Justin Frankel

Justin Frankel is one of those rare engineers I genuinely revere. He built Winamp and then invented the Gnutella peer-to-peer network while barely out of his teens, which is staggering. What impresses me most is that he did not coast on that fame. He founded Cockos and created REAPER, a digital audio workstation beloved by serious producers for its honesty and depth. I read him as a builder driven by craft rather than money, someone who simply wanted to make excellent tools. People who quietly reshape how the world listens to and makes music deserve far more recognition than he gets.

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Name (English)

Justin Frankel

Name (Japanese)

ジャスティン・フランケル

Reading

じゃすてぃん・ふらんける

Born

1978

Origin

Sedona, Arizona, United States

Occupation

engineer / programmer / computer scientist / blogger / businessperson

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Horse

University

University of Utah

• Xhttps://x.com/justinfrankel
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin%20Frankel
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92964

Tags

• Arizona
• engineer
• programmer
• computer scientist

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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