Case study

Inferno: implementing Dante audio networking

Inferno implements Dante audio networking on Linux from reverse-engineered protocol behavior. Its Rust components send and receive audio with Dante devices, while an ALSA virtual soundcard and a raw-audio pipe adapter expose streams to local applications.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-09

Stars: 368
Last commit: 2026-09-08
Language: Rust

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires Linux, Rust and a clock synchronization daemon; the quick start calls for a modified Statime build.
Prerequisites: ALSA use requires ALSA development libraries.
Limits: The author describes the implementation as highly experimental and notes that guessed protocol behavior may fail in other setups.
License: Component directories include GPL, AGPL and other license files.

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BibTeX

@misc{inferno-dante-protocol-case,
  title = {{Inferno: implementing Dante audio networking}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/teodly/inferno}},
  url = {https://github.com/teodly/inferno},
  urldate = {2026-11-09},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/inferno-dante-protocol-case/}}
}

Plain text

Inferno: implementing Dante audio networking. https://github.com/teodly/inferno (accessed 2026-11-09). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/inferno-dante-protocol-case/

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README.md GitHub · teodly/inferno · Revision 9767558
Cargo.toml GitHub · teodly/inferno · Revision 9767558