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Tenacity vs Wavosaur: catalog facts
Tenacity	Wavosaur
Free Free and open source under the GPL, developed by volunteers.	Free Freeware with no paid edition.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows
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	VST plugin and ASIO driver support Portable with no installer or registry writes
Development is slow and it trails current Audacity on features Releases are infrequent and built by a small volunteer team	Windows only Closed source
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-2.0	License: Freeware
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 October 2, 2026

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