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Reco

Focus on recording.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

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

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

At a glance

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

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
  • Commercial use allowed

About

An audio recorder focused on being concise and simple to use. You can use it to record and remember spoken words, system audio, improvized melodies, and anything else you can do with a microphone, speaker, or both. Features include: Recording sounds from both your microphone and system at the same time. This is useful for recording calls or streaming videos on the Internet. Saving in many commonly used formats. It supports ALAC, FLAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, and WAV. Timed recording. You can set a delay before recording up to 15 seconds, and set the length of recording up to 600 seconds. Adding metadata automatically. Reco can add artist and year metadata to recording files. Choosing where to save recordings. You can select whether the app saves recordings into a directory of your choosing automatically or manually. Saving recordings when the app quits. Even if you happen to quit the app while recording, the recording is either saved automatically, or the file chooser dialog is shown - depending on your preferences.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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