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{{Short description|Open-source digital audio workstation}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Ardour
| logo = Ardour-icon.png
| screenshot = File:Ardour 6.7 Recorder Editor Mixer.png
| caption = Screenshot of Ardour 6.7
| author = Paul Davis
| developer = David Robillard, Robin Gareus, Nick Mainsbridge, Colin Fletcher, Ben Loftis, Tim Mayberry.
| released = {{Start date and age|2005|9|23|df=yes}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P348}}
| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}
| latest preview version = <!--{{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q640004|P348|P548=Q51930650}}-->
| latest preview date = <!--{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q640004|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}-->
| programming_language = [[C++]] ([[GTK|GTK 2]])
| operating_system = [[FreeBSD]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]], [[Microsoft Windows]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| genre = [[Digital audio workstation]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}

'''Ardour''' is a [[open-source software|free and open-source]] [[digital audio workstation]] and [[hard disk recorder]] that runs on [[Linux]], [[macOS]], [[FreeBSD]] and [[Microsoft Windows]]. Its primary author is [[Paul Davis (programmer)|Paul Davis]], who is also responsible for the [[JACK Audio Connection Kit]]. Released under the [[GNU General Public License]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ardour.org/copying.html |title=Ardour is licensed under the GNU Public License v2 |access-date=2019-03-06 |archive-date=2020-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216174123/https://ardour.org/copying.html |url-status=live }}</ref> it is intended to be suitable for professional use.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.5555/1053490.1053494 |title=Introducing Ardour |author=Dave Phillips |access-date=2024-07-06 |archive-date=2024-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706142950/https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.5555/1053490.1053494 |url-status=live }}</ref>