A list of awesome open-source Acoustic packages and resources.
Read the detailed scope of this list in SCOPE.md .
Contributions are more than welcome
Package
Description
Language
Acoustic Toolbox A Python library for acousticians.
Python
MoSQITo MoSQITo is a unified and modular development framework of key sound quality metrics favoring reproducible science and efficient shared scripting among engineers, teachers and researchers community.
Python
Pyfar python package for acoustics research
Python
PyTTA Python in Technical Acoustics and Vibration
Python
friture Real-time audio visualizations (spectrum, spectrogram, etc.)
Python
ITA Toolbox An open source MATLAB toolbox for acoustics developed by the Institute of Technical Acoustics of the RWTH Aachen University
Matlab
k-Wave A MATLAB toolbox for the time-domain simulation of acoustic wave fields
MATLAB
k-Wave-python A Python interface to k-Wave GPU accelerated binaries
Python
Mesh2HRTF Open software for the numerical calculation of head-related transfer functions
C++
SQAT SQAT is an open-source repository of MATLAB codes containing the implementation of key metrics for quantitative sound quality analysis.
AGS Script
Package
Description
Language
PyOctaveBand [Python3] Octave-Band and Fractional Octave-Band filter. For signal in time domain.
Python
Acoular Acoular - Acoustic testing and source mapping software
Python
CleanTiPy An open-source implementation of CLEAN-T acoustic imaging technique
Python
paderwasn Paderwasn is a collection of methods for acoustic signal processing in wireless acoustic sensor networks (WASNs).
Python
pyDMD Python Dynamic Mode Decomposition
Python
Package
Description
Language
Pyroomacoustics Pyroomacoustics is a package for audio signal processing for indoor applications. It was developed as a fast prototyping platform for beamforming algorithms in indoor scenarios.
Python
DEISM Diffraction Enhanced Image Source Method (Python)
C++
Virtual Acoustics creates audible sound from a purely virtual situation
C++
I-Simpa An Open Source software for 3D sound propagation modelling
C++
edg-acoustics Wave-based room acoustic modeling package with the DG method
Python
CHORAS The Community Hub for Open-source Room Acoustics Software (CHORAS)
None
Diffusion This is a diffusion equation model for room acoustics predictions, developed in Python.
Python
EAVR-v2 The Eindhoven Acoustic Virtual Reality (EAVR) Toolkit, interactively teach students principles in the field of acoustics, by changing various aspects of the VR environment
C#
Chalmers Auralization Toolbox The Chalmers Auralization Toolbox
MATLAB
pyrato Python Room Acoustics Tools
Python
PyRoomStudio An open-source Python GUI for 3D acoustic simulations
Python
pachyderm A plugin for Rhinoceros 3D that provides a collection of numerical and geometrical simulation techniques
C#
GSound-SIR A Python Room Spatial Impulse Response Ray-Tracing Toolkit
C++
Package
Description
Language
NoiseModelling A open-source model to compute noise maps.
Java
NoiseCapture Android App dedicated to the measurement of environmental noise.
Java
Code_Tympan Code_TYMPAN is a software developed by EDF R&D to simulate noise in industrial sites.
C++
HRISK This is a QGIS plugin, which implements NoiseModelling and helps estimate the health risks posed by (road traffic) noise.
Python
Ono Sensor OnoSensor (Open Noise Sensor) empowering communities through complete noise monitoring — From acquisition to distributed networked storage and visualization.
JavaScript
Sparrowpy Sound Propagation with Acoustic Radiosity for Realistic Outdoor Worlds
Python
FEM, Materials, Vibrations
Package
Description
Language
OURS Dutch calculation method for railway vibrations
Pascal
Code_Aster Code_Aster is a general-purpose finite element software package for numerical simulation in structural mechanics, heat transfer, and fluid dynamics.
Python
FEniCS Next generation FEniCS problem solving environment
C++
pyOMA2 Python module for conducting operational modal analysis
Python
bempp-cl A fast Python based just-in-time compiling boundary element library
Python
VIBRA Vibroacoustic Analysis using the Finite Element Method
Assembly
pyva Python toolbox for vibroacoustics
Python
optimus The official repository of OptimUS: a Python library for solving 3D acoustic wave propagation.
