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Tenacity

Tenacity is an audio editor, available on Windows, macOS and Linux: multitrack editing, audio plugins (VST, LV2…), scripting and macros.

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

Overview

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

Features described in its Flathub listing, on its official website and in its Winget manifest: multitrack editing, audio plugins (VST, LV2…), scripting and macros.

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
  • “an easy-to-use, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorder” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “an easy-to-use, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorder” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Extensibility with support for plug-ins, providing support for VST 2, LADSPA/LV2, and AU plugins.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
  • “Support for scripting in the built-in scripting language Nyquist, or in Python, Perl, and other languages with named pipes.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
  • “Accessibility including editing via keyboard, screen reader support and narration support.” — Winget, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

Its licence (GPL-2.0 & CC-BY-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

Tenacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. The interface is translated into many languages. You can use Tenacity 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

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

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

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