Current Version: 3.3.3

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AppImage

Audacity 3.3.3 is available as an AppImage. The AppImage should run on most modern Linux distributions. To run AppImage:

  • Left click the link below.
  • Make the AppImage runnable. In most file managers, this can be done in right-click > properties > permissions, if not, you can use the following command in the terminal instead: 
    chmod +x <path to your audacity.AppImage>
  • Double click the AppImage to run Audacity
  • Audacity 3.3.3 AppImage
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Installation Packages

Installation packages for Audacity are provided by many GNU/Linux and Unix-like distributions. Use the distribution’s usual package manager (where available) to install Audacity. If necessary, you could try searching for an appropriate Audacity package on rpmseek.

Alternatively you can build the latest Audacity tagged release from our source code.

The current release version for Linux is Audacity 3.3.3

Incorrectly built packages

Some distributions offer Audacity that was incorrectly built against the wrong wxWidgets (3.0.x).  Audacity 3.3.3 must be built against wxWidgets 3.1.3 or later.

Chromebooks

Audacity does not run directly on Chrome OS, but Chrome OS 69 or later support running containerized Linux. At time of writing, Linux support in Chrome OS is experimental – refer to Google support for information about running Linux applications on Chrome OS.

System Requirements

We recommend using the latest version of GNU/Linux from your distribution that is compatible with your hardware specifications. Audacity will run best with at least 1GB RAM and a 2 GHz processor.

Because Audacity was originally written when computers were less powerful, you may be able to run it on much less powerful hardware too. Simple recording is possible on 700 MHz Raspberry Pi, using a USB Microphone. However, Pi operating systems are not officially supported and Audacity may be less stable on them than on desktop operating systems.