clap-info: A simple command line CLAP information tool

This is a CLAP information tool which simply loads a clap and allows you to print a variety of information about the plugin. It prints the information in machine-readable (JSON) format.

clap-info can perform the following

• Traverse your system finding .clap files, and scanning them for information
• Load a single CLAP and display the descriptors
• For a given CLAP and descriptor, create an instance of a plugin and print extension information, including ports, parameters, and more

We occasionally tag releases with versions and make binary releases available, but the program is designed to be easy to build, and when starting a CLAP development effort, can be a useful tiny host to debug the first stages of CLAP development.

To build

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/surge-synthesizer/clap-info
cd clap-info
cmake -Bbuild
cmake --build build

To use as a scanner

clap-info -l will list all installed CLAPs on your system, using the CLAP locations documented in entry.h

clap-info -s will load each clap and print the descriptors for each CLAP, and as such implements a CLAP scanner.

To use on a single CLAP

clap-info "/path/to/YourCLAP.clap"

this usage will print complete information on plugin 0 in your clap.

You can configure the information with various degrees of probes, verbosity, and more. Use clap-info --help to get full information on the options.