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href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Audio analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Spectrum_analyzer" title="Spectrum analyzer">Spectrum analyzer</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr style="background: #ececec"> <th style="width:12em">Name </th> <th>Creator </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>? </th> <th>Note </th> <th>License </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/BRP-PACU" title="BRP-PACU">BRP-PACU</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><i>Dual channel FFT tool for <a href="/wiki/Equalization_(audio)" title="Equalization (audio)">equalization</a> of sound systems using the transfer function.</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Praat" title="Praat">Praat</a> </th> <td>Paul Boersma and David Weenink of the University of Amsterdam </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>A program for the analysis of speech in phonetics. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Sonic_Visualiser" title="Sonic Visualiser">Sonic Visualiser</a> </th> <td>Centre for Digital Music at <a href="/wiki/Queen_Mary,_University_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Mary, University of London">Queen Mary, University of London</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/WaveSurfer" title="WaveSurfer">WaveSurfer</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BSD" class="mw-redirect" title="BSD">BSD</a>-like </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Converters">Converters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Converters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_audio_conversion_software" title="List of audio conversion software">List of audio conversion software</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr style="background: #ececec"> <th style="width:12em">Name </th> <th>Creator </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>? </th> <th>Note </th> <th>License </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/FFmpeg" title="FFmpeg">FFmpeg</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fabrice_Bellard" title="Fabrice Bellard">Fabrice Bellard</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Audio & video. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License" title="GNU Lesser General Public License">LGPL-2.1-or-later</a>, <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Fre:ac" title="Fre:ac">fre:ac</a> </th> <td>Robert Kausch </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>formerly BonkEnc </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Libav" class="mw-redirect" title="Libav">Libav</a> </th> <td>Libav team </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Audio & video. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License" title="GNU Lesser General Public License">LGPL-2.1-or-later</a>, <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/MPlayer" title="MPlayer">MPlayer</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Audio & video. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="DJ_software">DJ software</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: DJ software"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Audio_mixing_software" title="Category:Audio mixing software">Category:Audio mixing software</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr style="background: #ececec"> <th style="width:12em">Name </th> <th>Creator </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>? </th> <th>Note </th> <th>License </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Mixxx" title="Mixxx">Mixxx</a> </th> <td>Mixxx Development Team </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Xwax" title="Xwax">Xwax</a> </th> <td>Mark Hills </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-only</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distributions_and_other_platforms">Distributions and other platforms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Distributions and other platforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Various projects have formed to integrate the existing free software audio packages. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr style="background: #ececec"> <th style="width:12em">Name </th> <th>Creator </th> <th>Description </th> <th>Note </th> <th>License </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/AVLinux" class="mw-redirect" title="AVLinux">AVLinux</a> </th> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linux_distribution" title="Linux distribution">Linux distribution</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>various </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Dyne:bolic" title="Dyne:bolic">dyne:bolic</a> </th> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linux_distribution" title="Linux distribution">Linux distribution</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>various </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Musix_GNU%2BLinux" title="Musix GNU+Linux">Musix GNU+Linux</a> </th> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linux_distribution" title="Linux distribution">Linux distribution</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>various </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Planet_CCRMA" title="Planet CCRMA">Planet CCRMA</a> </th> <td> </td> <td>set of packages (in <a href="/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager" title="RPM Package Manager">RPM</a> format) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Ubuntu_Studio" title="Ubuntu Studio">Ubuntu Studio</a> </th> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linux_distribution" title="Linux distribution">Linux distribution</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>various </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modular_systems">Modular systems</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Modular systems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr style="background: #ececec"> <th style="width:12em">Name </th> <th>Creator </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>? </th> <th>Note </th> <th>License </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Integra_Live" title="Integra Live">Integra Live</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Conservatoire" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Conservatoire">Birmingham Conservatoire</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Libvisual </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License" title="GNU Lesser General Public License">LGPL-2.1-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/VisualAp" title="VisualAp">VisualAp</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notation">Notation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr style="background: #ececec"> <th style="width:12em">Name </th> <th>Creator </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>? </th> <th>Note </th> <th>License </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/LilyPond" title="LilyPond">LilyPond</a> </th> <td>Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>a <a href="/wiki/Music_engraving" title="Music engraving">music engraving</a> program </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-3.