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Audacity

Audacity is a free, open-source audio recording and editing application for Windows, macOS and Linux, developed by the Audacity Team under Muse Group. It is released under the GNU General Public License version 3, with some source files under GPLv2 or later.

Licensing at a Glance

  • Open source
  • Freeware

  1. Audacity is released under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3); many individual source files are available under GPLv2 or any later version.[1]

  2. Audacity documentation is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence (CC-BY 3.0).[2]

  3. The FAQ states that Audacity is free for everyone, and that the only paid item is optional additional Audacity Cloud storage.[3]

  4. Audacity can be downloaded directly from the Audacity website or through Muse Group's free MuseHub, which the FAQ names as the official distributor.[4]

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References

  1. audacity/LICENSE.txt at master · audacity/audacity · GitHub · github.com · retrieved 2026-09-27
  2. audacity/LICENSE.txt at master · audacity/audacity · GitHub · github.com · retrieved 2026-09-27
  3. Frequently Asked Questions | Audacity · audacityteam.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
  4. Frequently Asked Questions | Audacity · audacityteam.org · retrieved 2026-09-27
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