Laser is a simple CD ripper program developed for the GNOME desktop.
Features:
- Automatically retrieve CD information
- Rip tracks to aac, flac, mp3, opus, or wav
- Rip CDs to image formats with cue sheet
- Download and embed album cover art
- Modern design using Libadwaita and GTK4
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Release notes supplied by the developer. These dates are not Flathub package publication times.
0.5.015 Aug 2026
New features:
- Rip to binary or audio images with cue file
- Introduced MP3 variable bitrate option
- Introduced FLAC compression level option
- New app icon! Thanks to gnoman and Jakub Steiner
Improvements:
- Rip from mixed CDs
- Added overall rip progress bar (thanks to tduarte)
- Accessibility improvements
- Reintroduced refresh button
- Various bug fixes related to application state, for example not becoming reactivated after a rip error
- Fixed translatable strings in Python code
- Improved album art embedding in FLAC files
0.4.03 May 2026
New features:
- Rip to multiple formats simultaneously
- Introduced an offline mode in case of no internet connection
- Introduced a cover dialog allowing to select or upload alternative cover art
- Introduced a preferences window with bit rate configuration
- Added a cd tag to the destination format
- Thanks to Luis Manuel Arrieta: Spanish translation
0.3.223 Apr 2026
Fixes:
- Fix small visual bug in app icon
- Fix crash when album month and/or date are not found, thanks to Matilde Park
0.3.13 Apr 2026
Fixes:
- Prepare for Flathub release
- Update to GNOME Platform 50