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/MuseScore" title="MuseScore">MuseScore</a> </th> <td>Werner Schweer </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes Various BSDs<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>a <a href="/wiki/WYSIWYG" title="WYSIWYG">WYSIWYG</a> <a href="/wiki/Scorewriter" title="Scorewriter">scorewriter</a> with midi playback and audio export </td> <td>v4: <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-3.0-only</a><br />v0-3: <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-only</a><br />with <a href="/wiki/GPL_font_exception" title="GPL font exception">font exception</a>, <a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a> (mobile app and online service) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Impro-Visor" title="Impro-Visor">Impro-Visor</a> </th> <td>Bob Keller </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lead_sheet" title="Lead sheet">lead sheet</a> notation, jazz improvisation, auto-accompaniment </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_audio_player_software" title="Comparison of audio player software">Comparison of audio player software</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>GUI </th> <th>Programming language </th> <th>Database </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>? </th> <th>Notes </th> <th>License </th></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Amarok_(software)" title="Amarok (software)">Amarok</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Qt_(software)" title="Qt (software)">Qt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MySQL" title="MySQL">MySQL</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background: #FF8; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-maybe">Unstable </td> <td>Inactive since 2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b>aTunes</b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Swing_(Java)" title="Swing (Java)">Swing</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Audacious_(software)" title="Audacious (software)">Audacious</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/GTK" title="GTK">GTK</a> / <a href="/wiki/Qt_(software)" title="Qt (software)">Qt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BSD_2-Clause" class="mw-redirect" title="BSD 2-Clause">BSD 2-Clause</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Banshee_(media_player)" title="Banshee (media player)">Banshee</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/GTK%2B" class="mw-redirect" title="GTK+">GTK+</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SQLite" title="SQLite">SQLite</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Inactive since 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MIT_License" title="MIT License">MIT</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Clementine_(software)" title="Clementine (software)">Clementine</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Qt_(software)" title="Qt (software)">Qt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SQLite3" class="mw-redirect" title="SQLite3">SQLite3</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-3.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/DeaDBeeF" title="DeaDBeeF">DeaDBeeF</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/GTK%2B" class="mw-redirect" title="GTK+">GTK+</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C</a>, <a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a>, <a href="/wiki/Objective-C" title="Objective-C">Objective-C</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assembly_language" title="Assembly language">Assembly</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GPLv2" class="mw-redirect" title="GPLv2">GPLv2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zlib_license" class="mw-redirect" title="Zlib license">zlib</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Exaile" title="Exaile">Exaile</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/GTK" title="GTK">GTK</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Python_(programming_language)" title="Python (programming language)">Python</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pickle_(Python)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pickle (Python)">Pickle</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Guayadeque_Music_Player" title="Guayadeque Music Player">Guayadeque</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/WxWidgets" title="WxWidgets">wxWidgets</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a>, <a href="/wiki/C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SQLite3" class="mw-redirect" title="SQLite3">SQLite3</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Development ceased as of September 29, 2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-3.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/JuK" title="JuK">JuK</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Qt_(software)" title="Qt (software)">Qt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KDE" title="KDE">Linux (KDE)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Miro_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Miro (software)">Miro</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/WebKit" title="WebKit">WebKit</a> in <a href="/wiki/GTK" title="GTK">GTK</a>/<a href="/wiki/Cocoa_(API)" title="Cocoa (API)">Cocoa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Python_(programming_language)" title="Python (programming language)">Python</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Discontinued in 2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Muine" title="Muine">Muine</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/GTK_Sharp" class="mw-redirect" title="GTK Sharp">GTK#</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Can use <a href="/wiki/GStreamer" title="GStreamer">GStreamer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xine" title="Xine">xine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Nightingale_(software)" title="Nightingale (software)">Nightingale</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/XULRunner" title="XULRunner">XULRunner</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SQLite" title="SQLite">SQLite</a>? