Case study

Open Apollo: reconstructing Linux support for Apollo audio interfaces

Open Apollo reconstructs Linux control of Universal Audio Apollo Thunderbolt and USB audio interfaces through hardware and driver analysis. It provides a Thunderbolt kernel driver, USB initialization stack, mixer daemon and native console, with device setup drawing needed files from the user's UAD installation.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 89
Last commit: 2026-11-08
Language: Python
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A supported Apollo interface and Linux system; the documented Thunderbolt x4 setup uses Ubuntu 24.04.
Prerequisites: The user's own UAD installation supplies files needed during setup.
Limits: Support is experimental; some configurations have kernel stability issues, and the rebuilt Apollo Solo USB initialization is untested on hardware in this release.
License: GPL-2.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{open-apollo-case,
  title = {{Open Apollo: reconstructing Linux support for Apollo audio interfaces}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/rolotrealanis98/open-apollo}},
  url = {https://github.com/rolotrealanis98/open-apollo},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/open-apollo-case/}}
}

Plain text

Open Apollo: reconstructing Linux support for Apollo audio interfaces. https://github.com/rolotrealanis98/open-apollo (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/open-apollo-case/

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README.md GitHub · rolotrealanis98/open-apollo · Revision 5a79fc1
ARCHITECTURE.md GitHub · rolotrealanis98/open-apollo · Revision 5a79fc1