Open Source Loopback Alternatives for Mac
There are many alternatives to Loopback for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Mac alternative is JACK Audio Connection Kit. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Loopback and three of them are open source and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Mac alternatives to Loopback are BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver and Soundflower.
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Loopback alternatives are mainly Audio Routers, but if you're looking for Audio Recorders you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac + Free and Mac + Open Source and Windows + Audio Router and Mac + Audio Router. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Loopback.- Audio Recorder
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- 19 JACK Audio Connection Kit alternatives
JACK is a professional sound server daemon that provides real-time low latency connections for both audio and MIDI data between applications that implement its API. The API can be used through either JACK1 or JACK2.
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- Free • Open Source
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Country of Origin
United States
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Comments about JACK Audio Connection Kit as an Alternative to Loopback
- 18 BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver alternatives
BlackHole is a modern macOS virtual audio driver that allows applications to pass audio to other applications with zero additional latency.
License model
- Free • Open Source
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Country of Origin
United States
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- Mac
BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver Features
Comments about BlackHole Audio Loopback Driver as an Alternative to Loopback
ikeIt redirects audio between application just like Loopback. It is a little more complicated but on the up side it have no recording limit.
It doents have an interface
- 20 Soundflower alternatives
Soundflower is a Mac OS X system extension that allows applications to pass audio to other applications. Soundflower is easy to use, it simply presents itself as an audio device, allowing any audio application to send and receive audio with no other support needed.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
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- Mac
DiscontinuedThe project seems no longer developed. Last version, 2.0b2, released in December 2014, can be still downloaded from GitHub.
Soundflower Features
Comments about Soundflower as an Alternative to Loopback
Ian DorfmanSoundflower offers extremely similar functionality to Loopback, including audio passthrough, audio stream connecting, and recording. It is also free and open source.
At least it's free, and works extremely well for streaming. Sadly I can't hear my output without a multi-output device.
super lite and opensource, also paying attention to latnecy