Jupyter Notebook
Package
Description
Language
Soundscapy A python library for soundscape assessments
Python
scikit-maad Open-source and modular toolbox for quantitative soundscape analysis in Python
Python
sottek-hearing-model An implementation of the Sottek Hearing Model psychoacoustic sound quality metrics defined in ECMA-418-2.
Python
Package
Description
Language
BirdNET BirdNET analyzer for scientific audio data processing.
Python
BirdNET-Pi A realtime acoustic bird classification system for the Raspberry Pi 5, 4B 3B+ 0W2 and more. Built on the TFLite version of BirdNET.
PHP
PAMGuard Detection, Classification, and Localisation of marine mammal and other bioacoustic signals
Java
AudioMoth A minimal project on which all AudioMoth firmware can be built.
C
vak A neural network framework for researchers studying acoustic communication
Python
warbleR streamline acoustic analysis in R
R
Acoupi Python toolkit to implement bioacoustics classifier on embedded systems.
Python
Crowsetta A tool to work with any format for annotating animal sounds
Python
opensoundscape Open source, scalable software for the analysis of bioacoustic recordings
Python
Package
Description
Language
Soundata Python library for downloading, loading & working with sound datasets
Python
DCASE Collection of DCASE related datasets
HTML
xeno-canto A community-driven site for sharing and discovering bird sounds
The International Soundscape Database The International Soundscape Database contains the results of a series of soundscape assessment campaigns carried out across Europe and China.
room-impulse-responses A list of publicly available room impulse response datasets and scripts to download them.
Shell
BirdSet A benchmark dataset collection for bird sound classification
Jupyter Notebook
Package
Description
Language
librosa Python library for audio and music analysis
Python
pyAudioAnalysis Python Audio Analysis Library: Feature Extraction, Classification, Segmentation and Applications
Python
madmom Python audio and music signal processing library
Python
audioFlux A library for audio and music analysis, feature extraction.
C
Package
Description
Language
tascar toolbox for acoustic scene creation and rendering
C++
openMHA The open Master Hearing Aid (openMHA)
C
Cape4all Open Hardware Multichannel Sound Interface for Hearing Aid Research on Beaglebone Black
None
Package
Description
Language
Acoucou A platform for learning about acoustics
HTML
SoftwareProfesionalAcustica Jupyter notebooks de la asignatura de Software Profesional en Acústica del Máster de Matemática Industrial (M2i)
Jupyter Notebook
AcousticsML Tutorial on using machine learning for acoustics. This tutorial covers a wide range of machine learning approaches for acoustic applications.
Jupyter Notebook
Package
Description
Language
AeroAcoustics.jl A Julia package for Aeroacoustics
Julia
WAPE Wide Angle Parabolic Equation model with arbitrary Mach number
MATLAB
Package
Description
Language
PANN Pretrained audio neural networks (PANNs) for audio pattern recognition
Python
YamNet A TFLite-compatible fork of YAMNet from tensorflow/models
Jupyter Notebook
CLAP Learning audio concepts from natural language supervision
Python
PANN with 1/3 octaves PANN with 1/3 octaves for soundscape source classification
HTML
BEATs Large-scale Self-supervised Pre-training Across Tasks, Languages, and Modalities
Python
Package
Description
Language
Understanding Acoustics An Experimentalist’s View of Sound and Vibration
book
Nonlinear Acoustics Introductory text on the theory of nonlinear acoustics authored by experts on their respective topics
book
Aviation Noise Impact Management A view into the state-of-the-art research on aviation noise and related annoyance
book
Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound: Volume 1 Introduces standard terminology, procedures, equipment, and analysis tools for animal bioacoustic studies.
book
Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound: Volume 2 Organized into nine chapters by taxonomy — invertebrates, insects, amphibians, reptiles, fishes, birds, and mammals (subterranean, terrestrial, and marine) — it delves into sound production, sound reception, sound function, and the impacts of noise on these creatures.
book
Marine Mammal Acoustics in a Noisy Ocean Explores the fundamentals of ocean acoustics, revealing the intricate sources of underwater noise that challenge marine life
book
Beginning DYNA[mics] with code_aster A practical introduction to mechanical DYNAmic [misc]ellaneous using code_aster
book
Package
Description
Language
acoustic-camera This project uses Acoular to implement an acoustic camera for the miniDSP UMA-16 microphone array, with optional integration of transformer model results for enhanced audio analysis.
Python
