Audacious
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Audacious, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Audacious's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Audacious | Free | Open source audio player |
The facts
Each one read from Audacious's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Build options
- Audacious uses Qt 6 by default, with GTK 3 or optionally GTK 2 as fallback, and can also be built without either toolkit as a headless player daemon.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Format support
- MP3,FLAC,Ogg Vorbis,Opus,AAC,M4A,WAV,WavPack,Ad-lib chiptunes,Audio CD,MIDI,Nintendo DS 2SF,PlayStation Audio PSF,MOD,XM,FFmpeg-supported formatschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Interfaces
- It offers Qt and GTK interfaces and supports Winamp Classic skins.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Library and playlists
- Users can search their music library and create or edit custom playlists.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License model
- freechecked 21 Sep 2026
- Lyrics integration
- Version 4.5 added support for fetching lyrics from lrclib.net.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Network playback
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Packaging limit
- The project does not provide or support Flatpak or Snap packages and directs users to those packages’ communities for help.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Playback
- It plays music files, CDs, and streams from the Internet.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Plugins
- Included plugins can fetch lyrics and display a VU meter; version 4.6 added a file browser plugin and a macOS Now Playing plugin.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Sound controls
- It includes a graphical equalizer and audio effects for changing dynamic range.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Users can ask for installation or runtime help in the forums, and the project notes that its developers are volunteers with limited time.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported systems
- The project says Audacious runs on Linux, BSD derivatives, macOS, and Windows.checked 11 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Audacious is an open source audio player descended from XMMS.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- Linux,BSD derivatives,macOS,Windowschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Windows requirement
- Since version 4.4, Audacious requires 64-bit Windows 10 or later; version 4.3.1 is available for 32-bit or older Windows versions back to Windows 7.checked 11 Oct 2026
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