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Fork of Songbird; inactive since 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL v2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Public_License" title="Mozilla Public License">MPL</a>, <a href="/wiki/BSD_License" class="mw-redirect" title="BSD License">BSD</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Quod_Libet_(software)" title="Quod Libet (software)">Quod Libet</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/GTK" title="GTK">GTK</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Python_(programming_language)" title="Python (programming language)">Python</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pickle_(Python)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pickle (Python)">Pickle</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Qmmp" title="Qmmp">qmmp</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Qt_(software)" title="Qt (software)">Qt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Rhythmbox" title="Rhythmbox">Rhythmbox</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/GTK" title="GTK">GTK</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>Not <a href="/wiki/GNU_Data_Access" class="mw-redirect" title="GNU Data Access">GNU Data Access</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License_version_2" class="mw-redirect" title="GNU General Public License version 2">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Sayonara_Player" title="Sayonara Player">Sayonara Player</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Qt_(software)" title="Qt (software)">Qt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-3.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Songbird_(software)" title="Songbird (software)">Songbird</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/XULRunner" title="XULRunner">XULRunner</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SQLite" title="SQLite">SQLite</a>? </td> <td style="background: #8FD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="partial table-partial">Unofficial </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: #8FD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="partial table-partial">Unofficial </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Abandoned, final release on February 4, 2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL v2</a> with exceptions, <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> client closed source </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/Tomahawk_(software)" title="Tomahawk (software)">Tomahawk</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Qt_(software)" title="Qt (software)">Qt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SQLite" title="SQLite">SQLite</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Abandoned, final release on April 15, 2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-3.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b><a href="/wiki/XMMS" title="XMMS">XMMS</a></b> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/GTK%2B" class="mw-redirect" title="GTK+">GTK+</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>Discontinued in 2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming_languages">Programming languages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Programming languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many <a href="/wiki/Computer_music_programming_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer music programming languages">computer music programming languages</a> are implemented in free software. See also the <a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_audio_synthesis_environments" title="Comparison of audio synthesis environments">comparison of audio synthesis environments</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr style="background: #ececec"> <th style="width:12em">Name </th> <th>Creator </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>? </th> <th>Note </th> <th>License </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Csound" title="Csound">Csound</a> </th> <td>Csound community, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Vercoe" title="Barry Vercoe">Barry Vercoe</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License" title="GNU Lesser General Public License">LGPL-2.1-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/ChucK" title="ChucK">ChucK</a> </th> <td>Ge Wang, Perry Cook </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> (Mac, Linux, Windows versions) <p><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a> (iOS version) </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Nyquist_(programming_language)" title="Nyquist (programming language)">Nyquist</a> </th> <td>Computer Music Project at Carnegie Mellon University, Roger B. Dannenberg </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Pure_Data" title="Pure Data">Pure Data</a> </th> <td>Pd Community, <a href="/wiki/Miller_Puckette" title="Miller Puckette">Miller Puckette</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BSD_licenses" title="BSD licenses">BSD-3-Clause</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Sonic_Pi" title="Sonic Pi">Sonic Pi</a> </th> <td>Sam Aaron </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>MIIT </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/SuperCollider" title="SuperCollider">SuperCollider</a> </th> <td>SuperCollider community, James McCartney </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-3.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/TidalCycles" title="TidalCycles">TidalCycles</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_McLean" title="Alex McLean">Alex McLean</a> et al </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-3.0-or-later</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Radio_broadcasting">Radio broadcasting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Radio broadcasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>See also <a href="#Streaming">streaming</a> below. