FLAC Alternatives

FLAC is described as 'stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed' and is a leading Audio Codec in the audio & music category. There are nine alternatives to FLAC for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Winamp apps. The best FLAC alternative is Vorbis, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FLAC are Opus, Matroska, WavPack and Monkey's Audio (.APE).

FLAC alternatives are mainly Audio Codecs but may also be File Compressors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of FLAC.

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Vorbis
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
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Windows
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8 Vorbis alternatives
Ogg Vorbis is a fully open, general-purpose compressed audio format for mid to high quality (8kHz-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/channel.
- - Vorbis is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to FLAC.
- - Vorbis is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to FLAC.
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Opus
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
Mac
Windows
Linux
7 Opus alternatives
Opus is a totally open, royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec. Opus is unmatched for interactive speech and music transmission over the Internet, but also intended for storage and streaming applications.
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FOSS
Royalty free
Low Latency
Matroska
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
12 Matroska alternatives
The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file.
- - Matroska is the most popular Android alternative to FLAC.
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WavPack
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
Mac
Windows
Linux
7 WavPack alternatives
WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode. Although the technology is loosely based on previous versions of WavPack, the new version 4 format has been designed from the ground up to offer...
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Monkey's Audio (.APE)
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Free • Proprietary
Audio Codec
Windows
4 Monkey's Audio (.APE) alternatives
Monkey’s Audio makes perfect, bit-for-bit copies of your music, exactly the same as the original. You can decompress your lossless .APE files back to the original files. Think of it as a beefed-up Winzip™ to perfectly recreate the original music CD.
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1. Lossless AudioMonkey's Audio (.APE) has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.
Lossless Compression
Lossless quality
FLIF
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Free • Open Source
File Compressor
Image Optimizer
Linux
7 FLIF alternatives
FLIF is a novel lossless image format which outperforms PNG, lossless WebP, lossless BPG, lossless JPEG2000, and lossless JPEG XR in terms of compression ratio.
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Apple Lossless
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Free • Open Source
Audio Codec
Mac
Windows
7 Apple Lossless alternatives
Apple Lossless (also known as ALAC) is an audio codec developed by Apple Inc. for lossless data compression of digital music.
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Nero AAC Codec
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Audio Codec
Windows
Linux
7 Nero AAC Codec alternatives
Nero AAC reference quality MPEG-4 and 3GPP audio codec
- Compression ratios ranging from Ultra High (58 CDs fit on one!) to High-End Audio (2.5:1), for absolutely perfect audiophile encodings
- Crystal-clear, award-winning sound quality at every compression ratio and bit.
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1. Command line interfaceNero AAC Codec either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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TAK
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Free • Proprietary
Audio Codec
Windows
Winamp
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10 TAK alternatives
»TAK – [T]om’s lossless [a]udio [k]ompressor / [T]oms verlustfreier [A]udio[k]ompressor – is, as the name already suggests, a lossless audio compressor, similar to FLAC, WavPack and Monkey’s Audio.
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1. Lossless AudioTAK has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.