head to head · open source
Audacity vs images
Audacity has 18,651 GitHub stars, 2,677 forks, 1,781 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. images has 2,836 stars, 247 forks, 23 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. Audacity leads on adoption by 558% (18,651 vs 2,836 stars). Audacity is written in C++ under a custom or non-standard licence; images is written in C++ under BSD-3-Clause. Audacity has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, images 9%. 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.
← all 20902 open source comparisons
Side by side
| Audacity | images | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 19K | ★ 2.8K |
| License | Custom / other | BSD-3-Clause |
| Written in | C++ | C++ |
| Last push | 2026-10-02 | 2026-10-01 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.7K | ⑂ 247 |
| 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 images if
- You want the images feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the BSD-3-Clause license terms
- Your stack matches C++
- You evaluated both and images 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 images
wsrv.nl images is a self hostable image processing and caching server for developers who want to resize, convert, and proxy remote images from their own infrastructure instead of depending on a third party image CDN.
read the full images overview →
More in Miscellaneous
Related comparisons
More Photo & Video Editors projects
Compare either of these against the rest of the Photo & Video Editors field.
Frequently asked questions
Is Audacity or images more popular?
Audacity has 18,651 GitHub stars and images has 2,836. Audacity has the larger community by that measure.
Are Audacity and images free?
Both are open source. Audacity has no licence declared in this registry, and images is licensed under BSD-3-Clause. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Audacity and images?
Audacity is written in C++ and images in C++. 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 images?
Choose Audacity if you want the larger community (18,651 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose images if its feature set, stack or BSD-3-Clause licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.