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr style="background: #ececec"> <th style="width:12em">Name </th> <th>Creator </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>? </th> <th>Note </th> <th>License </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Airtime_(software)" title="Airtime (software)">Airtime (software)</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sourcefabric" title="Sourcefabric">Sourcefabric</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Successor to Campcaster<br /> </td> <td>From 2.5.2: <a href="/wiki/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License" title="GNU Affero General Public License">AGPL-3.0-only</a><br />1.6 to 2.5.1: <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-3.0-only</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Campcaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Campcaster">Campcaster</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sourcefabric" title="Sourcefabric">Sourcefabric</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/OpenBroadcaster" title="OpenBroadcaster">OpenBroadcaster</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/OpenBroadcaster" title="OpenBroadcaster">OpenBroadcaster</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License" title="GNU Affero General Public License">AGPL-3.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=SDRangel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SDRangel (page does not exist)">SDRangel</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-3.0-or-later</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recording_and_editing">Recording and editing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Recording and editing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following packages are <a href="/wiki/Digital_audio_editor" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital audio editor">digital audio editors</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr style="background: #ececec"> <th style="width:12em">Name </th> <th>Creator </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>? </th> <th>GUI toolkit </th> <th>Note </th> <th>License </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Ardour_(software)" title="Ardour (software)">Ardour</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Davis_(programmer)" title="Paul Davis (programmer)">Paul Davis</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>GTK+ </td> <td>multi-track audio recorder and editor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Audacity_(audio_editor)" title="Audacity (audio editor)">Audacity</a> </th> <td>Dominic Mazzoni </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>wxWidgets </td> <td>multi-track audio recorder and editor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a>, <a href="/wiki/Creative_Commons_license" title="Creative Commons license">CC BY 3.0</a> (documentation) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Ecasound" title="Ecasound">Ecasound</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes limited support through <a href="/wiki/Cygwin" title="Cygwin">Cygwin</a> </td> <td>command line </td> <td>audio recorder </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Gnome_Wave_Cleaner" class="mw-redirect" title="Gnome Wave Cleaner">Gnome Wave Cleaner</a> </th> <td>Jeff Welty </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>GTK+ </td> <td>audio editor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Jokosher" title="Jokosher">Jokosher</a> </th> <td>Jokosher community </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>GTK+ </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-only</a> with exception </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/LMMS" title="LMMS">LMMS</a> </th> <td>Tobias Doerffel </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes as of 0.4.0 with Qt4 </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Qt </td> <td>multi-track audio editor intended as a replacement for <a href="/wiki/Cubase" class="mw-redirect" title="Cubase">Cubase</a>-like software (<a href="/wiki/Digital_audio_workstation" title="Digital audio workstation">DAW</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/MusE" title="MusE">MusE</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Qt </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Musical_Instrument_Digital_Interface" class="mw-redirect" title="Musical Instrument Digital Interface">MIDI</a> sequencer </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Qtractor" title="Qtractor">Qtractor</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Qt </td> <td>A non-destructive multi-track audio and MIDI Workstation (<a href="/wiki/Digital_audio_workstation" title="Digital audio workstation">DAW</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Rosegarden" title="Rosegarden">Rosegarden</a> </th> <td>Chris Cannam </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Qt </td> <td>MIDI sequencer and multi-track recorder </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/SoX" title="SoX">SoX</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>command-line </td> <td>multi-track audio editor/processor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License" title="GNU Lesser General Public License">LGPL-2.1-or-later</a>, <p><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License#Version_2" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Sweep_(software)" title="Sweep (software)">Sweep</a> </th> <td>Conrad Parker </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Traverso_DAW" title="Traverso DAW">Traverso DAW</a> </th> <td>Remon Sijrier </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>multi-track audio recorder and editor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/WaveSurfer" title="WaveSurfer">WaveSurfer</a> </th> <td>Centre for Speech Technology at <a href="/wiki/Royal_Institute_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Institute of Technology">KTH</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Tk </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BSD" class="mw-redirect" title="BSD">BSD</a>-like </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stargate_DAW&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stargate DAW (page does not exist)">Stargate DAW</a> </th> <td>Stargate DAW </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>multi-track audio recorder and MIDI Workstation (<a href="/wiki/Digital_audio_workstation" title="Digital audio workstation">DAW</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-3.0-or-later</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Softsynths">Softsynths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Softsynths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Software_synthesizer" title="Software synthesizer">Software