OpenAudio is a list of open-source audio software projects, covering apps, plugins and libraries. The intent is to catalog open-source audio apps, plugins such as VSTs, and other resources that are either fully featured or useful examples with non-trivial features. It includes sections for audio plugins, collections, audio apps, development libraries and APIs, code samples and open data resources.
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Audacity is a free, open-source audio editor and recorder. It can cut, trim, split, reverse and mix audio, apply effects such as reverb, compressor and distortion, reduce noise and remove vocals. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, supports major audio formats and third-party plugins, and includes AI transcription.
Audion is an open-source, local-first desktop audio player for personal music collections, offering bit-perfect playback, synchronized lyrics, custom CSS themes and sandboxed plugins. It works offline and collects no telemetry. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android, and an optional self-hosted server allows streaming lossless audio to other devices.
Equibop is a desktop client for Discord that includes Equicord for plugins and themes. It is described as open source and as not including tracking or telemetry, and it blocks Discord telemetry and limits Discord's access to the system. It is built with Linux in mind and allows streaming with system audio.
MusicBrainz Picard is a cross-platform music tagger written in Python and powered by the MusicBrainz database. It supports formats such as MP3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, WMA and WAV, uses AcoustID audio fingerprints, and can look up entire CDs. It is open source under GPL 2.0 or later and supports scripting and plugins.
A free, open-source desktop client for SoundCloud built with Electron.js, offering custom themes, plugins, a built-in ad-blocker, lyrics and Discord Rich Presence. It is available for Windows, macOS and Linux and is released under the MIT License.
Easy Effects is a Linux audio effects application for PipeWire that provides plugins including limiter, compressor, convolver, equalizer and autogain. It was formerly known as PulseEffects and was renamed after adopting GTK4 and native PipeWire filters, later ported to Qt, QML and KDE/Kirigami. Users control the order of effects. Some effects require separately installed plugin packages.