X Lossless Decoder(XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. It works on Mac OS X 10.4 and later.
LosslessCut - Official website
LosslessCut - Official downloads - free or paid version. Edit video, audio without quality loss. Cut, trim, merge on macOS, Windows and Linux.
JPEG XL
The JPEG XL Image Coding System[8] (JPEG XL, sometimes shortened to JXL) is an image format that supports both lossy and lossless compression. It was developed by the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), Google and Cloudinary. It is a free and open standard defined by ISO/IEC 18181. The standard consists of four parts that cover the Core coding system, File format, Conformance testing, and Reference software, respectively.
DASL: MUXL — Media Uniform eXact Layout
MUXL is a deterministic and highly-restrictive subset of ISO-BMFF, enabling stable content-addressed identifiers for video and audio. It's like DRISL for MP4 files!
Ivan Fioravanti ᯅ on Twitter / X
Playing with Qwen3-TTS is and MLX-Audio locally on Mac Studio M3 Ultra 🔥Amazing model by @Alibaba_Qwen and great work by @Prince_Canuma bringing this magic to MLX!Tuning the voice with instructions feels like magic!Command and prompts to run it are in the video. pic.twitter.com/qIfWKOedXr— Ivan Fioravanti ᯅ (@ivanfioravanti) January 23, 2026
plugdata — A visual programming environment for audio
Free, open-source visual audio patching. A modern fork of Pure Data with VST3, AU, CLAP & LV2 plugin export.
VoiceInk - Advanced AI Voice Recognition for Mac
Transform Your Voice Into Text Instantly with Offline AI. Built for Mac, Optimized for Privacy. One-Time Purchase, No Subscriptions.
BetterWispr: local dictation for macOS
Hold a shortcut, speak, and BetterWispr types clean text into any Mac app. Local speech models, a style for each app, meeting notes and insights. Free and open source, with no account required.
Listening Post: Ambient Music Recognition for macOS
Always-on music recognition for your Mac. Supports local files, Last.fm, ListenBrainz (and compatible), Rocksky (and compat), Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer. Post to Bluesky, Mastodon, ActivityPub. Automate with macOS Shortcuts.
kyleneideck/BackgroundMusic
Background Music, a macOS audio utility: automatically pause your music, set individual apps' volumes and record system audio.
Ardour, free and open-source digital audio workstation
Ardour is a free/open-source digital audio workstation for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Produce beats, record live music, track vocals, and mix for streaming
Bfxr. Make sound effects for your games.
Bfxr is a simple tool for creating unique sound effects for games.
Recut — Automatic Video Editor
Remove silence from your videos automatically. The fastest way to edit video on Mac and Windows.
ARahim3/mlx-tune
Fine-tune LLMs on your Mac with Apple Silicon. SFT, DPO, GRPO, Vision, TTS, STT, Embedding, and OCR fine-tuning — natively on MLX. Unsloth-compatible API.
ARahim3/mlx-tune
Fine-tune LLMs on your Mac with Apple Silicon. SFT, DPO, GRPO, Vision, TTS, STT, Embedding, and OCR fine-tuning — natively on MLX. Unsloth-compatible API.