Flacon
Flacon is an open source macOS audio utility that splits a single album-length audio file into separate tracks using a CUE sheet.
What is Flacon?
Flacon is a native desktop audio utility for macOS that helps users split one large album image into individual tracks. It is designed for people who archive CDs, manage lossless music collections, or convert long audio files into track-based albums with proper metadata. Flacon reads CUE sheets to determine track boundaries, then saves the results as separate audio files in formats such as FLAC, WAV, AAC, OGG, and MP3. It also lets users review and edit tags for the album or for individual tracks before exporting. ReplayGain analysis and multi-threaded conversion support make it useful for larger music libraries and batch-style audio workflows. Flacon is published by Alex Sokolov and is best suited to users who want a focused music-splitting and transcoding tool rather than a full media player or audio editor.
Key features
- Split a single album-length audio file into separate tracks using a CUE sheet
- Convert extracted tracks to formats such as FLAC, WAV, AAC, OGG, and MP3
- Edit album and per-track metadata before saving files
- Analyze ReplayGain values for album or track loudness
- Detect character sets in CUE files automatically
- Use multi-threaded conversion for faster processing
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Flacon is a legitimate audio conversion and track-splitting tool. It normally needs access only to the music files and folders you choose to open or save, which is standard for this kind of app. Its main practical risk is ordinary file-management risk: exporting to the wrong folder or overwriting files if you do not review output settings carefully. Keep original source files until you confirm the split tracks and metadata are correct.
Recommendation: Keep Flacon if you use CUE sheets, rip full-disc audio images, or need to split albums into separate tracks. If you no longer work with these audio files, you can remove it without affecting macOS beyond losing its music conversion and track-splitting features.
Common paths
/Applications/Flacon.app
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