Open Source Sound Forge AlternativesTop Audio Editors and other similar apps like Sound Forge

The best open source alternative to Sound Forge is Audacity. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Sound Forge and 11 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Sound Forge are Tenacity, Spek, KWave and DarkAudacity.

Sound Forge 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 Sound Forge.

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Audacity
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Free • Open Source
Audio Editor
Audio Recorder
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133 Audacity alternatives
Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. You can use Audacity to record live audio, convert tapes and records, edit sound files, change the speed or pitch of a recording and much more.
- - Audacity is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Sound Forge.
- - Audacity is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Sound Forge.
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Audacity Features
1. Ad-freeAudacity doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. PortableAudacity can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. LightweightAudacity consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
4. Support for VST PluginsAudacity support third-party Virtual Studio Technology (VST) plugins.
5. Works OfflineAudacity can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
6. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Audacity without registration.
7. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsAudacity can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
8. No TrackingAudacity will not track you or use your personal data.
9. Lossless AudioAudacity has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.
Multitrack editing
Mix Music
Remove Noise
Track editing
Noise Reduction
Music Recording
Support for Android Things
Music Sequencer
Record to tape
Privacy focused
Comments about Audacity as a Alternative to Sound Forge
Most users think Audacity is a great Sound Forge alternative.
Guest
It has so many things that Soundforge has, it has excellent output quality and many tools
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naryandria
Very powerful, like Sound Forge, but its interface is quite messy and not user-friendly
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stevetf
Excellent open source audio editor with 20+ years development history. The interface may look a bit primitive, but it is both easy to use and very powerful. The "warning" about spyware is nonsense.
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Guest
Free-Portable-Easy to use.
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Guest
I've recorded many CDs with Audacity and it's so far the best audio editor for me so far
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Tenacity
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Free • Open Source
Audio Editor
Audio Recorder
Mac
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88 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.
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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. LightweightTenacity consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
5. Support for VST PluginsTenacity support third-party Virtual Studio Technology (VST) plugins.
Remove Noise
Mix Music
Spek
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Free • Open Source
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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
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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KWave Features
1. LightweightKWave consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
High-dpi support
DarkAudacity
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Free • Open Source
Audio Editor
Audio Recorder
Windows
122 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
Mix Music
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.
AudioMass
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Free • Open Source
Audio Editor
Online
Self-Hosted
118 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 Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Sound Forge.
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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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Audio Recorder
Digital Audio Workstation
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Linux
110 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. Dark ModeSneedacity supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
3. LightweightSneedacity consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
4. PortableSneedacity can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
5. Works OfflineSneedacity can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
6. Privacy focusedSneedacity is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
7. Ad-freeSneedacity doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Multitrack editing
Mix Music
Add a screenshot
Wavacity
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Free • Open Source
Audio Editor
Online
51 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.
WaveShop
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Free • Open Source
Audio Editor
Audio Recorder
Music Production App
Windows
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74 WaveShop alternatives
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.
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WaveShop Features
1. PortableWaveShop can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Noise Reduction
Sound Effects
Music Recording
MultiTrack
Mix Music
Discontinued
The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.0.14, released in November 2013, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Ecasound
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Free • Open Source
Audio Editor
Mac
Linux
BSD
38 Ecasound alternatives
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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MultiTrack