The reason they won’t be covered here, though, is because they’re often-time not as reliable as dedicated pieces of software. Usually, these still share a lot of similarities with the original program but introduce a lot of new stuff. A fork is a piece of software built off of the source code of an open-source program. Audacity is open-source, meaning its source code is public and modifiable, directly opening the doors for forks. Fortunately, there are a lot of great ones that have been competing with Audacity for years.īut first off, let’s talk about what won’t be included in this list: Audactiy forks.
But with the recent privacy controversy weakening confidence in the new owners, now’s a good time to look at the alternatives. Audacity is the go-to audio editor for a lot of people, and for good reason-it’s simple, free, and still reasonably powerful.
