Open Source Exact Audio Copy Alternatives for Mac

Exact Audio Copy is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best open source Mac alternative is fre:ac. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Exact Audio Copy and seven of them are open source and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Mac alternatives to Exact Audio Copy are X Lossless Decoder, abcde, Max CD Ripper and Rubyripper.

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Exact Audio Copy alternatives are mainly CD Rippers, but if you're looking for Audio Converters or Video Converters you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux and Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Exact Audio Copy.
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  1. fre:ac icon

    fre:ac

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    fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various formats and codecs. It will convert between MP3, MP4/M4A, FLAC, Vorbis, Opus, AAC, WAV, WMA and other formats.

    115 fre:ac alternatives

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    Main window converting FLAC files to MP3
     
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    Because EAC has problems with some CD drives but fre:ac does not. There is no alternative nearly as good as fre:ac.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • fre:ac is Free and Open SourceExact Audio Copy is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • fre:ac is LightweightExact Audio Copy is not according to our users
  2. X Lossless Decoder icon

    X Lossless Decoder

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    X Lossless Decoder (XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. It works on Mac OS X 10.3 and later. Supports: (Ogg) FLAC (.flac/.

    31 X Lossless Decoder alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    I've used XLD for years, makes a very good rip

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • X Lossless Decoder is Free and Open SourceExact Audio Copy is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • X Lossless Decoder is LightweightExact Audio Copy is not according to our users
  4. abcde icon

    abcde

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    Grab an entire CD and compress it to Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, AAC, Ogg/Speex and/or MPP/MP+(Musepack) format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    abcde ripping and encoding a CD
     
  6. Rubyripper icon

    Rubyripper

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    Rubyripper is a digital audio extraction algorithm that uses cdparanoia error correcting power and it's own secure ripping algorithm to make sure that a CD rip is done successfully and accurately. It is very similar to and inspired by EAC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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  7. C

    Cdrdao

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    Cdrdao records audio or data CD-Rs in disk-at-once (DAO) mode based on a textual description of the CD contents (toc-file).

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    RIP

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    An application for accurate CD audio extraction.

    41 RIP alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    RIP vs Exact Audio Copy Comments
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    Uses AccurateRip, same as Exact Audio Copy.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • RIP is Free and Open SourceExact Audio Copy is Free Personal and Proprietary
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