Kwave

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#117 of 131

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Score

6.1

The facts below are what the maker publishes about Kwave, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

Plans and prices

From Kwave's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
Kwave	Free	GPL-2.0+ · Linux app

Each one read from Kwave's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Community: KDE describes the software as developed in the open by an international community.checked 12 Oct 2026
File formats: Supported formats include WAV, Ogg/Opus, Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, ASCII coded audio, and formats supported by libaudiofile; some formats are import-only.checked 12 Oct 2026
Frequency editing: It offers lowpass, bandpass, and notch filters, plus pitch shifting.checked 12 Oct 2026
License: Kwave is listed under the GPL-2.0+ license.checked 12 Oct 2026
Multitrack editing: Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Other editing features: Features include adding noise or silence, changing sample rate, reversing audio, inserting audio from the clipboard, and exporting labeled audio blocks separately.checked 12 Oct 2026
Privacy: KDE's software privacy policy says its software generally does not transfer information from users' devices except through explicit user action, with some exceptions such as optional periodic checks and opt-in telemetry where present.checked 12 Oct 2026
Purpose: Kwave is a sound editor for recording, playing, opening, and editing audio files.checked 12 Oct 2026
Support: KDE links to the Kwave Handbook and a community forum for help.checked 12 Oct 2026
Visualization: Kwave can display a sonagram (spectrogram).checked 12 Oct 2026
Volume editing: It supports fade in, fade out, custom amplitude curves, volume scaling, and normalization.checked 12 Oct 2026

Platform and install: The KDE page lists Linux installation through Discover or other AppStream stores, distribution package managers, and Flathub.checked 12 Oct 2026
Supported platforms: Linuxchecked 20 Sep 2026