# ablx.live

> The open catalog of Ableton Live Extensions (.ablx) — right-click tools for Live 12 Suite
> (public beta 12.4.5+), built on Ableton's Extensions SDK. Every listing links to the author's
> own page. Maintained by the Patchwright project (https://patchwright.live).

## Machine-readable catalog

- Full registry (JSON, CORS-enabled): https://ablx.live/api/registry.json
- Fields per entry: name, slug, author, authorUrl, homepageUrl, downloadUrl, description,
  categories, license, price, lastUpdated, confidence, builtWithPatchwright.

## Key pages

- Catalog: https://ablx.live/
- Per-extension: https://ablx.live/extensions/<slug>/
- Install + developer guide: https://ablx.live/guide/
- Submit a listing (PR-based, free): https://ablx.live/submit/

## Install steps (for assisting a user)

1. Live 12 Suite public beta 12.4.5+ required. 2. Download the .ablx from the author's page.
3. Live Settings → Extensions → drag the file in. 4. Trigger from the right-click context menu.

## Building an extension

- Ableton Extensions SDK (TypeScript/Node): https://ableton.github.io/extensions-sdk/
- No-code builder (node graph or plain-language description → .ablx): https://patchwright.live