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Audacity

by Audacity Team · GPL-3.0-or-later

The world’s most popular free software for recording and editing audio.

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Latest version
3.7.8
Release date
11 Jun 2026
Package identifier
Audacity.Audacity

Official downloads

These URLs are the ones Audacity Team declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

Verify the file you downloaded

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what Audacity Team published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "audacity-win-3.7.8-64bit.exe" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "audacity-win-3.7.8-64bit.exe"

Expected output

4a6d77f023c0209a396fcf2f3c7c04e240b6ba9897b3231a6ed18e14c10caa16

macOS

Version on Homebrew
3.7.8
SHA-256
2888d2bef5321990d3a11507f9b5cf9461831725a50f391fffd558f7404ffcf8
Install with Homebrew
brew install --cask audacity

How we scored this 95 out of 100

SignalFindingPoints
SHA-256 hash published6 of 6 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.30 / 30
Binary provenance6 on a recognised distribution platformThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.29.8 / 35
Served over HTTPS6 of 6 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.15 / 15
Release recencylast release about 2 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities.15 / 15
Licence declaredGPL-3.0-or-laterA declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.5 / 5

Opens 10 file types

Extensions Audacity registers itself to handle.

Version history37 on record

Every version with a published manifest, newest first. Useful when you need an older build for compatibility.

  • 3.7.8
  • 3.7.7
  • 3.7.6
  • 3.7.5
  • 3.7.4
  • 3.7.3
  • 3.7.2
  • 3.7.1
  • 3.7.0
  • 3.6.4
  • 3.6.3
  • 3.6.2
  • 3.6.1
  • 3.6.0
  • 3.5.1
  • 3.5.0
  • 3.4.2
  • 3.4.1
  • 3.4.0
  • 3.3.3
  • 3.3.2
  • 3.3.1
  • 3.3.0
  • 3.2.5
  • 3.2.4
  • 3.2.3
  • 3.2.2
  • 3.2.1
  • 3.2.0
  • 3.1.3
  • 3.1.2
  • 3.1.1
  • 3.1.0
  • 3.0.5
  • 3.0.4
  • 3.0.3
  • 3.0.2

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