Get Started

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Browser-based Collaborative Livecoding Ecosystem

Estuary

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1. Select Mode

• Solo ⇒ Just Start to Play!
• Collaborative

  • Host ⇒ Create New Ensemble

    ⇒ Set:

    • Ensemble Name
    • Host Password
    • Participant Password
    • Ensemble Expiry
    • Community Password (for more than 1h access)

    ⇒ Confirm!

    (For example, “created ensemble doodoodoo host password=nn participant password=tt” will appear in the terminal/chat)

  • Participant ⇒ Click Existing Ensemble ⇒ Participant Password

  • Login!

  • (Type your name above the language selection box if you want!)

2. Select Language

• MiniTidal (TidalCycles): for making patterns of musical events
• Punctual: for synthesizing audio and/or video from the same notation
• CineCer0: for videos and typography
• TimeNot: for creating temporal canons
• Seis8s: for exploring Latin musical genres
• Hydra: for video synthesis
• LocoMotion: for dance, choreography, 3D avatars
• TransMit:

3. Run Code

Click ▶️ or “shift + enter”

Tips & Troubleshooting

💡 Need help?

Click the “?” icon on the top-right corner of the screen to find references and syntax guides for 4 languages (MiniTidal, Punctual, Hydra, CineCer0).

⚠️ Syntax errors:

Error message “Syntax” in the panel header, right where the language name is displayed.

🪟 Change panel layout:

You can change the number of panels and their layout through the editor configuration. Click the “?” icon → Settings → Scroll to the bottom → View Editor Then edit the code that defines the layout, for example: