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Tenacity vs Kwave: catalog facts
Tenacity	Kwave
Free Free and open source under the GPL, developed by volunteers.	Free Free KDE application.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
No telemetry, no account, and nothing that requires an internet connection Records from real and virtual devices and imports or exports a wide range of formats through FFmpeg	Fades, normalization and filters built in Can split audio into files at label positions
Development is slow and it trails current Audacity on features Releases are infrequent and built by a small volunteer team	Linux only Some formats are import only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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