audacity/audacity
Audio Editor observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
91/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 76
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 42
- age_days: 4178
- days_rel: 83
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 12
Adoption not part of the score
17635 stars · 2613 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Audacity is a free, open-source, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, and GNU/Linux. It supports recording, editing, effects, noise reduction, spectral analysis, and format import/export via FFmpeg, with AI plugins available through OpenVINO.
Use cases
- edit and mix multi-track audio recordings
- record voice or desktop audio with a microphone
- remove noise, clicks, and pops from recordings
- change pitch and speed of audio tracks
- export audio to mp3, m4a, or wma formats
- isolate or remove vocals from a song
- master audiobooks with loudness normalization
- perform spectral analysis of audio
When to choose
- you need a free cross-platform audio editor with recording and effects
- you want to edit podcasts, voiceovers, or music tracks
- you need noise reduction, pitch shifting, or spectral analysis without paying for DAW software
When to avoid
- you need professional DAW features like advanced MIDI sequencing or virtual instruments
- you want a lightweight command-line audio processing tool
- you need a stable plugin API right now - the codebase is undergoing major restructuring for Audacity 4
Facets
application · maturity active
audio-processing gui editor media cross-platform windows cross-platform audio-editor recording multi-track podcasting noise-reduction spectral-analysis openvino ffmpeg wxwidgets audio macos linux desktop
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/audacity/audacity · fetched 2026-08-28 · c84ab5991133
- homepage: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/For_Developers · fetched 2026-08-29 · 451b698cffb2
- site_page: https://support.audacityteam.org/basics/downloading-and-installing-audacity · fetched 2026-08-29 · 823d0e7426b4
- site_page: https://support.audacityteam.org/basics/installing-ffmpeg · fetched 2026-08-29 · 841c354b0d8d
- site_page: https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/uninstalling-openvino-models · fetched 2026-08-29 · 95e249d13146
- site_page: https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/missing-features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 036b0910de36
- site_page: https://support.audacityteam.org/additional-resources/changelog · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7dab44d6fe75
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| audacity/audacity | main | 91 |
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