Design & media · Updated October 2026
Logic Pro is Apple's Mac-only digital audio workstation for recording, editing, and mixing music. If you would rather own your tools, here are 4 open source alternatives to Logic Pro, ranked by GitHub stars. Each one is free to use under its license, and you can read, change, and often self-host the code.
Audacity is both the most popular, with 18.8k stars, and the most recently updated, with a commit on Oct 21, 2026.
by audacity
Audio Editor
by LMMS
Cross-platform music production software
by Ardour
Mirror of Ardour Source Code
by zrythm
a highly automated and intuitive digital audio workstation - official mirror
By GitHub stars, Audacity is the most popular open source alternative to Logic Pro right now, with 18.8k stars, followed by LMMS and Ardour. The best fit depends on your setup, so compare their licenses, languages, and recent activity in the table above.
Yes. All 4 projects on this page are open source, so the software itself is free to use, study, and change. Some of them also sell a hosted version or paid support.
Audacity (last commit Oct 21, 2026), Ardour (last commit Oct 20, 2026), and LMMS (last commit Oct 19, 2026) have the most recent commits. Licenses on this list include GPL-2.0.
Audacity
LMMS
Ardour
Zrythm