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    <h1>PraxisLIVE</h1>
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      <h3>rethinking general purpose and creative coding</h3>
      <aside><strong>NEW : </strong>
        <a href="/download/">PraxisLIVE v6 now available!</a></aside>
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    <h2>hybrid visual live programming</h2>
    <p>...imagine combining the best of Java or Processing with the best of visual node-based systems like Node-RED;<br>
      imagine components defined as code fragments, so you're never constrained by what comes built-in;<br>
      imagine forking components or creating new ones <em>all while your project is running</em>...</p>
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      <h3 class="icon fa-bolt">Real-time processing</h3>
      <p><a href="/blog/a-forest-of-actors/">Forest-of-actors</a> architecture for 
        low-latency, data processing, media &amp; embedded. Optional graphics module with support
        for <a href="https://processing.org/" target="_blank">Processing</a>,
        <a href="https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/" target="_blank">GStreamer</a> and OpenGL.
        Optional audio with <a href="http://jaudiolibs.org" target="_blank">Pipes</a>
        and <a href="http://www.jackaudio.org/" target="_blank">JACK</a>.</p>
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      <h3 class="icon icon-rotate-90 fa-sitemap">Intuitive graphical patching</h3>
      <p>Node-based actor graph editing for fast visual project building. Drag &amp;
        drop components, draw in connections. <em>Edit everything live</em> - instant
        feedback without interrupting flow.</p>
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      <h3 class="icon fa-code-fork">Extend at runtime</h3>
      <p>Fork components on-the-fly, or create new ones from scratch, <em>with real-time code reload</em>.
        Integrated live Java editor and compiler. Export and share, or import from a growing library.</p>
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      <h3 class="icon fa-cubes">Distributed by design</h3>
      <p>Built from the ground up for working with multiple pipelines using a distributed architecture.
        Option to run projects transparently across processes or machines.</p>
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