Mumble for Mac

Mumble for Mac is a free and open source audio chat software that has a goal to offer everyone ability to chat in a group environment.

This includes setting up an audio call with large amount of people for school project, business meeting or (most often) organized video gaming.

This and many other online communication sessions can be greatly enriched with the help of Mumble, which can take control over management of user permissions and other features that will be attractive to moderators who want to tightly control who can talk with who (especially important for use in business, or in gaming with separate rooms for each gaming sessions, group or game).

Mumble is there to help you do just that with ease. Users can host their own servers, invite users to manage their own channels, record their audio sessions and manually control when they want to mute their own microphone or mute incoming audio communication.

Main interface of the tool is very well designed. Main dashboard is focused on listing the chat rooms from the server you are connected with. Detailed customizations of your chat experience can be found in the tools that are located above in the main men line.

Mumble for macOS is perfect for anyone who is interested in having complete control over the audio chat between a large amount of people at the same time. It is distributed in two basic modules - the app client and the appserver.

This configuration ensures the maximum security, audio quality and reliability of the audio chat between users.

Features and Highlights

• Low latency and low bandwidth usage
• Brilliant voice quality (speech preprocessing and noise cancellation)
• Echo removal
• Positional audio (determine players' locations in supported games with your ears)
• Overlay
• ACL for users
• Text-to-speech (hear program's and server's status updates)

How to Use

Launch Mumble and complete the audio setup wizard

Create or join a server via IP address or public list

Set up shortcuts and push-to-talk preferences

Manage user permissions and server settings

Use chat window for text communication

Customize voice activity and positional audio

Connect with friends via bookmarks for easy access

Keep updated for security and performance fixes

System Requirements

• macOS 10.13 High Sierra or later
• Intel or Apple Silicon (via Rosetta or native build)
• 200 MB free disk space
• Microphone and audio output device
• Internet connection for server access

PROS

• Low latency voice communication
• Open-source and free to use
• Strong privacy with end-to-end encryption
• Lightweight and resource-efficient
• Supports positional audio for gaming

CONS

• Setup may confuse beginners
• Limited text chat functionality
• Requires manual server configuration
• Fewer integrations than competitors

Note: Requires 64-bit processor.

Also Available: Download Mumble for Windows