Audacity

Audacity is the world’s most popular free audio editor and recorder. It supports major audio formats including WAV, AIFF, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, and can import/export proprietary formats via optional FFmpeg library. Features include multitrack editing, effects, and analysis tools. Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

What’s new

Verified 9d ago

Version 3.7.8 Released 2026-06-11

This is a patch release. It contains the following changes:

* #10688 Fixed an exception thrown when pasting into a newly-created track (Thanks, David Bailes (@DavidBailes)!)
* #10870, #10884, #10775, #10629 Fixed tone generation, waveform-scale setting, SetClip Name parameter,
and clip-boundary command names for scripting and macros (Thank you, David Bailes (@DavidBailes)!)
* #11106 Fixed the loading of presets for the Distortion effect (A million thanks, David Bailes (@DavidBailes)!)
* #10947 Fixed paste into an empty audio track not preserving the source sample rate (Thanks, Juan Gabriel Colonna (@juancolonna)!)
* #10776 Allowed AltGr modifier in label and clip name editing (Thanks, Davide Peressoni (@DPDmancul)!)
* #9938 Added options to choose where silence is truncated (start/middle/end) (Thanks, Noah Rosenfield (@nosenfield)!)
* #9935 Added Podcast 2.0 chapters JSON export for label tracks (Thanks, Noah Rosenfield (@nosenfield)!)
* #10103 Improve UI on HiDPI displays on Linux/wxGTK (Thanks, Ivan A. Melnikov (@iv-m)!)
* #10099 Fixed MixerBoard Mute and Solo button display (Thanks, Ivan A. Melnikov (@iv-m)!)
* #10681 Fixed multich

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Install with one command

Prefer a package manager? Paste this into Windows Terminal:

winget winget install --id Audacity.Audacity -e

scoop scoop bucket add extras; scoop install audacity

choco choco install audacity -y

Platforms: Linux, macOS, Windows

Audacity compared

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Attribute	Audacity This page	MusicBrainz Picard	ScreenArc	FFmpeg Batch AV Converter
Developer	Muse Group	MetaBrainz Foundation	tamnguyenvan	Eibol
Category	Media	Media	Media	Media
Platforms	Linux, macOS, Windows	Windows	Windows	Windows
Official sources	1	1	1	1
Verified official	✓	✓	✓	✓

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Frequently asked questions

Where can I download Audacity safely?

Use the official sources listed on this page. Each link is validated against an approved publisher domain and routes through a safe internal redirect — no third-party or bundled installers.

Which platforms does Audacity support?

Audacity is available for Linux, macOS and Windows.

Is this the official Audacity download?

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Who develops Audacity?

Audacity is developed by Muse Group.

What are the best alternatives to Audacity?

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