Editing JACK Audio Connection Kit (section)

{{Short description|Professional sound server for Unix-like operating systems}}
{{Infobox software
| name = JACK Audio Connection Kit
| logo = LogoJack.png
| author = [[Paul Davis (programmer)|Paul Davis]], Stéphane Letz
| developer = JACK team
| released = {{start date|2002}}
| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/jackaudio/jack2}}
| operating_system = [[BSD]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[iOS]]
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.openhub.net/p/jack |title=JACK |work=Analysis Summary |publisher=[[Ohloh]] |access-date=2012-01-08}}</ref> [[C++]]
| genre = [[Sound server]]
| license = Server: [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]<br />Library: [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-or-later]]<ref name="license">{{cite web
 | url          = https://jackaudio.org/api/
 | title        = JACK Audio Connection Kit - License
 | access-date   = 2021-06-08
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20210503015727/https://jackaudio.org/api/
 | archive-date = 2021-05-03
 | url-status   = live}}</ref>
| website = {{official URL}}
| latest release version = {{multiple releases
  | branch1  = JACK1:
  | version1 = v0.126.0
  | date1    = {{Start date and age|2022|01|15}}

  | branch2  = JACK2:
  | version2 = v1.9.22
  | date2    = {{Start date and age|2023|02|03}}
}}
}}

'''JACK Audio Connection Kit''' (or '''JACK'''; a [[recursive acronym]]) is a professional [[sound server]] [[Application programming interface|API]] and pair of [[daemon (computing)|daemon]] implementations to provide real-time, [[low-latency]] connections for both audio and MIDI data between applications. JACK was developed by a community of open-source developers led by [[Paul Davis (programmer)|Paul Davis]] (who won an Open Source Award in 2004 for this work)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techrepublic.com/article/open-source-awards-2004-paul-davis-for-jack/ |title=Open Source Awards 2004: Paul Davis for JACK |publisher=techrepublic.com.com |access-date=24 May 2016}}</ref> and has been a key piece of infrastructure and the [[de facto standard]] for professional audio software on Linux since its inception in 2002. The server is [[free software]], licensed under [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]], while the library is licensed under [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-or-later]].<ref name="license" />