Tenacity
A community-run, open-source fork of Audacity for recording and editing audio.
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About Tenacity
Tenacity is a free, open-source audio editor forked from Audacity in 2021, after Muse Group's takeover of Audacity raised concerns over proposed telemetry and a new privacy policy. It keeps Audacity's familiar feature set, multitrack recording and editing, effects, plugin support and wide format support, while being developed by a volunteer community with no company ownership. Since the fork, the projects have diverged: Tenacity has merged other Audacity forks, modernised parts of the codebase and build system, and avoids Audacity's cloud features, while Audacity has moved faster on new features and a redesigned interface. Development is hosted on Codeberg, with a GitHub mirror. It suits people who want an Audacity-style editor without links to a commercial owner, especially on Linux, where it is packaged by many distributions. The trade-offs are slower releases, fewer users and less documentation than Audacity, and features that can lag behind it. It runs on Linux, Windows and macOS.
Best for: Audacity users who prefer a community-run editor with no corporate owner.
Pros and cons
What works
- Free and open source with no company ownership
- Familiar Audacity-style interface and tools
- No cloud or account features
Why people leave
- Slower releases and fewer contributors than Audacity
- Less documentation and community help
- Some newer Audacity features are missing
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Tenacity: common questions
Is Tenacity free?
Yes. Tenacity is free, open-source software.
Is Tenacity open source?
Yes. The source code is on GitHub at tenacityteam/tenacity.
What platforms does Tenacity run on?
Tenacity is available for Linux, Windows and macOS.
What are the best alternatives to Tenacity?
The highest-ranked Tenacity alternatives right now are Audacity, ocenaudio and Ardour. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.