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Audacity vs imagor
Audacity has 18,615 GitHub stars, 2,675 forks, 1,781 open issues and last shipped yesterday. imagor has 4,026 stars, 176 forks, 2 open issues and last shipped 7 days ago. Audacity leads on adoption by 362% (18,615 vs 4,026 stars). Audacity is written in C++ under a custom or non-standard licence; imagor is written in Go under Apache-2.0. Audacity has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, imagor 4%. 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 | imagor | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 19K | ★ 4.0K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | C++ | Go |
| Last push | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-24 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.7K | ⑂ 176 |
| 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 imagor if
- You want the imagor feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and imagor 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 imagor
imagor is a fast, secure image processing server and Go library built on libvips, intended for developers who need on demand image resizing, formatting, and filtering over HTTP or as an embedded Go package.
read the full imagor overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Audacity or imagor more popular?
Audacity has 18,615 GitHub stars and imagor has 4,026. Audacity has the larger community by that measure.
Are Audacity and imagor free?
Both are open source. Audacity has no licence declared in this registry, and imagor is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Audacity and imagor?
Audacity is written in C++ and imagor 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 imagor?
Choose Audacity if you want the larger community (18,615 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose imagor if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.