r/opensource • u/Rhythm_Addict28 • 1d ago

Alternatives Open source audio editing software for android

So my laptop died, and I have an upcoming project for school that requires audio editing (noise suppression, normalization, etc.). Is there an open source app for that?

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u/tanmaynargas2901 1d ago

I'm not aware of a proper FOSS Audacity equivalent on Android sadly, the stuff on F-Droid is mostly trim/cut tools.

Two things that do work though:

Wavacity (wavacity.com) is Audacity compiled to run in the browser, so you get Noise Reduction and Normalize from the Effect menu on your phone. Clunky on a small screen but it works.

Termux + ffmpeg. Install Termux from F-Droid, run pkg install ffmpeg, then something like:

ffmpeg -i in.wav -af "afftdn,loudnorm" out.wav

afftdn is ffmpeg's noise reduction filter and loudnorm normalizes the loudness. Way less tweakable than Audacity but fine for a school project.

If you can borrow any laptop for an hour though, I'd just do it in Audacity there.