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fre:ac

Audio converter and CD ripper.

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

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: playlists and format conversion.

File formats mentioned: MP3, FLAC, OGG, OPUS, WAV, AAC, M4A and MP4.

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
  • “Supports playlists, cue sheets and chapters” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Optional command line interface” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “It supports audio CD ripping and tag editing and converts between various audio file formats.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

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
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

fre:ac is a free and open source audio converter that comes with an integrated tag editor and supports various audio file formats. Features include: Support for MP3, MP4/AAC, Opus, FLAC and other formats Integrated CD ripper with AccurateRip support Integrated player and tag editor Support for playlists, cue sheets and chapters Fast, multi-threaded conversion engine Ability to convert to multiple formats at once Can verify lossless input and output files Support for freedb/CDDB queries and submits Support for using command line codecs User interface available in 40+ languages Optional command line interface

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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

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