--- title: Forth-based live coding sequencer | daily.dev description: Cagire is a terminal-based step sequencer where each step holds a Forth script instead of note data. When the sequencer reaches a step, it executes the script,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/forth-based-live-coding-sequencer-4al1ejmyr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Forth-based live coding sequencer | daily.dev og:description: Cagire is a terminal-based step sequencer where each step holds a Forth script instead of note data. When the sequencer reaches a step, it executes the script,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/forth-based-live-coding-sequencer-4al1ejmyr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/4al1ejMYR.png og:image:alt: Forth-based live coding sequencer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Forth-based live coding sequencer **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cagire is a terminal-based step sequencer where each step holds a Forth script instead of note data. When the sequencer reaches a step, it executes the script, which can produce sound, trigger samples, apply effects, or anything else. It includes a built-in audio engine (Doux) with oscillators, filters, reverb, delay, and distortion — no external software required. A second embedded language called Arf allows writing custom DSP code. Cagire is designed for live coding performances, ships with interactive in-app documentation, and is released as free and open source software under AGPL-3.0. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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