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Audacity vs ImageToolbox
Audacity has 18,477 GitHub stars, 2,668 forks, 1,781 open issues and last shipped yesterday. ImageToolbox has 14,666 stars, 631 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Audacity leads on adoption by 26% (18,477 vs 14,666 stars). Audacity is written in C++ under a custom or non-standard licence; ImageToolbox is written in Kotlin under Apache-2.0. Audacity has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, ImageToolbox 4%. ImageToolbox 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 | ImageToolbox | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 18K | ★ 15K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | C++ | Kotlin |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.7K | ⑂ 631 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Audacity if
- You weight community size — 18K 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 ImageToolbox if
- You want the ImageToolbox feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Kotlin
- You evaluated both and ImageToolbox 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.
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About ImageToolbox
ImageToolbox is a free and open source Android image editor written in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose and released under Apache 2.0, aimed at photographers, developers, and everyday Android users who need deep photo manipulation — crop, draw, filter chains, EXIF editing, background removal, and AI assisted enhancement — without analytics or crash reporting dependencies.
read the full ImageToolbox overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Audacity or ImageToolbox more popular?
Audacity has 18,477 GitHub stars and ImageToolbox has 14,666. Audacity has the larger community by that measure.
Are Audacity and ImageToolbox free?
Both are open source. Audacity has no licence declared in this registry, and ImageToolbox is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Audacity and ImageToolbox?
Audacity is written in C++ and ImageToolbox in Kotlin. 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 ImageToolbox?
Choose Audacity if you want the larger community (18,477 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose ImageToolbox if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.