86 tools · 9 open-source · 77 SaaS
The best audio & music production tools. Ranked by real activity.
The top-ranked open-source audio & music production tool on Enlisted is FFmpeg (65k GitHub stars), followed by Audacity and MuseScore. Among SaaS products, other tools on Enlisted are most often compared with Ableton Live, FL Studio and iZotope.
Enlisted lists 86 audio & music production tools: 9 open source and 77 SaaS. 8 of the open-source ones can be self-hosted on your own server or computer. The most common open-source licences here are GPL-2.0 (2 tools), GPL-3.0 (1) and MIT (1). The open-source ones are most often listed as alternatives to Soundtrap, Ableton Live and FL Studio.
Last updated October 3, 2026 · ranked by GitHub stars, growth and recent commits
The top 48 of 86 audio & music production tools
FFmpeg
Video Editing
Mirror of https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git
OSS★ 65k
Audacity
Audio & Music Production
Audio Editor
OSSvs Adobe Audition★ 19k
MuseScore
Audio & Music Production
MuseScore is an open source and free music notation software. For support, contribution, b
OSSvs Avid Sibelius★ 15k
LMMS
Audio & Music Production
Cross-platform music production software
GPL-2.0vs FL Studio★ 10k
Mixxx
Audio & Music Production
Mixxx is Free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes.
OSSvs Native Instruments★ 7.2k
Ardour
Audio & Music Production
Mirror of Ardour Source Code
OSSvs Pro Tools★ 5.3k
MusicBrainz Picard
Media & Streaming
Picard is a cross-platform music tagger powered by the MusicBrainz database
GPL-2.0★ 5.2k
Strawberry Music Player
Media & Streaming
:strawberry: Strawberry Music Player
GPL-3.0vs Tidal★ 4k
Moodist
Productivity
Ambient sounds for focus and calm.
MIT★ 3.9k
Ableton Live
Audio & Music Production
Digital audio workstation for music production and live performance
SaaS
Adobe Audition
Audio & Music Production
Audio recording, editing and mixing software for podcasts and video
SaaS
Adobe Podcast
Audio & Music Production
Web tool with AI speech enhancement and a podcast recording studio
SaaS
AI Cover Music Video
Audio & Music Production
Mobile app that turns tracks into voice covers using AI voices or your own recorded voice
SaaS
AI Music Maker - Muzify
Audio & Music Production
Mobile app that creates songs from a text prompt, your own lyrics or AI-generated lyrics
SaaS
AI Song & Clip Generator
Audio & Music Production
Mobile app that generates songs, instrumentals, AI voice covers, mashups and music videos
SaaS
AI Song Generator
Audio & Music Production
Generates royalty-free music from text prompts, with a lyrics generator and MP3 and WAV export
SaaS
AI Song Maker
Audio & Music Production
iOS app that generates songs, instrumentals and custom lyrics from text prompts
SaaS
AI Text Song
Audio & Music Production
Turns text prompts and lyrics into full songs, with vocal remover and stem splitting tools
SaaS
AIFlowMusic
Audio & Music Production
AI song generator with tools for MP3-to-MIDI conversion, slowed and reverb remixes and key detection
SaaS
Aila Manifest
AI Tools
Mobile app that generates personalized visualization scripts and audio for manifestation and affirmations
SaaS
AIVA
Audio & Music Production
AI composer that generates original music for projects
SaaS
Anymelo
Audio & Music Production
AI song maker that generates music and songs from text prompts or lyrics
SaaS
Artlist
Audio & Music Production
Licensed music, sound effects and stock footage subscription for creators
SaaS
Async (Podcastle)
Audio & Music Production
Web studio for recording and editing audio and video with AI cleanup, formerly Podcastle
SaaS
Audio Hijack
Audio & Music Production
Mac app for recording and routing audio from apps and devices
SaaS
Audio Trim & Merge & Slice
Audio & Music Production
iOS audio editor to trim, slice and merge recordings with a waveform view, processed on-device
SaaS
Audiolizer
AI Tools
Converts research papers into audio narratives using AI
SaaS
Audiomus
Audio & Music Production
Audio review platform where collaborators comment at exact waveform timestamps via a shared link
SaaS
AudioX
AI Tools
AI tool that generates audio from text and other inputs
SaaS
Audixa AI
AI Tools
Text-to-speech API and studio that generates realistic human-like voices
SaaS
Auphonic
Audio & Music Production
Automatic audio post-production service for leveling, noise reduction and loudness
SaaS
Auto-Tune
Audio & Music Production
Pitch correction and vocal effects software from Antares
SaaS
BandLab
Audio & Music Production
Browser and mobile music creation platform with collaboration and social features
SaaS
BetterMix
Audio & Music Production
Analyzes your music mix, flags problems and gives step-by-step fixes in under a minute
SaaS
Bitwig Studio
Audio & Music Production
Digital audio workstation for music production and live performance
SaaS
BookBoy
AI Tools
Mac app that turns text PDFs into audiobooks with a choice of voices, generated locally
SaaS
Boomy
Audio & Music Production
AI music creation platform that generates songs and distributes them
SaaS
BritishAccent
AI Tools
AI text-to-speech tool that generates British English audio in multiple UK accents, with voice cloning
SaaS
Cakewalk Sonar
Audio & Music Production
Windows digital audio workstation with recording, MIDI and mixing tools
SaaS
Call Recorder X+
Productivity
iOS jailbreak app that automatically records phone and VoIP calls with transcription and Google Drive backup
SaaS
CD Baby
Audio & Music Production
Music distribution service for independent artists and labels
SaaS
Cleanfeed
Audio & Music Production
Browser-based studio for recording and broadcasting remote audio
SaaS
CopyKitten
AI Tools
Discord bot that clones a voice and generates speech with it
SaaS
Steinberg Cubase
Audio & Music Production
Digital audio workstation for music production, recording and mixing
SaaS
Dial Moments
Audio & Music Production
Audio guestbook where event guests leave voice messages from any phone via a shared link
SaaS
Dialed AI
AI Tools
Mobile app that creates personalized motivational speeches set to music
SaaS
DistroKid
Audio & Music Production
Music distribution service that delivers tracks to streaming platforms
SaaS
djay
Audio & Music Production
DJ app for Mac, iOS and Android with streaming service integration
SaaS
Audio & music production tools: questions
- What is the best open-source audio & music production tool?
- FFmpeg is the top-ranked open-source audio & music production tool on Enlisted, with 65k GitHub stars. It is followed by Audacity, MuseScore and LMMS.
- What are the best free audio & music production tools?
- The top-ranked open-source audio & music production tools with a standard licence are LMMS (GPL-2.0), MusicBrainz Picard (GPL-2.0) and Strawberry Music Player (GPL-3.0), so their code is free to use. 36 of the 77 SaaS products here have a free plan, including Pro Tools, Boomy and Riverside.
- Which audio & music production tools can be self-hosted?
- 8 of the 9 open-source audio & music production tools on Enlisted can be self-hosted on your own server or computer; the top-ranked are Audacity, MuseScore and LMMS.
- How are these audio & music production tools ranked?
- Open-source tools are ordered by a score built from GitHub stars, star growth over the last 30 days and how recently the code changed; 9 of the 9 had new commits or a release in the last 30 days. SaaS products have no public repository, so they get a fixed baseline score. GitHub data is refreshed daily, and nobody can pay to move up.