Audacity (audio editor)

Audacity is a free and open-source and recording application software, which is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems.

As of February 15, 2026, Audacity is the second most popular download at FossHub, with over 114.2 million downloads since March 2015. It was previously served by Google Code and SourceForge, where it was downloaded over 200 million times. It has been part of Muse Group since 2021.

Audacity 4.0 is distributed under version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3). Many individual source files are also available under GPL version 2 or later. Its documentation is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.