# beetbox/beets

music library manager and MusicBrainz tagger

Repository: https://github.com/beetbox/beets
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/beets
Homepage: http://beets.io/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: music, musicbrainz, python, music-library, cli, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-25T09:46:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 95, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5868, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 35, "gap_med": 14.5, "n_releases_24m": 19}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 15590, forks 2089 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:12.533486+00:00)

## What it is
Beets is a Python-based music library manager that catalogs music collections and automatically corrects and enriches metadata using MusicBrainz and other sources. It is extensible via a large plugin ecosystem covering album art, lyrics, transcoding, duplicates detection, and a web-based browser interface.

## Use cases
- organize a messy music collection with correct tags
- automatically tag mp3s using MusicBrainz
- find and remove duplicate tracks in my music library
- fetch album art and lyrics for my songs
- transcode my music library to another format
- browse and play my music library from a web browser
- deduplicate and clean up id3 tags

## When to choose
- you have a large music collection with inconsistent or missing metadata
- you want a scriptable, plugin-extensible command-line music organizer
- you want automatic metadata lookup from MusicBrainz, Discogs, or Beatport
- you prefer a local, self-hosted library over streaming services

## When to avoid
- you only need a simple music player rather than a library manager
- you want a polished graphical-first experience with no command line
- you need streaming service integration rather than local file management

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, plugin-system, search-engine, http-server
- domain: media, developer-tools
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: music-library, musicbrainz, tagging, metadata, audio, mpd, media-management, command-line, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- beetbox/beets (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:12.533486+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:05:38.223686+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/beetbox/beets (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:12.533486+00:00, sha de6749198921)
  - homepage: http://beets.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:03:41.090032+00:00, sha 52537e8b7453)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/beets/json (fetched 2026-08-29T08:03:41.099170+00:00, sha 60b1fb025b1c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.