Open Source Audacity Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Audacity is Tenacity. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Audacity and 18 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Audacity are KWave, DarkAudacity, Spek and AudioMass.

Audacity alternatives are mainly Audio Editors but may also be Audio Recorders or Music Production Apps. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Audacity.

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Tenacity
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Free • Open Source
Audio Editor
Audio Recorder
Digital Audio Workstation
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87 Tenacity alternatives
Tenacity is an easy-to-use, privacy-friendly, FLOSS, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorder for Windows, macOS, Linux and other operating systems.
- - Tenacity is the most popular Open Source alternative to Audacity.
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Tenacity Features
1. Privacy focusedTenacity is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
2. Ad-freeTenacity doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. Works OfflineTenacity can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
4. Support for VST PluginsTenacity support third-party Virtual Studio Technology (VST) plugins.
5. LightweightTenacity consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Remove Noise
Mix Music
Comments about Tenacity as a Alternative to Audacity
Almost everyone thinks Tenacity is a great Audacity alternative.
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Trevor Vance
It's a fork of Audacity started when they added some questionable privacy policy changes.
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RemovedUser
A good alternative to Audacity as it is just a fork that removes any privacy concerns.
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Arkl1te
Has no downloadable build release for Windows
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stevetf
Tenacity appears to be a dead fork of Audacity.
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Guest
It is the audacity fork made after audacity was bought and started to have bullshit put in by a company.
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KWave
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Free • Open Source
Audio Editor
Audio Recorder
Linux
27 KWave alternatives
Kwave is a sound editor designed for the KDE Desktop Environment.

With Kwave you can record, play back, import and edit many sorts of audio files including multi-channel files. Kwave includes some plugins to transform audio files in several ways and presents a graphical view wit.
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1. LightweightKWave consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
High-dpi support
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Guest
It's extremely limited in functionality
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DarkAudacity
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Free • Open Source
Audio Editor
Audio Recorder
Windows
121 DarkAudacity alternatives
DarkAudacity is a build/fork of the the well known free sound editor, Audacity, customized with a darker, more modern theme - and a few small tweaks. The audio engine underneath is the same audio engine. The same code powers it. Like Audacity, it is completely free.
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DarkAudacity Features
1. Ad-freeDarkAudacity doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. Support for VST PluginsDarkAudacity support third-party Virtual Studio Technology (VST) plugins.
3. Privacy focusedDarkAudacity is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
Multitrack editing
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Discontinued
The project seems no longer developed since 2019. Last version, 2.3.2, released in May 2019, can be still downloaded from FossHub. The GitHub page shows an older version (2.1.3) that dates back to 2016.

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Danilo_Venom
As a fork of the original Audacity, DarkAudacity can read mogg MultiTrack files too
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Spek
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53 Spek alternatives
Spek helps to analyse your audio files by showing their spectrogram. Spek is free software available for Unix, Windows and Mac OS X.
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Spek Features
1. LightweightSpek consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Spectrogram view
Comments about Spek as a Alternative to Audacity
This alternative is disputed. Spek is still a legitimate Audacity alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
Guest
Audacity is an audio editor. Calling Spek an alternative to Audacity would be like calling a tire an alternative to an automobile.
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Guest
This isn't an audio editor.
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Guest
Not an audio track editor.
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Guest
It's not an audio editor!
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Guest
audacity is a full-blown audio track editor, spek is just a mere spectrum analyser
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AudioMass
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Free • Open Source
Audio Editor
Online
Self-Hosted
117 AudioMass alternatives
AudioMass lets you record, or use your existing audio tracks, and modify them by trimming, cutting, pasting or applying a plethora of effects, from compression and paragraphic equalizers to reverb, delay and distortion fx.
- - AudioMass is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Audacity.
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AudioMass Features
1. Works OfflineAudioMass can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
Sneedacity
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Free • Open Source
Audio Editor
Audio Recorder
Digital Audio Workstation
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109 Sneedacity alternatives
Sneedacity (named after Sneed's Feed and Seed from The Simpsons episode, "E-I-E-I-D'oh") is a free (libre), open source, and privacy-respecting audio recording and editing suite forked from Audacity.
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Sneedacity Features
1. No TrackingSneedacity will not track you or use your personal data.
2. Ad-freeSneedacity doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Multitrack editing
Mix Music
Add a screenshot

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stevetf
Another dead fork of Audacity.
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Wavacity
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Free • Open Source
Audio Editor
Online
50 Wavacity alternatives
Wavacity is derived from the open source Audacity and modified to run in the web browser.
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Wavacity Features
1. Support for MIDIWavacity includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.