 -- macOS (Apple Silicon). Code-signed and notarized.
v0.2.0 released -- Import, playback, recording, ML analysis, source separation, spatial explorer, accessibility, sample browser, and export.
Download the latest DMG from the Releases page. Open it and drag Wallflower to Applications. Requires macOS 13.0+ on Apple Silicon.
Prerequisites: macOS, Rust toolchain (rustup.rs), Node.js 20+, protobuf (brew install protobuf)
git clone https://github.com/lovettbarron/wallflower.git
cd wallflower
npm install
cargo build --workspace# Development mode (Tauri app with hot reload)
cargo tauri dev
# Or run just the CLI
cargo run -p wallflower-cli -- helpwallflower import <path> Import a file or directory
wallflower list List all jams in the library
wallflower list --format json Output as JSON
wallflower status Show app status (jam count, watcher, storage)
wallflower settings View all settings
wallflower settings <key> View a specific setting
wallflower settings <key> <value> Update a setting
wallflower devices List connected audio recording devices
# Import a recording from a Zoom F3
wallflower import /Volumes/ZOOM\ F3/STEREO/ZOOM0001.WAV
# Import an entire directory
wallflower import ~/Desktop/jam-session/
# Check what devices are connected
wallflower devices
# See library status
wallflower statusWallflower is a Tauri v2 native macOS application with three Rust crates:
crates/
wallflower-core/ Core library: database, import pipeline, settings,
folder watcher, device detection
wallflower-app/ Tauri application: IPC commands, HTTP API, app state
wallflower-cli/ CLI binary: git-style subcommands sharing wallflower-core
Storage: SQLite database at ~/Library/Application Support/wallflower/wallflower.db. Audio files copied to ~/Library/Application Support/wallflower/audio/.
Frontend: React/Next.js static export served in a Tauri WKWebView. Communicates with the Rust backend via Tauri IPC commands and an HTTP API on port 23516.
Watch folder: Default ~/wallflower. New audio files are automatically imported after a 5-second debounce period.
# Run all tests
cargo test --workspace
# Run core library tests only
cargo test -p wallflower-core
# Run app in development mode
cargo tauri dev
# Build frontend static export
npm run build
# Release build
cargo build --release --workspaceMIT