Audacity Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Audacity for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Ocenaudio, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Audacity and 19 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Audacity are Tenacity, REAPER, DaVinci Resolve Fairlight and Sneedacity.

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Free open-source multi-track audio editor and recorder with 32-bit float processing. Supports many formats and plugins for Windows, macOS, Linux.

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Audacity alternatives page was last updated Feb 13, 2025
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  1. Ocenaudio icon
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    Ocenaudio

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    Ocenaudio is a cross-platform, easy to use, fast and functional audio editor. It is the ideal software for people who need to edit and analyze audio files without complications. ocenaudio also has powerful features that will please more advanced users.

    45 Ocenaudio alternatives
    Ocenaudio version 3.7.19 running on Windows with an audio file open.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    Ocenaudio version 3.7.19 running on Windows with no file open.
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    Properties

    1.  User friendly
    2.  Intuitive Interface
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Support for VST Plugins
    3.  Portable
    4.  Spectrogram view
    5.  Native application
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  File Tagging
    9.  Multiple files
    10.  Specific for 64-Bit
    11.  Support for Hotkeys
    12.  Multi-selection
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    Ocenaudio VS Audacity

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    David

    Ocenaudio has all the editing capabilities of Audacity but wrapped in a much more streamlined, modern and intuitive interface. It's not open-source, but it's free, doesn't have ads, is also cross-platform and runs fast at native speed.

    Top positive comment •Feb 17, 2020
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    Olorin

    A great alternative to Audacity, if you don't need multi-track editing.

    Positive comment •Sep 26, 2021
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    Guest

    I needed to do spectral analysis of an audio file, but audacity didn't support hidpi. Ocenaudio does, and overall it is capable and pleasing to use.

    Positive comment •Nov 27, 2019
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    • Almost everyone thinks Ocenaudio is a great Audacity alternative.

    • Ocenaudio is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Audacity.

    • Ocenaudio is the most popular free alternative to Audacity.

    • Ocenaudio is Free and ProprietaryAudacity is Free and Open Source
    • Ocenaudio is LightweightAudacity is not according to our users
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    Tenacity

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    Tenacity is an easy-to-use, privacy-friendly, FLOSS, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorder for Windows, macOS, Linux and other operating systems.

    87 Tenacity alternatives
    Dark mode

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Light mode

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Audio Recording
    3.  Remove Noise
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Mix Music
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Support for VST Plugins
    8.  Dark Mode
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    Tenacity VS Audacity

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    Trevor Vance

    It's a fork of Audacity started when they added some questionable privacy policy changes.

    Top positive comment •Aug 31, 2021
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    edmundlaugasson

    it has pretty much same plugins and othe functionality plus some more - details on Tenacity homepage https://tenacityaudio.org/

    Positive comment •Jul 22, 2024
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    k 4u

    Hmmm I'll need to check this, considering Audacity can send data to China now :/ So sad...

    Positive comment •Jul 18, 2024
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    • Almost everyone thinks Tenacity is a great Audacity alternative.

    • Tenacity is the most popular Open Source alternative to Audacity.

    • Tenacity is Free and Open SourceAudacity is also Free and Open Source
    • Tenacity is Privacy focused and LightweightAudacity is not according to our users
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    REAPER

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    REAPER (Rapid Environment for Audio Production, Engineering, and Recording) is a digital audio workstation, MIDI sequencer and video editing software application created by Cockos. The current version is available for Microsoft Windows (XP and newer), macOS (10.5 and newer), and Linux.

    83 REAPER alternatives
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    Full screen in Linux with inline MIDI editor using REA Evolution theme
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Audio Recording
    2.  Digital Audio Workstation
    3.  Support for VST Plugins
    4.  Support for scripting
    5.  MultiTrack
    6.  Support for MIDI
    7.  Extensive customisability
    8.  Portable
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Spectral editing
    11.  Multi Channel
    12.  Lossless Audio
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    REAPER VS Audacity

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    Guest

    Reaper, while beeing less ressource hungry (totaling to about 15mb portable/installed) has everything you need to start recording and mixing music.

    The only thing 'missing' would be sound librarbies to use with MIDI, which most people order seperately for specific content.

    Positive comment •Jul 3, 2021
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    • Almost everyone thinks REAPER is a great Audacity alternative.

    • REAPER is Paid and ProprietaryAudacity is Free and Open Source
    • REAPER is Customizable and LightweightAudacity is not according to our users
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    DaVinci Resolve Fairlight

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    Every track includes real time equalization and dynamics processing to sweeten and fine tune your mix. This is in addition to your six real time track effects, making Fairlight far more powerful than other digital audio workstation software!

    11 DaVinci Resolve Fairlight alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    DaVinci Resolve Fairlight Features

    1.  MultiTrack
    2.  Sound Effects
    3.  Mix Music
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    DaVinci Resolve Fairlight VS Audacity

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    Sneedacity

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    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.

    109 Sneedacity alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Portable
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Multitrack editing
    7.  Mix Music
    Discontinued

    The latest version (2022.03) is from March 2022.

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    Sneedacity VS Audacity

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    stevetf

    Another dead fork of Audacity.

    Comment •May 23, 2022
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    • Sneedacity is Free and Open SourceAudacity is also Free and Open Source
    • Sneedacity is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAudacity is not according to our users
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    Radium

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    Radium is a music editor with a new type of interface.

    71 Radium alternatives
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    Radium Features

    1.  Music Sequencer
    2.  Support for VST Plugins
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Piano Roll
    5.  Modular System
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    Radium VS Audacity

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    fernandomanuelrodrigues

    This is a DAW, NOT an audio editor

    Negative comment •Jun 17, 2017
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    Jonathan Brickman

    It's not the same kind of application, it's not an audio editor.

    Negative comment •Jan 5, 2023
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    Guest

    Radium is not an audio editor but a music sequencer. Not an alternative to Audacity

    Negative comment •May 28, 2021
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    • Some users think Radium is a great Audacity alternative, some don't.

    • Radium is Paid and Open SourceAudacity is Free and Open Source
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    KWave

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    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.

    26 KWave alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  High-dpi support
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    KWave VS Audacity

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    Guest

    It's extremely limited in functionality

    Negative comment •Aug 12, 2022
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    • KWave is Free and Open SourceAudacity is also Free and Open Source
    • KWave is LightweightAudacity is not according to our users
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