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fre:ac

Ch 067.0of 34 Audio Converter Software
  1. 1Runs onLinux, Mac, Windows
  2. 2CostsFree plan
  3. 3Batch conversionYes
  4. 4Supported formatsMP3, M4A/AAC, FLAC, WMA, Opus, Ogg Vorbis, Speex, Monkey's Audio (APE), WavPack, WAV
  5. 5Quality controlsYes
  6. 6Metadata editingYes
  7. 7CD rippingYes
  8. 8Cloud conversionNo
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Overview

fre:ac is ranked #6 of 34 in audio converter software on Specifiction. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

fre:ac plans and pricing

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fre:ac Free Free and open source · no adware freac.org · 29 Sept 2026

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Free plan
Yesfreac.org
Batch conversion
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Supported formats
MP3, M4A/AAC, FLAC, WMA, Opus, Ogg Vorbis, Speex, Monkey's Audio (APE), WavPack, WAVfreac.org
Quality controls
Yesfreac.org
Metadata editing
Yesfreac.org
CD ripping
Yesfreac.org
Cloud conversion
Nofreac.org

Facts

Audio conversion
fre:ac converts between MP3, M4A/AAC, FLAC, WMA, Opus, Ogg Vorbis, Speex, Monkey’s Audio, WavPack, WAV and other formats.freac.org · 29 Sept 2026
Library conversion
fre:ac can convert whole music libraries while retaining their folder and filename structure.freac.org · 29 Sept 2026
Metadata lookup
The CD ripper can query the CDDB/GNUdb online database for artist and title information and write it to ID3v2 or other title tags.freac.org · 29 Sept 2026
Portable use
The application can be installed on a USB stick or external drive and store its configuration files there.freac.org · 29 Sept 2026
Multicore encoding
The integrated MP3, M4A/AAC, Opus and Speex encoders use multicore CPUs.freac.org · 29 Sept 2026
Unicode
fre:ac supports Unicode tags and filenames, including scripts such as Japanese, Cyrillic, Arabic and Indian scripts.freac.org · 29 Sept 2026
Supported systems
The maker lists Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and Haiku as supported operating systems.freac.org · 29 Sept 2026
Languages
The user interface is available in 43 languages, and the maker says it can be translated using the included smooth Translator utility.freac.org · 29 Sept 2026
Distribution
The maker offers Windows installers and ZIP packages, macOS disk images, and Linux Snap, Flatpak and AppImage packages.freac.org · 29 Sept 2026
CD database limit
fre:ac supports freedb-compatible databases; its FAQ says Gracenote CDDB support is unavailable due to licensing issues.freac.org · 29 Sept 2026
Privacy
The privacy policy says the software does not collect personal information and describes data transfers for querying or submitting CD metadata to a configurable online database.freac.org · 29 Sept 2026
Support
The maker directs users to its GitHub Discussions area for questions and ideas, and lists issue reporting by GitHub issue tracker or email.freac.org · 29 Sept 2026

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