monomeDIY platforms
Open Lua + SuperCollider sound computer on Raspberry Pi hardware
norns is a small open-source sound computer from monome built around a Raspberry Pi Compute Module, with an OLED screen, three encoders, three keys and four USB ports. Scripts are written in Lua and sound engines in SuperCollider, edited from a computer through the maiden web interface. The norns shield, which adds the same interface to a standard Raspberry Pi, and the community Fates board provide the same environment on other hardware.
norns, the DIY norns shield and compatible boards such as Fates run the same open-source software; shield and Fates disk images differ from the standard norns image, and any of them can then use SYSTEM > UPDATE for the current OS release. Scripts and mods written in Lua or SuperCollider run on the stock OS and are software, not firmware, so they are not catalogued here; browse them at norns.community and discuss on the lines forum (llllllll.co).
Official open-source norns system software: the Lua UI and scripting layer, the SuperCollider-based audio engine (with the softcut submodule), updated on device from SYSTEM > UPDATE.
by monome, Contributors
Disk images for Norns-Shield-Pro, a Freepoet hardware variant of the norns shield; a base image, one with scripts preloaded and a Lenovo-labelled variant, flashed with balenaEtcher.
by Freepoet
| Version | Date |
|---|---|
| v-20251216 | 2025-12-17 |
Official monome disk images for fresh norns and norns shield installs, plus the build files for them. Flash to the SD card or CM3, then update the OS from the device.
by monome
| Version | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 250530 | 2025-07-02 | Standard norns only. |
| 240911 | 2024-10-30 | |
| 231114-img | 2023-11-21 | Latest shield images (Pi 3 / Pi 4, cs4270 / cs4271). |
Release stream of norns system software and disk images for Fates, a DIY Raspberry Pi board (codec, OLED, three encoders and keys) that runs the standard norns ecosystem.
by okyeron, Fates project
| Version | Date |
|---|---|
| v2.9.3 (build 250926) | 2025-10-07 |
| v2.8.4 | 2024-09-13 |
| v2.8.1 | 2023-12-02 |
Self-contained web-based code editor and REPL for norns, made of a backend HTTP server and a single-page web app, used to edit scripts and talk to the system.
by monome
| Version | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| v1.1.6 | 2022-03-22 | Latest tagged release; the repository still receives commits (July 2026). |