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Audacity

Audacity is the world's most popular audio editing and recording app.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Audacity is an audio editor, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described on its official website, in its Winget manifest and in its GitHub repository: plugins and add-ons, audio plugins (VST, LV2…), multitrack editing.

File formats mentioned: MP3, FLAC, OGG and WAV.

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
  • “Plugin support：Elevate your productions with a vast selection of third-party plugins, including VST3, Nyquist and more.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
  • “Plugin support：Elevate your productions with a vast selection of third-party plugins, including VST3, Nyquist and more.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
  • “Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Audacity | Free, Open Source Audio Editor and Recorder” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

Its licence (GPL-3.0) 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
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Audacity is the world's most popular audio editing and recording app. You can use Audacity to: Record live audio Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs Edit WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3 or Ogg Vorbis sound files Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together Change the speed or pitch of a recording Apply a wide range of other effects to audio recordings and much more!

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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  • Facts collected from Comptoir du Libre (source code, licence) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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