Software · Audio & music

Ardour

Ardour is a music production program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux: MIDI support.

Completely free
Windows, macOS and Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: GPL-2.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub, Wikidata
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: not documented
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows, macOS and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub, Unspecified source · macOS: Unspecified source, Wikidata · Windows: Unspecified source
Publisher: Ardour Developers
Latest version: 9.8.0 (19 August 2026)
Latest activity: 4 October 2026
Source code: github.com/Ardour/ardour

Overview

Ardour is a music production program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: MIDI support.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Ardour is a free/open-source digital audio workstation for Windows, Linux, and macOS.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“Ardour is a multi-channel digital audio workstation, allowing you to record, edit, mix and master audio and MIDI projects.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Ardour is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-2.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

Ardour is a multi-channel digital audio workstation, allowing you to record, edit, mix and master audio and MIDI projects. It is targeted at audio engineers, musicians, soundtrack editors and composers.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 6 November 2026
Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) — 5 November 2026
Last technical check: 5 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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