The Best Open Source Mp3tag AlternativesTop Mp3 Tag & Metadata Editors like Mp3tag

The best open source alternative to Mp3tag is MusicBrainz Picard. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Mp3tag and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Mp3tag are Kid3, Quod Libet, Puddletag and beets.

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  1. Picard is the next generation MusicBrainz tagging application. This new tagging concept is album oriented, as opposed to track/file oriented like the ClassicTagger was. Picard is written in Python, which is a cross-platform language, and makes use of cross-platform libraries -...

    63 MusicBrainz Picard alternatives

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    • Python
    • PortableApps.com
     
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  2. Kid3 icon
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    If you want to easily tag multiple MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, FLAC, MPC, MP4/AAC, MP2, Speex, TrueAudio, WavPack, WMA, WAV and AIFF files (e.g. full albums) without typing the same information again and again and have control over both ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags, then Kid3 is the program you...

    59 Kid3 alternatives

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    • Android
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
     
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  3. Puddletag icon
     38 likes

    Puddletag is an audio tag editor (primarily created for) GNU/Linux similar to Mp3tag and Kid3. Unlike most taggers, it uses a spreadsheet-like layout so that all the tags you want to edit by hand are visible and easily editable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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  4. beets icon
     34 likes

    Beets is the media library management system for obsessive-compulsive music geeks. The purpose of beets is to get your music collection right once and for all. It catalogs your collection, automatically improving its metadata as it goes using the MusicBrainz database.

    36 beets alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. EasyTAG icon
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    EasyTAG is a versatile utility for viewing and editing tags on various audio files with features like auto-tagging, undo/redo changes, and CDDB support.

    45 EasyTAG alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  6. OneTagger icon
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    Cross-platform music tagger written in Rust, Vue.js and Quasar. It can fetch metadata from Beatport, Traxsource, Juno Download and Discogs. It is also able to fetch Spotify's Audio Features based on ISRC & exact match.

    10 OneTagger alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
  7. Metadator icon
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    A simple yet complete metadata editor for your songs powered by TagLib and made with Material You and Jetpack Compose.

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    • Android
     
  8. The Album Art Downloader is a program designed to make life easier for anyone who wishes to find and update their album art for their music collection. The sources for the pictures can be defined by creating plugin scripts.

    20 Album Art Downloader alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
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    Demlo organizes your music library automatically and dynamically. It runs a chain of user-defined scripts using variables such as tags and file properties. This way it yields virtually unlimited customization power to the user.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  10. Bulk ID3 icon
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    Bulk ID3 is an en-masse ID3 tag editor. It is designed to allow bulk modification of mp3 files, as well as file renaming.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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