synthesizer</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr style="background: #ececec"> <th style="width:12em">Name </th> <th>Creator </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>? </th> <th>Note </th> <th>License </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/FluidSynth" title="FluidSynth">FluidSynth</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SoundFont" title="SoundFont">SoundFont</a> player/renderer </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License" title="GNU Lesser General Public License">LGPL-2.1-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/TiMidity%2B%2B" title="TiMidity++">TiMidity++</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Yoshimi_(Synthesizer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoshimi (Synthesizer)">Yoshimi</a> </th> <td>Alan Calvert </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes Various BSDs </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Forked from ZynAddSubFX in 2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/ZynAddSubFX" title="ZynAddSubFX">ZynAddSubFX</a> </th> <td>Paul Nasca </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/WildMIDI" title="WildMIDI">WildMIDI</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>? </td> <td>? </td> <td>? </td> <td>Some alternative to TiMidity </td> <td>Player: <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-3.0-or-later</a><br />Library: <a href="/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License" title="GNU Lesser General Public License">LGPL-3.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Streaming">Streaming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Streaming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These programs are for use with <a href="/wiki/Streaming_audio" class="mw-redirect" title="Streaming audio">streaming audio</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr style="background: #ececec"> <th style="width:12em">Name </th> <th>Creator </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>? </th> <th>Note </th> <th>License </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Firefly_Media_Server" title="Firefly Media Server">Firefly Media Server</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>streams music to <a href="/wiki/Digital_Audio_Access_Protocol" title="Digital Audio Access Protocol">DAAP</a> clients like <a href="/wiki/ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rhythmbox" title="Rhythmbox">Rhythmbox</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Icecast" title="Icecast">Icecast</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>a broadcast server, serves audio signals to clients over the <a href="/wiki/HTTP" title="HTTP">HTTP</a> protocol </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-only</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/VLC_media_player" title="VLC media player">VLC media player</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>media and server programs for video and audio streaming </td> <td>VLC: <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a><br />libVLC: <a href="/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License" title="GNU Lesser General Public License">LGPL-2.1-or-later</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technologies">Technologies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Technologies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr style="background: #ececec"> <th style="width:12em">Name </th> <th>Creator </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>? </th> <th>Note </th> <th>License </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture" title="Advanced Linux Sound Architecture">Advanced Linux Sound Architecture</a> (ALSA) </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>the <a href="/wiki/Sound_card" title="Sound card">sound card</a> driver and management system in the <a href="/wiki/Linux_kernel" title="Linux kernel">Linux kernel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a><br /><a href="/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License" title="GNU Lesser General Public License">LGPL-2.1-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/ARts" title="ARts">aRts</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>an audio programming API and <a href="/wiki/Sound_server" title="Sound server">sound server</a> for general desktop, no longer in development </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Disposable_Soft_Synth_Interface" title="Disposable Soft Synth Interface">DSSI</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>a plugin architecture for <a href="/wiki/Software_synthesizer" title="Software synthesizer">software synthesizers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License" title="GNU Lesser General Public License">LGPL-2.1-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/GStreamer" title="GStreamer">GStreamer</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>a graph-based multimedia framework </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License" title="GNU Lesser General Public License">LGPL-2.1-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/JACK_Audio_Connection_Kit" title="JACK Audio Connection Kit">JACK Audio Connection Kit</a> (JACK) </th> <td>JACK Team, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Davis_(programmer)" title="Paul Davis (programmer)">Paul Davis</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes (JACK OS X) </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes (jackdmp) </td> <td>a <a href="/wiki/Sound_server" title="Sound server">sound server</a> for integration of general and low-latency pro audio applications, including <a href="/wiki/Timebase" class="mw-redirect" title="Timebase">timebase</a> transport </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a><br /><a href="/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License" title="GNU Lesser General Public License">LGPL-2.1-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/LADSPA" title="LADSPA">Linux Audio Developers Simple Plugin API</a> (LADSPA) </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>a plugin architecture for <a href="/wiki/Digital_signal_processor" title="Digital signal processor">digital signal processing</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License" title="GNU Lesser General Public License">LGPL-2.1-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Open_Sound_System" title="Open Sound System">Open Sound System</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td>a <a href="/wiki/Sound_card" title="Sound card">sound card</a> management and driver system