# quodlibet/quodlibet

Music player and music library manager for Linux, Windows, and macOS

Repository: https://github.com/quodlibet/quodlibet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/quodlibet
Homepage: https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io
Language: Python
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: music-player, python, music-library, music
Last push: 2026-08-23T20:35:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4190, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 459, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1747, forks 251 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:30.842075+00:00)

## What it is
Quod Libet is a cross-platform music player and library manager with flexible metadata editing, searching, and streaming/podcast support. It ships with over 90 plugins and includes Ex Falso, a standalone tag editor.

## Use cases
- manage a large local music library
- play music on linux windows or mac
- batch edit audio file tags
- listen to podcasts and streaming audio
- search music by flexible metadata queries
- extend the player with python plugins

## When to choose
- you want a highly customizable open-source music player
- you need powerful tag editing and metadata search
- you prefer a plugin-extensible python application

## When to avoid
- you want a minimal lightweight player
- you need a streaming-service-first client like Spotify
- you want a mobile music app

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, audio-processing, plugin-system
- domain: media, desktop-applications, developer-tools
- platform: windows, python, cross-platform
- tags: music-player, music-library-manager, tag-editor, podcasts, streaming-audio, metadata-editing, gtk, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- quodlibet/quodlibet (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.842075+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 2026-08-30T03:29:10.334270+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/quodlibet/quodlibet (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:30.842075+00:00, sha 5aad4a8bf4e4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.