Downloading upgrade without signing up for the cloud

Audacity 4
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I wish to download the latest appimage for Linux and I have zero interest in signing up for any cloud services.

Is it still free? - #2 by romontschun says “Download the Audacity version ‘without Muse Hub’ (small text link below the big download button).”

That was 2025. The text link seems to be gone now.

Github is being wonky so it’s taking forever to get through to the Releases page.

Jeez man… wasted half an hour this morning trying to get around this.

Editorializing: Martin Keary talks A LOT on his channel about dark patterns in interface design. I know he’s not directly in charge of Audacity anymore, but I really can’t believe that he would have approved of this. Seriously guys. This is open-source software. Don’t try to shove extra services down people’s throats.

hjh

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You do not need to sign up for anything – it is still your choice.

On this page you can easily find all versions which are still available (except 4.0.2, at this moment).

And: you have been warned. Audacity 4 is not something anyone wants. It is a collection of errors and missing features, not a working program.

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Have you seen his latest video? He and pretty much the entire musescore team have left to make a company that does business in a more sane way than muse. I’ve left Audacity earlier for similar reasons and am making soundscaper.org now.