About these downloads
System requirements
Audacity is tested on Windows 10 & Windows 11, and may also work on Windows
8.1, 7 and Vista. Both 64-bit and 32-bit versions are available. Audacity
has no specific CPU or GPU requirements and should be able to run on any
notebook or PC that can run aforementioned operating systems.
Note: Audacity requires fast, uninterrupted access to a hard
drive or SSD to operate. Network storage, consumer-grade external hard drives
or USB thumbdrives may be unreliable.
Older versions of Audacity
You can download older versions of Audacity on Fosshub.
The last tested compatible versions for relevant operating systems are:
- Windows 7, Vista: Audacity 2.3.3
- Windows 2000, XP; no SSE2: Audacity 2.0.6
- Windows 98, ME: Audacity 2.0.0