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[**Audacity**](https://www.audacityteam.org) is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. Audacity is open source software licensed under GPL, version 2 or later.
- **Recording** from any real or virtual audio device that is available to the host system.
- **Export / Import** a wide range of audio formats, extensible with FFmpeg.
- **High quality** using 32-bit float audio processing.
- **Plug-in Support** for multiple audio plug-in formats, including VST, LV2, and AU.
- **Macros** for chaining commands and batch processing.
- **Scripting** in Python, Perl, or any other language that supports named pipes.
- **Nyquist** a powerful built-in scripting language that may also be used to create plug-ins.
- **Editing** multi-track editing with sample accuracy and arbitrary sample rates.
- **Accessibility** for VI users.
- **Analysis and visualization** tools to analyze audio or other signal data.
## Getting Started
For end users, the latest Windows and macOS release version of Audacity is available from the [Audacity website](https://www.audacityteam.org/download/).
Help with using Audacity is available from the [Audacity Forum](https://forum.audacityteam.org/).
Build instructions are available [here](BUILDING.md).
More information for developers is available from the [Audacity Wiki](https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/For_Developers).