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 many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Audacity are EasyEffects, AudioMass, Android Audio Recorder and DarkAudacity.
Tenacity is an easy-to-use, privacy-friendly, FLOSS, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorder for Windows, macOS, Linux and other operating systems.
This fork is not only better because of privacy but adding more useful tricks compared with Audacity which can't work properly in background…
It is audacity without the bad stuff
Tool for PipeWire providing limiter, compressor, equalizer, convolver, auto volume and spectrum analyzer, supporting input/output devices, effect profiles, real-time control, noise reduction, reverberation and integration with various Linux applications.
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.
Audio recorder with custom recording folder, nice recording volume indicator, recording notification, recording lock screen activity.
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.
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.
As a fork of the original Audacity, DarkAudacity can read mogg MultiTrack files too
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.
The latest version (2022.03) is from March 2022.
Another dead fork of Audacity.
Kwave is a sound editor that can record to, play, open, and edit many file formats. Kwave makes it simple to edit audio in many ways.
It's extremely limited in functionality
Convert, tag, check audio quality and organize DJ tracks in one app — what used to take five apps, in seconds.
"The free and open source audio editor" is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. It is a fork of Audacity that respects your privacy and the GNU License.
Because respects and hear users in comparison with audacity
WaveShop is a free, open-source audio editor for Windows XP/Vista/7. WaveShop is fast, lightweight, and bit-perfect, meaning samples aren't altered unless they need to be. Editing a portion of an audio file only affects that portion; the rest of the file is untouched.
Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio processing. It can be used for simple tasks like audio playback, recording and format conversions, as well as for multitrack effect processing, mixing, recording and signal recycling.
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Hmmm I'll need to check this, considering Audacity can send data to China now :/ So sad...