Audacity (audio editor)
| Audacity | |
|---|---|
Audacity showing the timeline, tracks, and basic controls | |
| Developer(s) | Muse Group The Audacity Team |
| Initial release | May 28, 2000 |
| Stable release | 3.7.4 (10 June 2025) [±] |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C, C++ (using the wxWidgets toolkit) |
| Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux, other Unix-like systems |
| Platform | IA-32, x86-64, PowerPC |
| Available in | 38 languages |
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| Type | Digital audio editor |
| License | GPL v2 or later, CC-BY-3.0 (documentation) |
| Website | www |
Audacity is a free and open-source digital audio editor and recording application software, available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems.
As of December 6, 2022, Audacity is the most popular download at FossHub, with over 114.2 million downloads since March 2015. It was previously served by Google Code and SourceForge, where it was downloaded over 200 million times. It is now part of Muse Group.
It is licensed under GPL-2.0 or later. Executables with VST3 support are licensed GPL-3-only to maintain license compatibility.