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+Cardinal is a free and open-source virtual modular synthesizer plugin,
+available as CLAP, LV2, VST2 and VST3 audio plugin for FreeBSD, Linux,
+macOS and Windows. Plus AU and JACK or Native audio standalone for
+some systems. It is based on the popular VCV Rack but with a focus on
+being a fully self-contained plugin version.
+
+More specifically, this is a DPF-based plugin wrapper around VCV Rack,
+using its code directly instead of forking the project, with the target
+of having a proper, self-contained, fully free and open-source plugin
+version of Rack. Cardinal contains Rack, some 3rd-party modules and a
+few internal utilities all in a single binary. All "Core" modules from
+Rack have been replaced by Cardinal equivalents, simplified to better
+work for an audio plugin.