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Download Baryon Desktop for macOS, Windows, or Linux. The 10-day Baryon Pro trial is available on macOS and Windows.
Baryon Desktop runs the same WebGPU cymatic engine as the web app, packaged for the stage: lower-latency live input, output to your existing video setup, and controls built for performing rather than evaluating.

Free to explore, paid to perform

The app itself is free to download and evaluate — no account required. You can open it, feed it audio or a microphone, and run the full real-time visualizer to decide whether it belongs in your show. An active Baryon Pro entitlement unlocks professional live use: Performer Mode, fullscreen Display output, Syphon or Spout publishing, OSC/MIDI control, and the right to use Baryon in paid shows. The 10-day Pro trial includes those rights for its active term. See Plans & licensing for the full breakdown. Free Listener Mode covers evaluation and personal use. An active Baryon Pro entitlement, including the trial, covers professional performance.

Same engine as the web app

Desktop and web share the same render engine and core visual controls. In Listener and on the web, use Settings → Appearance → Background Color to change the opaque background. Performer sends its program image over black.

Release notes

Check changes and compatibility before upgrading a show setup.

First session

Connect audio, frame the scene, and save a setup.

Settings reference

Visual settings, presets, camera views, and interface preferences.

Program output

Route Performer to a display, Syphon, or Spout.

Parameter automation

Drive Baryon Desktop from OSC, OSCQuery-aware tools, and MIDI CC hardware.

OSC structure export

Send Baryon’s modal structure to TouchDesigner or another OSC receiver.
The Desktop track focuses on what is specific to the desktop product: licensing, Performer Mode, parameter automation, OSC structure export, and live output.

What to expect

  • Platforms: macOS, Windows, and Linux. Listener Mode runs on all three; Performer Mode (stage output, OSC/MIDI) is macOS and Windows today and is coming to Linux later.
  • Program output: send Performer fullscreen to another display on macOS or Windows, or publish it through Syphon on macOS or Spout on Windows. One destination is active at a time.
  • Output appearance: Performer output is always opaque and black-backed. In a receiving tool, use Add or Screen blending when black should disappear.
  • Offline-friendly licensing: your license is verified locally, so a network outage at a venue never blocks a performance. See Plans & licensing.

Download Baryon Desktop

Download the current release. Listener Mode is available on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Performer Mode and the Baryon Pro trial are available on macOS and Windows.