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Audacity vs gowall
Audacity has 18,677 GitHub stars, 2,679 forks, 1,781 open issues and last shipped yesterday. gowall has 2,313 stars, 37 forks, 13 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Audacity leads on adoption by 707% (18,677 vs 2,313 stars). Audacity is written in C++ under a custom or non-standard licence; gowall is written in Go under MIT. Audacity has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, gowall 2%. 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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| Audacity | gowall | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 19K | ★ 2.3K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | C++ | Go |
| Last push | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-07 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.7K | ⑂ 37 |
| 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 gowall if
- You want the gowall feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and gowall fits your workflow better
About Audacity
Audacity is an open source audio editor and recorder written in C++ and distributed under free software terms. It lives in the open source desktop audio editing ecosystem, where it provides a multi track interface for recording and editing audio on Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. The README describes the project as an easy to use audio tool, and the repository contains both the Audacity 3.x line and the in progress Audacity 4 line.
read the full Audacity overview →
About gowall
Gowall is a command line image processing toolkit for Linux, macOS, and Nix users who want to recolor wallpapers and icons to a theme, run OCR, compress, and upscale images from the terminal.
read the full gowall overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Audacity or gowall more popular?
Audacity has 18,677 GitHub stars and gowall has 2,313. Audacity has the larger community by that measure.
Are Audacity and gowall free?
Both are open source. Audacity has no licence declared in this registry, and gowall is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Audacity and gowall?
Audacity is written in C++ and gowall in Go. 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 gowall?
Choose Audacity if you want the larger community (18,677 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose gowall if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.