metabrainz/picard
Picard is a cross-platform music tagger powered by the MusicBrainz database observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
79/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 40
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 10
- age_days: 5496
- days_rel: 562
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
5143 stars · 460 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
MusicBrainz Picard is a cross-platform desktop application for tagging and organizing music files using the MusicBrainz database. It identifies tracks via AcoustID audio fingerprints, supports many audio formats, and offers scripting and plugin extensibility.
Use cases
- tag mp3 files with correct metadata
- identify songs with no metadata using audio fingerprinting
- rename and organize music library into folder structure
- download album cover art automatically
- lookup and tag entire CDs
When to choose
- you want accurate, community-maintained metadata from MusicBrainz
- your files lack tags and need fingerprint-based identification
- you need cross-platform GUI tagging with plugin support
When to avoid
- you need fully automated headless batch tagging without a GUI
- you prefer a different metadata source than MusicBrainz
Facets
application · maturity active
audio-processing gui plugin-system media audio windows cross-platform python music-tagger id3 acoustid musicbrainz metadata cover-art linux macos
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/metabrainz/picard · fetched 2026-08-28 · 90e83a05d7e5
- homepage: https://picard.musicbrainz.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 56d135bc079e
- site_page: https://picard.musicbrainz.org/changelog · fetched 2026-08-29 · cc8ebbf8b4a1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| metabrainz/picard | main | 79 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="metabrainz/picard")
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