development

A practical guide to packaging your VST3, AU, or CLAP plugin into a real installer: the exact folders on Windows and macOS, the free tools to use, and how to get past code signing and macOS notarization.

A plain-language tour of plugin licensing models, from plain serials to signed license files and account-based ownership, plus the one crypto rule that keeps a homegrown system from getting key-genned in an afternoon.