for <a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a> <a href="/wiki/Operating_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Operating systems">operating systems</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BSD_License" class="mw-redirect" title="BSD License">BSD-2-Clause</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Common_Development_and_Distribution_License" title="Common Development and Distribution License">CDDL-1.0</a><br /><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-only</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a> (formerly) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/PipeWire" title="PipeWire">PipeWire</a> </th> <td>Wim Taymans </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes (FreeBSD) </td> <td> </td> <td>a media daemon, unifying <a href="/wiki/JACK_Audio_Connection_Kit" title="JACK Audio Connection Kit">JACK Audio Connection Kit</a>, <a href="/wiki/PulseAudio" title="PulseAudio">PulseAudio</a>, and <a href="/wiki/GStreamer" title="GStreamer">GStreamer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MIT_License" title="MIT License">MIT License</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/PortAudio" title="PortAudio">PortAudio</a> & <a href="/wiki/PortMidi" title="PortMidi">PortMidi</a> </th> <td>Ross Bencina </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>a cross-platform, open-source C language library for real-time audio & midi I/O </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MIT_License" title="MIT License">MIT License</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/PulseAudio" title="PulseAudio">PulseAudio</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes (Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD) </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>a <a href="/wiki/Sound_server" title="Sound server">sound server</a> for general desktop and multihost LAN applications </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License" title="GNU Lesser General Public License">LGPL-2.1-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Sndio" title="Sndio">sndio</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD) </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sound_server" title="Sound server">sound</a> and <a href="/wiki/MIDI" title="MIDI">MIDI</a> server </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ISC_license" title="ISC license">ISC</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Trackers">Trackers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Trackers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These music sequencer programs allow users to arrange notes (pitch-shifted sound samples) on a timeline: see <a href="/wiki/Tracker_(music_software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tracker (music software)">tracker (music software)</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr style="background: #ececec"> <th style="width:12em">Name </th> <th>Creator </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>? </th> <th>Note </th> <th>License </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/MilkyTracker" title="MilkyTracker">MilkyTracker</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Also runs on various other platforms including <a href="/wiki/Windows_Mobile" title="Windows Mobile">Windows Mobile</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation" title="PlayStation">PlayStation</a> and <a href="/wiki/AmigaOS_4" title="AmigaOS 4">AmigaOS 4</a>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-3.0-or-later</a><br />MilkyPlay: <a href="/wiki/BSD_licenses" title="BSD licenses">BSD-3-Clause</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/OpenMPT" title="OpenMPT">OpenMPT</a> </th> <td>Olivier Lapicque </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Released as free software in 2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BSD_licenses" title="BSD licenses">BSD-3-Clause</a> (since OpenMPT 1.17.02.53) / <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a>, partly <a href="/wiki/Public_domain_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Public domain software">public domain</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/SoundTracker_(Unix)" title="SoundTracker (Unix)">SoundTracker</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fast_Tracker" class="mw-redirect" title="Fast Tracker">Fast Tracker</a> clone </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/SunVox" title="SunVox">SunVox</a> </th> <td>Alexander Zolotov </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Also runs on <a href="/wiki/Windows_CE" title="Windows CE">Windows CE</a>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a> (Music Creation Studio)<br /><a href="/wiki/BSD_licenses" title="BSD licenses">BSD-3-Clause</a> (Engine) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Noise_Station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Noise Station (page does not exist)">Noise Station</a> </th> <td>Mark Sheeky </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Creative_Commons_license" title="Creative Commons license">CC BY-SA 4.0</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other">Other</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr style="background: #ececec"> <th style="width:12em">Name </th> <th>Creator </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>? </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>? </th> <th>Note </th> <th>License </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Gnaural" title="Gnaural">Gnaural</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Binaural_beats" class="mw-redirect" title="Binaural beats">Binaural beat</a> and pink noise generator </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_(software)" title="Hydrogen (software)">Hydrogen</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Partial </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Partial </td> <td>an advanced drum machine </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL-2.0-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Libsndfile" title="Libsndfile">libsndfile</a> </th> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>library for reading and writing many sound formats </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License" title="GNU Lesser General Public License">LGPL-2.1-or-later</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/EasyEffects" title="EasyEffects">EasyEffects</a> </th> <td>Wellington Wallace </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td 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