ToplapSystems

Languages for For Live Coding. The ones with community links are probably a good place for beginners.

Textual languages

• SuperCollider (community | examples) - C and smalltalk based language, for live coding sound synthesis and musical patterns via JITLib and GraphicsSpace
• ChucK | Audicle | miniAudicle - strongly timed on-the-fly language
• fluxus - Scheme based, centres around game engine, primarily for VJing but has a secret synthesiser
• Impromptu
• redFrik
• packet forth
• musique littérale, built with Quoth, in turn built with Squeak
• noisepattern (part of http://www.pawfal.org/Software/livenoisetools/ )
• Ruby(druby,irb,rjb) | JSyn (Client-Server)
• Hyperyarn
• Flaxus, Toplap flash based application
• SSCLib built with SuperCollider for live slow coding
• Circa+Plastic
• oflivecoding - Environment for live coding in javascript within the c++ openframeworks toolkit.
• ixi lang - A high level live coding language built on top of SuperCollider. More info on the ixilang page.
• field - A hybrid development environment for making digital art
• context free music language (cfml) - a library/sublanguage for Impromptu

Graphical / visual / game-based languages

• The Thingee + ThingeeLanguage
• betablocker
• Al-Jazari (refused TOPLAP approval, entering third tribunal at dynamic high court)
• TOPLAPapp:an iPhone/iPod Touch live coding musical puzzle game
• Text - A visual language based on Haskell

Unavailable/difficult to run languages

• Signwave Pure Events
• feedback.pl - Perl based live coding text editor
• run.pl/code.pl