AudioCraft
Meta's open library for audio generation, including MusicGen for music and AudioGen for sound effects.
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About AudioCraft
AudioCraft is listed in our music production category and is aimed at builders. Meta's open library for audio generation, including MusicGen for music and AudioGen for sound effects. Pricing, as the maker states it: Open source (MIT code). Maturity: Active. We last checked the official link on 2026-10-19.
What is AudioCraft?
AudioCraft is Meta's PyTorch library for deep-learning research on audio generation. It contains inference and training code for MusicGen, a controllable text-to-music model, and AudioGen, a text-to-sound model.
It also includes EnCodec (a high-fidelity neural audio codec), Multi Band Diffusion (an EnCodec-compatible decoder), MAGNeT (non-autoregressive text-to-music and text-to-sound) and AudioSeal for audio watermarking. It installs with pip and needs Python 3.9 and PyTorch 2.1.
Sources: the official README and our directory listing, checked 2026-10-19. Official site: github.com/facebookresearch/audiocraft.
Who is AudioCraft for?
Researchers and developers who want to generate music or sound effects from text, or train their own audio generation models.
AudioCraft at a glance
- Open source: Yes (MIT License)
- GitHub: facebookresearch/audiocraft · 23,750 stars (as of Oct 21, 2026)
Key features
- MusicGen text-to-music
- AudioGen text-to-sound
- EnCodec neural audio codec
- MAGNeT and Multi Band Diffusion
- AudioSeal watermarking; training code included
AudioCraft FAQ
What is AudioCraft?
AudioCraft is Meta's PyTorch library for deep-learning research on audio generation. It contains inference and training code for MusicGen, a controllable text-to-music model, and AudioGen, a text-to-sound model.
Who is AudioCraft for?
Researchers and developers who want to generate music or sound effects from text, or train their own audio generation models.
Is AudioCraft free?
AudioCraft's pricing, as the maker states it: Open source (MIT code). Open-source tools are free to use, though you may still pay for model API usage or a hosted plan. Check the official site for current plans.
Is AudioCraft open source?
Yes. AudioCraft is released under the MIT License, according to its GitHub repository.
What licence is AudioCraft under?
The code is under the MIT License; the model weights have their own licence, described in the repository.
What are alternatives to AudioCraft?
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