Mp3tag Alternatives for Linux

Mp3tag is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is MusicBrainz Picard, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Mp3tag and 19 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Mp3tag are Kid3, Puddletag, EasyTAG and beets.

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Mp3tag alternatives are mainly Mp3 Tag Editors but may also be File Renamers or Metadata Editors.  Other popular filters includes Mac + Free. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Mp3tag.
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Mp3tag alternatives page was last updated Jan 17, 2025
  1. MusicBrainz Picard icon
     402 likes

    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 -...

    68 MusicBrainz Picard alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    • PortableApps.com

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Automatic Tagging
    2.  Automatic album art download
    3.  Acoustic fingerprinting
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Mp3 Tag Editor
    6.  Fix missing information
    7.  AcoustID audio fingerprints
    8.  Autotagging
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Portable
    11.  Batch Rename Files
    12.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
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    Guest

    The discription is wrong, it does download and save cover art.

    Top positive commentNov 15, 2020
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    ChildishGiant

    If its automatic recognition fails, you're screwed as you seemingly cannot manually give a tag to a file.

    Top negative commentAug 5, 2021
    1
    Roger Peartree

    No cover art download, no manual save of new discovered tag, you cannot manually give a tag to a file. Complelely useless.

    Negative commentNov 13, 2021
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    • Most users think MusicBrainz Picard is a great Mp3tag alternative.

    • MusicBrainz Picard is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Mp3tag.

    • MusicBrainz Picard is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Mp3tag.

    • MusicBrainz Picard is Free and Open SourceMp3tag is Free and Proprietary
    • MusicBrainz Picard is LightweightMp3tag is not according to our users
  2. Kid3 icon
     62 likes

    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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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Mp3 Tag Editor
    2.  Batch Editing
    3.  Batch Rename Files
    4.  Search and Replace
    5.  Support for regular expressions
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Portable
    10.  No registration required
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    Guest

    I moved from windows to mac and now Kid3 is working as a great mp3 id3 tag editor, found a great software, thanks alternativeto

    Positive commentDec 5, 2024
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    • Most users think Kid3 is a great Mp3tag alternative.

    • Kid3 is the most popular Android alternative to Mp3tag.

    • Kid3 is Free and Open SourceMp3tag is Free and Proprietary
    • Kid3 is LightweightMp3tag is not according to our users
  3. Puddletag icon
     36 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.

    38 Puddletag alternatives
    Puddletag screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Puddletag Features

    1.  Batch Rename Files
    2.  Portable
    3.  Tagging
    4.  Support for regular expressions
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    Guest

    Unable to easily create directories from tags.

    Negative commentJan 17, 2025
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    • Most users think Puddletag is a great Mp3tag alternative.

    • Puddletag is Free and Open SourceMp3tag is Free and Proprietary
  4. EasyTAG icon
     101 likes

    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.

    49 EasyTAG alternatives
    Editing

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce

    EasyTAG Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Tagging
    3.  Automatic Tagging
    4.  Automatic file renaming
    5.  Video tagging
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 2.4.3, released in December 2016, is still available from GitLab

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  5. beets icon
     31 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.

    38 beets alternatives
    beets screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    beets Features

    1.  Music collection
    2.  Music Library
    3.  Artwork
    4.  Automatic Import
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  6. Tagger - Tag Your Music icon
     3 likes

    An easy-to-use music tag (metadata) editor.

    40 Tagger - Tag Your Music alternatives
    Tagger - Tag Your Music screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub

    Tagger - Tag Your Music Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  Musicbrainz support
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  7. SongKong icon
     26 likes

    SongKong is a music organization and tagger app designed to simplify the task of managing your digital music collection automatically.

    36 SongKong alternatives
    SongKong screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Top SongKong Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  File Tagging
    5.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    6.  Batch Rename Files
    7.  Batch Editing
    8.  Acoustic fingerprinting
    9.  Artwork
    10.  Full Automation
    11.  Musicbrainz support
    12.  Automatic Tagging
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  8. OneTagger icon
     5 likes

    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.

    7 OneTagger alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    OneTagger Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Automatic Tagging
    3.  Fix missing information
    4.  Autotagging
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  9. Jaikoz icon
     54 likes

    Jaikoz is a powerful music tagger application that can automatically fix your music collection, and with powerful spreadsheet like editing as well.

    46 Jaikoz alternatives
    Jaikoz screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Jaikoz Features

    1.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Batch Rename Files
    5.  Batch Editing
    6.  File Tagging
    7.  Automatic Tagging
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  10.  5 likes

    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.

    22 Demlo alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Demlo Features

    1.  Music collection
    2.  Music Library
    3.  Artwork
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