You may copy, distribute, modify and/or resell Audacity, under the terms of the GNU GPL.
To build Audacity yourself, download the source code.Although there are a number of sellers of Audacity software on ebay, Amazon, Microsoft Store and Apple Store, none of these sellers are affiliated to Audacity, and none have contributed in any way to the Audacity project.Source code and user manuals for some old versions are available on FossHub. Due to reported problems with SnapCraft / Flatpak / PPA versions, our current recommendation for Ubuntu / Mint users is to install the “deb” version from the main repository.
For Linux, the appropriate version of Audacity for your operating system is usually included in your distribution’s repository.For macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and earlier, legacy versions of Audacity are available on the Legacy Mac downloads page.For Windows 7 and earlier, legacy versions of Audacity are available on the Legacy Windows downloads page.