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title: Install kwave on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of kwave for Linux - Kwave is a sound editor that
  can record to, play, open, and edit many file formats.
url: https://snapcraft.io/kwave
---

# kwave

[KDE](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/kde "View all snaps from KDE")

* [KDE](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/kde "View all snaps from KDE")
* [Music and Audio](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=music-and-audio)

latest/stable 26.04.3

Install latest/stable of kwave

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install kwave
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* kwave

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### License

* GPL-2.0+

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### Last updated

* 5 July 2026 - latest/stable
* 4 July 2026 - latest/beta

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### Websites

* [apps.kde.org](https://apps.kde.org/en-gb/kwave/ "https://apps.kde.org/en-gb/kwave/")
* [discuss.kde.org](https://discuss.kde.org/c/help/6 "https://discuss.kde.org/c/help/6")

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### Contact

* [bugs.kde.org](https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=neon&component=Snaps "https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=neon&component=Snaps")

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### Donations

* [kde.org](https://kde.org/donate/?app=kwave&source=appdata "https://kde.org/donate/?app=kwave&source=appdata")

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### Source code

* [invent.kde.org](https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kwave "https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kwave")

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### Report a bug

* [bugs.kde.org](https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided&product=kwave "https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided&product=kwave")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/kwave#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/kwave#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/kwave#tab-security)

#### Kwave is a sound editor that can record to, play, open, and edit many file formats.

Kwave makes it simple to edit audio in many ways.

Adjust volume level:

Fade in, fade out, or custom amplitude curve
Scale volume by a constant factor
Normalise volume
Adjust frequency content:

Lowpass filter
Bandpass filter
Notch filter
Pitch shift
Other features:

Add noise
Add silence
Convert audio sample rate
Go to position
Insert audio from clipboard
Reverse audio
Save audio blocks between labels as separate files
Sonagram (spectrogram)
Supported file formats:

WAV (*.wav)
Ogg/Opus (*.opus)
Ogg/Vorbis (*.ogg)
MP3 (*.mp3)
FLAC (*.flac)
ASCII coded audio (*.ascii)
all file formats supported by libaudiofile (some formats are import only)

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## Install kwave on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/kwave/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/kwave/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/kwave/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/kwave/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/kwave/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/kwave/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/kwave/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/kwave/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/kwave/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/kwave/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/kwave/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/kwave/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/kwave/raspbian)

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