Music Tag Editors

MusicBrainz Picard

An open source music tag editor for people organizing their own audio collections.

Overview

MusicBrainz Picard tags music using its community-maintained database. It can identify files from their audio, even without existing metadata, provide release details, and organize your collection. With MusicBrainz Picard, you control how tags and filenames look through its scripting language. It supports popular music formats, can organize folders, look up CDs, find album cover art, and add features through plugins.

Updated Nov 5, 2026

3 things

What MusicBrainz Picard has

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Source code is publicly available for anyone to inspect, modify, or self-host.

10 features

Key Features

Music tagging
Picard is a cross-platform music tagger powered by the MusicBrainz database.
Music formats
Picard supports all popular music formats, including MP3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, WMA, WAV, and more.
Music information
Picard uses the open and community-maintained MusicBrainz database to provide accurate information about millions of music releases.
Audio identification
Picard uses AcoustID audio fingerprints, allowing files to be identified by the actual music, even if they have no metadata.
CD lookup
Picard can lookup entire music CDs with a click.
Cover art
Picard can find and download the correct cover art for your albums.
Music organization
Picard helps you organize your music collection by renaming your music files and sorting them into a folder structure exactly the way you want it.
Audio formats
Picard supports all popular music formats, including MP3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, WMA, WAV, and more.
Release information
Picard uses the open and community-maintained MusicBrainz database to provide accurate information about millions of music releases.
Plugins
If you need a particular feature, you can choose from a selection of available plugins or write your own.

Pros and cons

Pros

Audio fingerprints can identify music files even when they have no metadata.
You can choose available plugins or write your own for a feature you need.
It supports popular formats including MP3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, WMA, and WAV.
It is open source and actively developed.

Developer features

Scripting
A flexible but easy to learn scripting language allows you to exactly specify how your music files will be named and how the tags will look like.
File naming scripts
A flexible but easy to learn scripting language allows you to exactly specify how your music files will be named and how the tags will look like.

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FAQs

What does MusicBrainz Picard do?

It tags music files and organizes your collection. It can rename files and sort them into a folder structure you specify.

Can MusicBrainz Picard identify files without metadata?

Yes. It uses audio fingerprints to identify files from the music itself, even when metadata is missing.

Is MusicBrainz Picard open source?

Yes. MusicBrainz Picard is open source under GPL 2.0 or later and is actively developed.

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3 things

What MusicBrainz Picard has

Apps

For developers

Source code is publicly available for anyone to inspect, modify, or self-host.

10 features

Key Features

Music tagging
Picard is a cross-platform music tagger powered by the MusicBrainz database.
Music formats
Picard supports all popular music formats, including MP3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, WMA, WAV, and more.
Music information
Picard uses the open and community-maintained MusicBrainz database to provide accurate information about millions of music releases.
Audio identification
Picard uses AcoustID audio fingerprints, allowing files to be identified by the actual music, even if they have no metadata.
CD lookup
Picard can lookup entire music CDs with a click.
Cover art
Picard can find and download the correct cover art for your albums.
Music organization
Picard helps you organize your music collection by renaming your music files and sorting them into a folder structure exactly the way you want it.
Audio formats
Picard supports all popular music formats, including MP3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, WMA, WAV, and more.
Release information
Picard uses the open and community-maintained MusicBrainz database to provide accurate information about millions of music releases.
Plugins
If you need a particular feature, you can choose from a selection of available plugins or write your own.

Pros and cons

Pros

Audio fingerprints can identify music files even when they have no metadata.
You can choose available plugins or write your own for a feature you need.
It supports popular formats including MP3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, WMA, and WAV.
It is open source and actively developed.

Developer features

Scripting
A flexible but easy to learn scripting language allows you to exactly specify how your music files will be named and how the tags will look like.
File naming scripts
A flexible but easy to learn scripting language allows you to exactly specify how your music files will be named and how the tags will look like.

You?

Be the first to rate MusicBrainz Picard

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Featured Video

See MusicBrainz Picard at work before you try it.

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3 questions

FAQs

What does MusicBrainz Picard do?

It tags music files and organizes your collection. It can rename files and sort them into a folder structure you specify.

Can MusicBrainz Picard identify files without metadata?

Yes. It uses audio fingerprints to identify files from the music itself, even when metadata is missing.

Is MusicBrainz Picard open source?

Yes. MusicBrainz Picard is open source under GPL 2.0 or later and is actively developed.

MusicBrainz Picard

Overview

What MusicBrainz Picard has

Apps

For developers

Key Features

Music tagging

Music formats

Music information

Audio identification

CD lookup

Cover art

Music organization

Audio formats

Release information

Plugins

Pros and cons

Pros

Developer features

Scripting

File naming scripts

Be the first to rate MusicBrainz Picard

Featured Video

FAQs

What does MusicBrainz Picard do?

Can MusicBrainz Picard identify files without metadata?

Is MusicBrainz Picard open source?

What MusicBrainz Picard has

Apps

For developers

Key Features

Music tagging

Music formats

Music information

Audio identification

CD lookup

Cover art

Music organization

Audio formats

Release information

Plugins

Pros and cons

Pros

Developer features

Scripting

File naming scripts

Be the first to rate MusicBrainz Picard

Featured Video

FAQs

What does MusicBrainz Picard do?

Can MusicBrainz Picard identify files without metadata?

Is MusicBrainz Picard open source?