All source code and binaries are freely available and distributed under open-source licenses. The codec libraries are distributed under Xiph.Org's BSD license, and the plugins and command-line utilites (<B><TT>flac</TT></B> and <B><TT>metaflac</TT></B>) are distributed under the <AHREF="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.html">GPL</A>. If you would like to redistribute parts or all of FLAC under different terms, <AHREF="mailto:jcoalson@users.sourceforge.net">contact Josh Coalson</A>.
<LI>RPMs can be found on <AHREF="http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html">Planet CCRMA</A> and <AHREF="http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=flac">rpmfind.net</A>
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<B>Mac OS X</B>
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<LI><AHREF="http://www.danrules.com/macflac/">MacFLAC with installer and GUI front-end</A></LI>
<LI><AHREF="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.0-win.zip?download">FLAC 1.1.0 for Windows (tools only)</A></LI>
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<B>Other</B>
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<LI><AHREF="http://amiga.sourceforge.net/">FLAC package for Amiga</A></LI>
<LI><AHREF="http://freeware.sgi.com/">FLAC packages for IRIX</A>.
<LI><AHREF="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.0-sol2.7-sparc.tar.gz?download">FLAC 1.1.0 for Solaris 2.7</A></LI>
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<B>Source code</B>
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<LI><AHREF="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flac/flac-1.1.0.tar.gz?download">FLAC 1.1.0 full source code</A>; also includes documentation and build systems for Windows (MSVC++) and *nix,*BSD,OS/2,OS X (autotools)</LI>
<LI><AHREF="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cvstarballs/flac-cvsroot.tar.bz2">Nightly CVS tarball</A>; this is the actual CVS repository used for development</LI>
<B>NOTE: </B> don't forget to check out the '<AHREF="index.html">links</A>' section on the main page for a list of other useful open-source software supporting FLAC.
<LI><AHREF="http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/lossless.html">FLACdrop</A>, an Oggdrop-like frontend for Windows, or the even more versatile <AHREF="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jfe1205/">oggdropXPd</A>.</LI>
<LI><AHREF="http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/flac.htm">FLAC frontend</A>, a Windows GUI, or the even more versatile <AHREF="http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/multi.htm">Multi frontend</A>.</LI>
<LI><AHREF="http://mareo.netfirms.com/">MAREO</A> is a "virtual" encoder that can be used with ExactAudioCopy to encode to multiple formats (including FLAC) at once while ripping.</LI>
<LI><AHREF="http://www.monkeysaudio.com/">Monkey's Audio</A> can be fooled into supporting FLAC as an external encoder; <AHREF="documentation.html#monkey">here's how</A>.</LI>
<LI><AHREF="http://www.nostatic.org/grip/">Grip</A> is a great ripping and encoding front end and can be easily configured to use flac. See <AHREF="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=1634089&forum_id=5443">this message</A> on how to configure Grip for FLAC.</LI>
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<B>Mac OS X</B>
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<LI><AHREF="http://www.danrules.com/macflac/">MacFLAC</A>, a FLAC distribution which also includes nice graphical front-end.</LI>
<LI><AHREF="http://members.rogers.com/beamsplitter/">RipBeak</A> is a nice GUI encoding frond-end that supports FLAC as well as Vorbis and MP3.</LI>
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<B>CD burning:</B>
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<B>Windows</B>
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<LI><AHREF="http://www.burnatonce.com/">burnatonce</A>, a CD burning GUI that wraps around <AHREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdrdao/">cdrdao</A> and <AHREF="http://freshmeat.net/projects/cdrecord/">mkisofs</A>.</LI>
<LI><AHREF="http://www.apehaus.com/burrrn/">Burrrn</A> supports burning CDs from cuesheets directly from many formats, including FLAC, and supports most tag formats.</LI>
<LI><AHREF="http://www.monsterfang.com/MCinFLAC/">Media Center/Media Jukebox FLAC plugin</A> currently still beta, but promising. Source is also available.</LI>
<LI><AHREF="http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=131643">Alternate FLAC Winamp3 plugin</A> by Giacomo Margarito, in case the official plugin does not work.</LI>
