Audacity (audio editor)

multi-platform open-source digital audio recording and editing application
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Summary

Audacity (audio editor) is a free software[1]. Audacity (audio editor) has Wikipedia articles in 52 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Roger B. Dannenberg[3], Dominic Mazzoni[4]
  • Instance of: digital audio editor[5], open-source software[6]
  • Developer: Muse Group[7]
  • Collection: Social Sciences and Humanities Open Marketplace[8], Text Analysis Portal for Research[9]
  • Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 3.0[10]
  • Programmed in: C++[11], C[12]
  • Operating system: Linux[13], macOS[14], Unix-like operating system[15], Microsoft Windows[16], ReactOS[17]
  • Software version identifier: 2.0.0[18], 2.0.5[19], 2.0.6[20], 2.1.0[21], 2.1.1[22], 2.1.2[23], 2.1.3[24], 2.2.0[25], 2.2.1[26], 2.2.2[27], 2.3.0[28], 2.3.1[29], 2.3.2[30], 2.3.3[31]
  • Has use: audio player software[32]

Why It Matters

Audacity (audio editor) is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . audacityteam.org. Retrieved . audacityteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . audacityteam.org. Retrieved . audacityteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . audacityteam.org. Retrieved . audacityteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . tapor.ca. tapor.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . audacity.sourceforge.net. audacity.sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . audacity.sourceforge.net. audacity.sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . audacity.sourceforge.net. audacity.sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . audacity.sourceforge.net. audacity.sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Dexxor · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → audacity
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subreddit: audacity"
  2. 16d ago · MichielN · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 7661733-6
    Sitelink count → 55
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'e
    Software version identifier → 2.0.0, 2.0.5, 2.0.6 +55
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 4.0.1"
  3. 5w ago · JFVoll · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Small logo or icon → Audacity 4 App Icon.svg, Audacity Logo nofilter.svg, Audacity Logo.svg
    Logo image → Audacity 4 Logo.svg, Audacity Logo With Name.png, Audacity Logo 2-2-0.png
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Logo image: Audacity 4 Logo.svg, ([[c:GR|GR]]) [[c:COM:FR|File renamed]]: [[File:Audacity (2026).svg]] → [[File:Audacity 4 Logo.svg]] [[c:COM:FR#FR4|Criterion 4]] (harm"
  4. 5w ago · Nclm · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Small logo or icon → Audacity 4 App Icon.svg, Audacity Logo nofilter.svg, Audacity Logo.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Small logo or icon: Audacity 4 App Icon.svg"
  5. 5w ago · AMDmi3 · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.0.0, 2.0.5, 2.0.6 +55
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Software version identifier: 4.0"
  6. 5w ago · RevMSWIE500 · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Platform → Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS
    Discord invite id → —
    Image → Audacity version 4.0.png
    Logo image → Audacity 4 Logo.svg, Audacity Logo With Name.png, Audacity Logo 2-2-0.png
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Software version identifier: 4.0.0"
  7. 6w ago · DnaX · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gui toolkit or framework → wxWidgets, Qt (software)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Gui toolkit or framework: GTK"
  8. 6w ago · MichielN · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.0.0, 2.0.5, 2.0.6 +55
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 4.0.0"
  9. 6w ago · MichielN · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.0.0, 2.0.5, 2.0.6 +55
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 3.7.9"
  10. 14w ago · Piotr Osada · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.0.0, 2.0.5, 2.0.6 +55
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 4.0"
  11. 14w ago · RogueScholar · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Youtube channel id → UCHUCowIfMiQd_IeLDaftV_g
    Developer → Audacity Team, Muse Group
    Free software directory entry → Audacity
    Pro-linux.de dbapp id → 1538
    + 73 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Programmed in: C++"
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