diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/cyclone/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/cyclone/default.nix
index 03df731aef5d..12efbfb64a4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/cyclone/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/cyclone/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cyclone";
-  version = "0.3beta-2";
+  version = "unstable-2023-09-12";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "porres";
     repo = "pd-cyclone";
-    rev = "cyclone${version}";
-    sha256 = "192jrq3bdsv626js1ymq10gwp9wwcszjs63ys6ap9ig8xdkbhr3q";
+    rev = "7c470fb03db66057a2198843b635ac3f1abde84d";
+    hash = "sha256-ixfnmeoRzV0qEOOIxCV1361t3d59fwxjHWhz9uXQ2ps=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ puredata ];
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     rm -rf $out/lib
   '';
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with lib; {
     description = "A library of PureData classes, bringing some level of compatibility between Max/MSP and Pd environments";
     homepage = "http://puredata.info/downloads/cyclone";
-    license = lib.licenses.tcltk;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.magnetophon ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.tcltk;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ magnetophon carlthome ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/gem/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/gem/default.nix
index fc4c08a63aa3..7bfdb1bd8a8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/gem/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/pd-plugins/gem/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
+{ lib
+, stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , autoreconfHook
 , pkg-config
@@ -10,17 +11,18 @@
 , libv4l
 , libX11
 , file
- }:
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gem-unstable";
-  version = "2020-09-22";
+  version = "2023-07-28";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
+
     owner = "umlaeute";
     repo = "Gem";
-    rev = "2edfde4f0587e72ef325e7f53681936dcc19655b";
-    sha256 = "0k5sq128wxi2qhaidspkw310pdgysxs47agv09pkjgvch2n4d5dq";
+    rev = "4ec12eef8716822c68f7c02a5a94668d2427037d";
+    hash = "sha256-Y/Z7oJdKGd7+aSk8eAN9qu4ss+BOvzaXWpWGjfJqGJ8=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -39,11 +41,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libX11
   ];
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with lib; {
     description = "Graphics Environment for Multimedia";
     homepage = "http://puredata.info/downloads/gem";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.raboof ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ raboof carlthome ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/puredata/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/puredata/default.nix
index ebdc0388b965..f8df443f5c78 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/puredata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/puredata/default.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,51 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, gettext, makeWrapper
-, alsa-lib, libjack2, tk, fftw
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, autoreconfHook
+, gettext
+, makeWrapper
+, alsa-lib
+, libjack2
+, tk
+, fftw
+, portaudio
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "puredata";
-  version = "0.50-2";
+  version = "0.54-0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://msp.ucsd.edu/Software/pd-${version}.src.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0dz6r6jy0zfs1xy1xspnrxxks8kddi9c7pxz4vpg2ygwv83ghpg5";
+    hash = "sha256-6MFKfYV5CWxuOsm1V4LaYChIRIlx0Qcwah5SbtBFZIU=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook gettext makeWrapper ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ alsa-lib libjack2 fftw ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    fftw
+    libjack2
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+    alsa-lib
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    portaudio
+  ];
 
   configureFlags = [
-    "--enable-alsa"
-    "--enable-jack"
+    "--enable-universal"
     "--enable-fftw"
-    "--disable-portaudio"
-    "--disable-oss"
+    "--enable-jack"
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+    "--enable-alsa"
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    "--enable-portaudio"
+    "--without-local-portaudio"
+    "--disable-jack-framework"
+    "--with-wish=${tk}/bin/wish8.6"
   ];
 
   postInstall = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/pd --prefix PATH : ${tk}/bin
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/pd --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ tk ]}
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
@@ -32,7 +53,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
                     audio, video, and graphical processing'';
     homepage = "http://puredata.info";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu carlthome ];
+    mainProgram = "pd";
+    changelog = "https://msp.puredata.info/Pd_documentation/x5.htm#s1";
   };
 }