Free alternatives to Audacity
Free licences, open-source projects and free plans with paid upgrades — each with its licence badge.
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OBS Studio87
OBS Project
Professional screen recording and live streaming
Open source 90 WindowsLinuxmacOS -
Shotcut87
Meltytech, LLC
Free cross-platform video editor
Open source 87 WindowsLinuxmacOS -
HandBrake87
The HandBrake Team
Convert video to modern formats at smaller sizes
Open source 81 WindowsLinuxmacOS -
Blender87
Blender Foundation
3D creation suite
Open source 80 WindowsLinuxmacOS -
VLC Media Player87
VideoLAN
Plays almost every video and audio format
Open source 80 WindowsLinuxmacOSAndroid -
x26487
VideoLAN
x264 is a free software library and application for encoding video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC compression format.
Open source 40 Windows -
Elisa84
KDE e.V.
Music Player
Open source 77 WindowsLinux -
Aegisub67
Aegisub Team
Cross-platform advanced subtitle editor
Open source 77 Windows -
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Apple TV Aerial screensaver
Open source 77 macOS -
Ameko67
AmekoProject
Cross-platform editor for Advanced Substation Alpha (ASS) subtitles
Open source 77 Windows -
aulua67
Karoterra
AviUtl2 Lua script build & install tool
Open source 77 Windows -
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Transcribe and translate audio
Open source 77 LinuxmacOS -
Camera Control67
Simon Ensslen
Drive Blackmagic ATEM switchers and PTZ cameras from a game controller
Open source 77 Windows -
Deezer67
Deezer
A French online music streaming service.
Free + paid plans 77 WindowsLinuxmacOS -
Dictaphone67
Japplis
Voice and audio recorder
Free 77 Windows -
DJI Metadata Embedder67
CallMarcus
Embed telemetry data from DJI drone SRT files into MP4 video files
Open source 77 Windows -
dsr67
Mylloon
Tool for sharing video to Discord
Open source 77 Windows -
EffectCraft67
Learning Machines LLC
Motion graphics and visual effects; an open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe After Effects, rebuilt in pure Rust
Open source 77 WindowsmacOS -
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System-wide audio equaliser
Open source 77 macOS -
Feishin67
jeffvli
A modern self-hosted music player.
Open source 77 WindowsLinux -
FFmpeg67
Gyan
A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.
Open source 77 WindowsLinux -
A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.
Open source 77 Windows -
A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.
Open source 77 Windows -
FFmpeg for yt-dlp (Shared)67
yt-dlp
FFmpeg (Shared) builds with some patches necessary for smooth integration with yt-dlp.
Open source 77 Windows -
FFX Compatibility Tool67
marbou92
Converts After Effects .ffx presets for cross-version compatibility and strips effects whose plugins you don't own.
Open source 77 Windows -
FilmCraft67
Learning Machines LLC
Video editing, color and sound; an open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Premiere Pro, rebuilt in pure Rust
Open source 77 WindowsLinuxmacOS -
67
Per-application volume mixer, equalizer, and audio router
Open source 77 macOS -
Fladder67
DonutWare
Fladder - A Simple Jellyfin frontend built on top of Flutter.
Open source 77 WindowsLinux -
foobar200067
Peter Pawlowski
foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform.
Free 77 WindowsmacOS -
67
Software-defined radio receiver powered by GNU Radio and Qt
Open source 77 LinuxmacOS
