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Audacious

Audacious is a music player, available on Windows, macOS and Linux: playlists, equaliser and lyrics display.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Audacious is a music player, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: playlists, equaliser, lyrics display, plugins and add-ons.

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
  • “Lightweight audio player” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Drag and drop folders and individual song files, search for artists and albums in your entire music library, or create and edit your own custom playlists.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Tweak the sound with the graphical equalizer or change the dynamic range with audio effects.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Use the plugins included with Audacious to fetch lyrics for your music, display a VU meter, and more.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “It supports a wide range of audio formats and provides a flexible plugin system for extending functionality.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Audacious is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (BSD-2-Clause) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Audacious is an open source audio player. A descendant of XMMS, Audacious plays your music how you want it, without stealing away your computer’s resources from other tasks. Drag and drop folders and individual song files, search for artists and albums in your entire music library, or create and edit your own custom playlists. Listen to CD’s or stream music from the Internet. Tweak the sound with the graphical equalizer or change the dynamic range with audio effects. Enjoy the modern Qt/GTK themed interface or change things up with Winamp Classic skins. Use the plugins included with Audacious to fetch lyrics for your music, display a VU meter, and more.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (source code, publisher, licence, platforms, version) —
  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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