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Install audacity with Homebrew Cask
Multi-track audio editor and recorder. Version 4.0.2 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Multi-track audio editor and recorder
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Project history and usage
Audacity is a free, open-source, cross-platform multi-track audio recorder and editor. It supports recording, waveform editing, effects, plug-ins, and import or export through multiple audio formats.
Project history
Audacity was started in 1999 by Dominic Mazzoni while he was a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University. It began as a tool for visualizing audio-analysis algorithms in research with Roger Dannenberg and gradually developed into a general audio editor.
Development expanded to a broad contributor community and is now managed with Git in the official GitHub repository.
Adoption history
Audacity grew from a research visualization tool into a general-purpose audio editor through contributions from dozens of developers. Its cross-platform availability and approachable waveform editor made it a common choice for recording, cleanup, conversion, podcast work, and educational audio tasks.
How it is used
Users record from audio devices or supported system sources, import existing recordings, edit tracks and waveforms, apply effects, and export finished audio. Preferences control devices, sample formats, directories, plug-ins, shortcuts, modules, application behavior, and cloud features.
Why package nerds care
Audacity is a canonical cross-platform open-source desktop package: substantial enough for production audio work, broadly packaged across operating systems, and closely associated with plug-in and codec ecosystems. Its long history also makes configuration migration, optional FFmpeg support, and audio-backend behavior recurring packaging concerns.
Timeline
- 1999: Dominic Mazzoni started Audacity at Carnegie Mellon University
- Early development: The research visualization tool evolved into a general audio editor
- Modern era: Development and contributions moved to Git hosted on GitHub
Related projects
- FFmpeg
- LAME
- Nyquist
- LV2
- VST
- Audio Units
Sources
- Official Audacity Manual credits and history: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/credits.html
- Official manual: https://manual.audacityteam.org/
- Official repository identified in source_facts.repo: https://github.com/audacity/audacity
security posture
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No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for audacity. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Linux
~/.audacity-data/audacity.cfg- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/audacity/audacity.cfg- Windows
%APPDATA%\audacity\audacity.cfg
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| No executable data was present. | |||
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These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-11-04
manager version4.0.2
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/audacity/audacity
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/audacity/audacitynone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:audacity |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.0.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/audacity |
| Homepage | https://www.audacityteam.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/audacity/audacity |
| Upstream docs | https://www.audacityteam.org/ |
| Source archive | https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases/download/Audacity-4.0.2/audacity-macOS-4.0.2-arm64.dmg |
| SHA-256 | fd462da6204cbf9758b44c7ce1c29d5fe5cab4f31ba308d33c125f1b170401c3 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | audacity |
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| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
source trail
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