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		All source code and binaries are freely available and distributed under 
http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.phpOpen Source  licenses.  The codec libraries are distributed under Xiph.org's BSD license, and the plugins and command-line utilites (flac and metaflac) are distributed under the http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.htmlGPL .  If you would like to redistribute parts or all of FLAC under different terms, mailto:jcoalson@users.sourceforge.netcontact Josh Coalson .  (For more information, see the license.htmllicense page .)
	
	
		
			
				
Linux				
					
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.2-linux-i386.tar.gz?downloadFLAC 1.1.2 for RedHat 7.x 					
http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=flac libflac 1.&searchon=all&subword=1&version=all&release=allFLAC 1.x Debian packages 					
RPMs can be found on http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.htmlPlanet CCRMA  and http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=flacrpmfind.net 				
			
			
				
Mac OS X				
					
http://www.danrules.com/macflac/MacFLAC with installer and GUI front-end  (source code not available)					
http://software.emuscene.com/view.php?softid=10FLACer  (source code not available)					
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21952xACT with installer and GUI front-end  (source code included)					
http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/flacFLAC Fink package  for use with http://fink.sourceforge.net/Fink 					
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.2-osx-ppc.tar.gz?downloadFLAC 1.1.2 for OS X (no installer) 				
			
			
				
Windows				
					
http://cyberial.com/flacinstaller.aspFLAC 1.1.2 for Windows with installer . NOTE: Several virus scanners are reporting that FLAC contains a trojan; this is a FALSE POSITIVE.  For more info see http://nsis.sourceforge.net/index.php?id=2&backPID=2&tt_news=14here , http://servicenews.symantec.com/cgi-bin/displayArticle.cgi?article=29991&group=symantec.support.generic.virus_corporate.general&tpre=ent&here , http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=164312here .					
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.2-win.zip?downloadFLAC 1.1.2 for Windows (tools only) 				
			
			
				
Other				
					
http://amiga.sourceforge.net/FLAC package for Amiga 					
http://freeware.sgi.com/FLAC packages for IRIX .
					
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.0-sol2.7-sparc.tar.gz?downloadFLAC 1.1.0 for Solaris 2.7 					
Unofficial port of the http://arisme.free.fr/ports/flac.phpFLAC libraries to Windows CE (WinCE) 				
			
			
				
Source code				
					
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.2.tar.gz?downloadFLAC 1.1.2 full source code ; also includes documentation and build systems for Windows (MSVC++) and *nix,*BSD,OS/2,OS X (autotools)					
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cvstarballs/flac-cvsroot.tar.bz2Nightly CVS tarball ; this is the actual CVS repository used for development				
			
			
				
Older versions				
					
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13478Older versions of FLAC  available from SourceForge				
			
		
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
		
		
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NOTE:  these extras are not part of the FLAC project.  They are all freely available but distributed under their authors' own terms.
	
	
		
NOTE:  don't forget to check out the links.htmllinks page  for a list of other useful open-source software supporting FLAC.
	
	
		
GUI encoding/decoding front-ends:	
	
		
			
Windows			
				
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dBpowerAMP , a swiss army knife that can convert and play many formats, including FLAC.				
http://www.uninformative.com/flacattack/Flacattack : an all-in-one tool that works with ExactAudioCopy to encode a CD image to FLAC, embed the cuesheet, add ReplayGain, create lossy files, etc. all in a customizable directory structure.				
http://www.rarewares.org/lossless.htmlFLACdrop , an Oggdrop-like frontend for Windows, or the even more versatile http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jfe1205/oggdropXPd .				
http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/flac.htmFLAC frontend , a Windows GUI, or the even more versatile http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/multi.htmMulti frontend .				
http://home.vxu.se/mdati00/frontah/Frontah , a new frontend to many codecs, including FLAC.  Still in beta but has good reviews.				
http://mareo.netfirms.com/MAREO  is a "virtual" encoder that can be used with ExactAudioCopy to encode to multiple formats (including FLAC) at once while ripping.				
http://www.monkeysaudio.com/Monkey's Audio  can be fooled into supporting FLAC as an external encoder; documentation.html#monkeyhere's how .				
http://www.unifront.boereck.de/UniversalFront , an encoding/decoding/transcoding GUI that is also scriptable.			
		
		
			
Unix			
				
http://www.nostatic.org/grip/Grip  is a great ripping and encoding front end and can be easily configured to use flac.  See http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=1634089&forum_id=5443this message  on how to configure Grip for FLAC.				
http://www.amb.org/xmcd/xmcd  is a CD ripper with CDDB support as well as a player.			
		
		
			
Mac OS X			
				
http://www.danrules.com/macflac/MacFLAC , a FLAC distribution which also includes nice graphical front-end.				
http://members.rogers.com/beamsplitter/RipBeak  is a nice GUI encoding frond-end that supports FLAC as well as Vorbis and MP3.				
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21952xACT , another FLAC distribution with a graphical front-end to FLAC and other formats.			
		
	
	
	
		
CD burning:	
	
		
			
Windows			
				
http://www.burnatonce.com/burnatonce , a CD burning GUI that wraps around http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdrdao/cdrdao  and http://freshmeat.net/projects/cdrecord/mkisofs .				
http://www.burrrn.net/Burrrn  supports burning CDs from cuesheets directly from many formats, including FLAC, and supports most tag formats.				
http://www.cdwave.com/CD Wave , a CD authoring tool that can read and write FLAC.			
		
		
			
Unix			
				
http://arson.sourceforge.net/Arson , a front-end to various CD burning and ripping tools.			
		
	
	
	
		
Third-party plugins:	
	
		
			
Windows			
				
				
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?showtopic=20145&Cooledit FLAC filter .				
http://corecodec.org/projects/coreflacCoreFLAC : DirectShow filters for encoding to/decoding from FLAC.				
http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/DirectShow filters  for encoding to/decoding from FLAC and Ogg FLAC (as well as Ogg Vorbis/Speex/Theora).				
http://www.monsterfang.com/MCinFLAC/Media Center/Media Jukebox FLAC plugin  and http://www.monsterfang.com/MCinFLAC/Encoding.htminstructions  on how to encode to FLAC as well.  Source is also available.				
http://www.phsoft.nl/?id=flacplginfMp3CoolPlay-X FLAC plugin .				
http://neroplugins.cd-rw.org/Nero FLAC plugin  allows you to burn FLAC files directly to audio CDs.				
http://www.quinnware.com/plugins/in_qcdflac.exeQCD FLAC plugin .				
http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=131643FLAC Winamp3 plugin  by Giacomo Margarito.			
		
		
			
Java			
				
http://jflac.sourceforge.net/jFLAC : a Java native-FLAC decoder library and player application.				
http://www.j-ogg.de/J-Ogg : Java libraries for Ogg decoding, including Ogg FLAC.			
		
	
	
	
	
	
	
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