# enzo1982/freac

The fre:ac audio converter project

Repository: https://github.com/enzo1982/freac
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/freac
Homepage: https://www.freac.org/
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: audio, converter, cd-ripper, windows, linux, unix, macos, freebsd, c-plus-plus, portable, multi-platform, mp3, aac, opus, speex, flac, alac, vorbis
Last push: 2026-08-22T16:05:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 60, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3300, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 11, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: prerelease_only
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1946, forks 94 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:57.807956+00:00)

## What it is
fre:ac is a free, open-source audio converter with an integrated CD ripper, player, and tag editor. It converts between formats like MP3, AAC, Opus, and FLAC and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD.

## Use cases
- convert my flac library to mp3
- rip audio cds to mp3 files
- batch convert wma files to aac
- edit id3 tags on music files
- convert whole music library keeping folder structure
- rip cds with automatic track name lookup
- portable audio converter on a usb stick

## When to choose
- you need a free GUI audio converter across many formats
- you want automated CD ripping with CDDB metadata lookup
- you need a portable multi-platform converter

## When to avoid
- you need programmatic audio processing in code (use a library instead)
- you only need simple single-format conversion via ffmpeg

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, gui, cli
- domain: media, cross-platform
- platform: windows, bsd, cross-platform
- tags: audio-converter, cd-ripper, tag-editor, mp3, flac, aac, opus, portable, audio, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- enzo1982/freac (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.807956+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 2026-08-30T03:07:11.503680+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/enzo1982/freac (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.807956+00:00, sha a7d6be90d423)
  - homepage: https://www.freac.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:46:50.132291+00:00, sha 894236041e12)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.