taglib/taglib
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TagLib Audio Meta-Data Library observed · 2026-09-30
Health v2 · maintenance only
92/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 81
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-22. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 56.0
- age_days: 5704
- days_rel: 46
- days_push: 23
- n_releases_24m: 7
Adoption not part of the score
1460 stars · 403 forks observed · 2026-09-30
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
TagLib is a C++ library for reading, writing, and editing metadata (tags) of popular audio formats such as MP3, MP4, FLAC, Ogg, Opus, and WAV. It provides a clean object-oriented API that abstracts over different metadata containers like ID3v2 and Vorbis comments.
Use cases
- read id3 tags from mp3 files
- edit audio file metadata in c++
- extract album art and track info from music files
- batch rename music files based on tags
- write vorbis comments to flac files
- build a music library organizer app
- parse metadata from wav and aiff files
When to choose
- you need fast, native C++ audio tag reading and writing
- you must support many audio formats and metadata containers with one API
- you need a permissively licensed (LGPL/MPL) library usable in proprietary apps
- you are building a media player, tagger, or music organizer
When to avoid
- you need a higher-level scripting solution (e.g. Python) without C++ bindings
- you only need to play audio, not read or edit its metadata
- you need to edit metadata of video files or non-audio formats
Facets
library · maturity stable
parser file-system developer-tools media files developer-tools cpp cross-platform windows audio-metadata id3 tags flac mp3 ogg music-library audio linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/taglib/taglib · fetched 2026-09-30 · ec37b4f7aecb
- homepage: http://taglib.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 79fa07011523
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| taglib/taglib | main | 92 |
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