W. Furgerson, I. Bukvic, J. Kerobo, B. Davis, “WebPdL2Ork: Bringing the Linux Laptop Orchestra to the Browser,” Linux Audio Conference, 2025, Lyon, France.
Abstract
In the following paper, we introduce WebPdL2Ork, a new browser-based port of Pd-L2Ork. We present a brief history of Pd-L2Ork and the Linux Laptop Orchestra (L2Ork), the motivation for a Web-based implementation, and its benefits. We explain how we adapted Pd-L2Ork to run in the browser using Emscripten and WebAssembly and detail the technical hurdles we encountered along the way as well as our solutions. We highlight the L2Ork-Tweeter Pd-L2Ork app, a core component of the Linux Laptop Orchestra since 2020 and the most complex patch packaged with Pd-L2Ork, running in WebPdL2Ork with nearparity to its desktop counterpart. Finally, we list the remaining shortcomings of WebPdL2Ork as well as our plans for future work to address its shortcomings.