Beets organizes music libraries and edits track tags using metadata from MusicBrainz.
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Beets organizes music libraries by cataloging collections and improving their metadata.
About Beets
Beets is a media library management system for organizing a music collection. It catalogs files and automatically improves their metadata using the MusicBrainz database, then provides tools for manipulating and accessing the music.
Key features
- Catalogs a music collection and improves metadata using the MusicBrainz database
- Fetches or calculates album art, lyrics, genres, tempos and ReplayGain levels
- Gets metadata from MusicBrainz, Discogs or Beatport, or guesses from filenames
- Transcodes audio and checks for duplicate tracks or albums with missing tracks
- Browses the library graphically in a browser and plays it where HTML5 Audio is supported
- Extends functionality through plugins, including custom plugins written in Python
Best for: People with large local music collections who want consistent metadata and are comfortable installing and configuring a Python tool.
Good for
- Automatically improves metadata as it catalogs a collection
- Draws metadata from several sources, including MusicBrainz, Discogs and Beatport
- Can be extended with plugins, including user-written Python plugins
Watch out for
- Additional capabilities such as transcoding, duplicate checking and browser browsing are delivered through plugins
- In-browser playback requires a browser that supports HTML5 Audio
Beets at a glance
- Website
- beets.io
- Category
- Music & Audio › Music Tools
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Beets FAQ
How is Beets installed?
It is installed with pip by typing pip install beets, after which the Getting Started guide is recommended.
Where does the metadata come from?
Metadata is improved automatically using the MusicBrainz database, and can also come from Discogs or Beatport, or be guessed from filenames or acoustic fingerprints.
Where can I get help?
Support is available through the discussion board, the GitHub bug tracker, and the #beets channel on libera.chat.
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