Editing Audacity (audio editor) (section)

=== Customizability and extensibility ===
Audacity supports [[LADSPA]], [[LV2]], [[Virtual Studio Technology|VST]], VST3, [[Audio Units]], Vamp and Nyquist plugins, which allows it to load most audio effect plugins.<ref>{{cite web |author=Audacity development team . |title=Audacity: Plug-ins and Libraries |url=https://www.audacityteam.org/download/plug-ins/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112153258/https://www.audacityteam.org/download/plug-ins/ |archive-date=January 12, 2020 |access-date=January 4, 2020}}</ref> It additionally features a console for [[Nyquist (programming language)|Nyquist]], a [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]] dialect, in which users can script their own plugins<ref>{{cite web |title=Nyquist Plug-ins Reference |url=https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Plugins_Reference |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830121414/https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyquist_Plugins_Reference |archive-date=August 30, 2019 |access-date=January 4, 2020 |publisher=Audacityteam.org}}</ref> and support for external [[Python (programming language)|Python]] scripting.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Modules Preferences for mod-script pipe |url=https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/modules_preferences.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123172741/https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/modules_preferences.html |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |access-date=November 23, 2022 |publisher=Audacityteam.org}}</ref>

Audacity is somewhat customizable and supports arbitrary arrangements of its toolbars, custom themes and enabling and disabling of several features.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=Themes |url=https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/themes.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104135128/http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/themes.html |archive-date=November 4, 2017 |access-date=November 3, 2017 |publisher=Audacityteam.org}}</ref>

In January 2024, [[Intel]] introduced some AI-powered capabilities for Audacity as part of its [[OpenVINO]] plugin suite.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-08 |title=AI Tools Are Here for Open-Source Audio Editor 'Audacity' |url=https://news.itsfoss.com/audacity-ai-tools/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=It's FOSS News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Audacity ® {{!}} Introducing OpenVINO AI effects for Audacity |url=https://www.audacityteam.org/blog/openvino-ai-effects/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=www.audacityteam.org}}</ref>