# audacity/audacity

Audio Editor

Repository: https://github.com/audacity/audacity
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/audacity
Homepage: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/For_Developers
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: audio, editor, cross-platform, wxwidgets-applications, gplv2
Last push: 2026-08-26T11:16:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 76, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4178, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 83, "gap_med": 42, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 17635, forks 2613 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:20.100608+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, gui, editor
- domain: media, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: audio-editor, recording, multi-track, podcasting, noise-reduction, spectral-analysis, openvino, ffmpeg, wxwidgets, audio, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- audacity/audacity (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:20.100608+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:02:33.349886+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/audacity/audacity (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:20.100608+00:00, sha c84ab5991133)
  - homepage: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/For_Developers (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:53.232140+00:00, sha 451b698cffb2)
  - site_page: https://support.audacityteam.org/basics/downloading-and-installing-audacity (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:53.353974+00:00, sha 823d0e7426b4)
  - site_page: https://support.audacityteam.org/basics/installing-ffmpeg (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:53.380992+00:00, sha 841c354b0d8d)
  - site_page: https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/uninstalling-openvino-models (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:53.539353+00:00, sha 95e249d13146)
  - site_page: https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/missing-features (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:53.616799+00:00, sha 036b0910de36)
  - site_page: https://support.audacityteam.org/additional-resources/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T08:00:53.642202+00:00, sha 7dab44d6fe75)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.