Ardour (software)

Ardour
Original author(s)Paul Davis
Developer(s)David Robillard, Robin Gareus, Nick Mainsbridge, Colin Fletcher, Ben Loftis, Tim Mayberry.
Initial release23 September 2005; 19 years ago (2005-09-23)
Stable release
8.8[1] / 3 October 2024; 39 days ago (3 October 2024)
Repository
Written inC++ (GTK 2)
Operating systemFreeBSD, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
Available inEnglish
TypeDigital audio workstation
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Websiteardour.org Edit this at Wikidata

Ardour is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application that runs on Linux, macOS, FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows. Its primary author is Paul Davis, who was also responsible for the JACK Audio Connection Kit. It is intended as a digital audio workstation suitable for professional use.[2]

It is free software, released under the terms of the GPL-2.0-or-later.[3]

  1. ^ "Ardour 8.8 released". Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  2. ^ Dave Phillips. "Introducing Ardour". Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  3. ^ "Ardour is licensed under the GNU Public License v2".