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Audacity vs freecut
Audacity has 18,950 GitHub stars, 2,714 forks, 1,781 open issues and last shipped yesterday. freecut has 2,306 stars, 362 forks, 12 open issues and last shipped 6 days ago. Audacity leads on adoption by 722% (18,950 vs 2,306 stars). Audacity is written in C++ under a custom or non-standard licence; freecut is written in TypeScript under MIT. Audacity has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, freecut 16%. Audacity was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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Side by side
| Audacity | freecut | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 19K | ★ 2.3K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | C++ | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-03 | 2026-10-29 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.7K | ⑂ 362 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Audacity if
- You weight community size — 19K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick freecut if
- You want the freecut feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and freecut fits your workflow better
About Audacity
Audacity Audacity is an easy to use, multi track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. More info can be found on This repository is currently undergoing major structural change. We're currently working on Audacity 4, which means an entirely new UI and also refactorings aplenty. As such, the master branch is currently not particularly friendly to new contributors. It is still possible to submit patches to Audacity 3.x; make sure you branch off audacity3 if you choose to do so. Build instructions for 3.x can be found here; build instructions for Audacity 4 can be…
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About freecut
FreeCut freecut.net Edit videos. In your browser. FreeCut is a browser based, multi track video editor. No install, no uploads: projects and media stay local, while editing, preview, analysis, transcription, AI generation, and export run in the browser through WebGPU, WebCodecs, Web Workers, OPFS, and the File System Access API. FreeCut writes projects, linked media metadata, thumbnails, waveforms, generated AI assets, transcripts, scene cuts, and caches as plain files inside a workspace folder you choose on disk. User Guide New to FreeCut? Start with the user guide. Community Join the FreeCut Discord to share…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Audacity or freecut more popular?
Audacity has 18,950 GitHub stars and freecut has 2,306. Audacity has the larger community by that measure.
Are Audacity and freecut free?
Both are open source. Audacity has no licence declared in this registry, and freecut is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Audacity and freecut?
Audacity is written in C++ and freecut in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Audacity or freecut?
Choose Audacity if you want the larger community (18,950 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose freecut if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.