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WavPack

free, open source lossless audio compression software
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Summary

WavPack is an audio codec[1]. WavPack draws 504 Wikipedia views per month (audio codec category, ranking #5 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: free software[3], audio file format[4]
  • Copyright license: 3-clause BSD License[5]
  • Programmed in: C[6]
  • Operating system: Unix-like operating system[7], Microsoft Windows[8], macOS[9]
  • Software version identifier: 5.1.0[10], 4.80.0[11], 5.0.0[12], 5.2.0[13], 5.3.0[14], 5.4.0[15], 5.5.0[16], 5.6.0[17], 5.7.0[18], 5.8.0[19], 5.8.1[20], 5.9.0[21]
  • Commons category: WavPack[22]
  • Publication date: 1998[23]
  • Official website: https://wavpack.com/[24]
  • Readable file format: WavPack Binary[25], WavPack Correction File[26]
  • Writable file format: WavPack Binary[27], WavPack Correction File[28]
  • Source code repository URL: https://github.com/dbry/WavPack[29]
  • Different from: WavPack Binary[30], WavPack Correction File[31]
  • User manual URL: http://www.wavpack.com/wavpack_doc.html[32]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[33]

Why It Matters

WavPack has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] WavPack is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

free software macOS Microsoft Windows Unix-like operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wavpack.com. Retrieved . wavpack.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . sourceforge.net. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Tom Morris · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status → copyrighted
    Programmed in → C
    Different from → WavPack Binary, WavPack Correction File
    Instance of → audio codec, free software, audio file format
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Alpine linux package: wavpack, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324990978|wavpack (#324990978)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package]]"
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