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xact · v2.57
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6.0
X Audio Compression Toolkit
brew install --cask xact -
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Trust Score 2/10
✗ Open source +0
✗ Active development +0
✗ Licensed +0
✗ No auto-updates +0
✓ Not deprecated +1
✓ Established (>1yr) +1
✗ Low installs +0
Review
Mar 11, 2026xACT is a macOS graphical user interface for audio compression, supporting formats like Shorten, Monkey's Audio, FLAC, and more. It offers efficient lossless audio compression and is ideal for users needing advanced audio processing tools.
xACT provides a GUI for audio compression using tools like Shorten, shntool, Monkey's Audio, FLAC, and WavPack.
Maturity: The project is stable but has not been updated since 2017, indicating limited recent activity.
Community: There is some positive discussion on Hacker News about its technical implementation and utility as an audio compression tool.
Pros
- + User-friendly GUI for audio compression
- + Supports multiple audio compression formats
- + Efficient and effective for lossless audio processing
Cons
- - No auto-update feature
- - Limited recent community activity or updates
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