Creative tools
Ardour privacy rating
A digital audio workstation for recording, editing and mixing multi-track audio and MIDI on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Summary
Ardour scores 65 out of 100 (grade C) on the creative tools criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score 65 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Partial
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
Official builds contact ardour.org at startup to check for announcements, sending a hashed IP address, the operating system name and country. No third-party trackers.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by payments and subscriptions for ready-to-run builds, with no ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.