Spek-rs is an acoustic spectrum analyser written in Rust.
Designed as an alternative to Spek, it creates spectrograms from audio files and wraps FFmpeg’s showspectrumpic functionality in a desktop application.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Supports drag and drop for opening files.
- Includes custom legend color settings.
- Uses color palettes based on the FFmpeg source code.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/patryk-ku/spek-rs
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Developer: Patryk Kurdziel
License: MIT License
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