External Resources

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This page lists tools external to MusicBrainz and ListenBrainz that make editing or viewing data more convenient. This includes programs, scripts, reports, etc from various sources.

Other resources

Userscripts page: Local browser scripts that enhance editing or user display
Picard Resources page: Tools, scripts and links related to MusicBrainz Picard
MusicBrainz Enabled Applications: Applications that have MusicBrainz support built in.
ListenBrainz Enabled Applications: Applications that have ListenBrainz support built in.
MetaBrainz Enabled Research: Studies and research that used MetaBrainz data

Other online databases

MusicBrainz Editing tools

User scripts / GreaseMonkey / User javascripts / UserJS

Userscripts run in a users web browser and make on-the-fly local changes to specific web pages. In MusicBrainz they are generally used to change the display of pages, often facilitating editing.

For instance, a script may add functionalities to a MusicBrainz page, or shorten repetitive actions to only one click, and so on.

List of MusicBrainz userscripts

Parsers

Parser	Info	Author	Link/s
Bandcamp, Beatport, and Local File Parsers	Parsers to be run at the command line passing in either a URL (Bandcamp release, or Beatport release), or a directory with a set of files. Require at Perl v5.10 or newer, and a differing set of Perl Modules based off the particular service. Local file parsers are format specific.	VxJasonxV	github
music-metadata	JavaScript NPM module, to parse audio tracks in Node.	Borewit	npmjs.com
music-metadata-browser	JavaScript NPM module, to parse audio tracks in the browser. These metadata parser extract virtual any type of metadata from any type of audio track, including MusicBrainz Identifiers or other metadata tags supported by MusicBrainz Picard.	Borewit	npmjs.com
vgmdb2mb.py	Python script to import VGMDB to MusicBrainz.	fxthomas	github gist

External sites

Website	Type	Info	Author	Link/s
Harmony	Importer	Imports releases from a Deezer/Spotify/iTunes/Bandcamp/Beatport/Tidal album url, open-source	kellnerd	website
yambs	Importer	Imports all entity types from CSV/TSV/text files, releases from Bandcamp/Qobuz/Tidal, and artists from Metal Archives. The command-line version can also extract data from local MP3 files and podcast RSS feeds.	derat	website
a-tisket	Importer	Imports releases from a Deezer/Spotify/iTunes album url, packaging useful tools into the process, such as ISRC and cover art addition	marlonob	website
MET - Metadata Lookup Engine	Importer	Lookup release metadata from various online streaming services and music stores, seed found releases to MusicBrainz.	SuperSaltyGamer?	website
Podcast XML to MusicBrainz	Importer	Import podcast episodes into MusicBrainz, from an xml file.	YoGo9	github
MbEventS	Importer	MbEventS (MusicBrainz Event Seeder) is a c# library utilizing the command line version of yambs to create seeds for the MB data base.	Relaxo	codeberg
mbzlists	Playlists	A login-free annotated playlist manager based on MBIDs.	unnu and lepisma	website
Albunack	Various	Displays artist discographies combining MusicBrainz and Discogs entries. Provides shortcuts for linking MB entities to Discogs and importing Discogs releases. Provides custom reports.	Paul Taylor	website
COV	Album art	COV (Cover Search Engine) searches multiple sources for cover art, with options for region and minimum resolution.	SuperSaltyGamer?	website
eac-log-lookup	DiscID	Generate and submit DiscID’s from EAC/XLD log.		website
cdtoc	DiscID	CUETools CDTOC to MusicBrainz Full TOC converter.	ToadKing	website
Image Max URL	Album art	Finds biggest available image from a image URL (functionality is also included in the Enhanced Cover Art Uploads userscript).		website/github
ISRCHunt	ISRC	Checks if ISRC’s from a Spotify Playlist exist in MB, supplies a Harmony and a-tisket link.	oblomovx	website
SAMBL	Spotify	SAMBL (Streaming Artist MusicBrainz Lookup) Loads artist albums from Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, and Bandcamp, showing which releases are linked in MusicBrainz, identifying specific missing data. Provides A-tisket / Harmony links.	Lioncat6	website/github
Top 500 MusicBrainz Editors		A list of the top 500 MusicBrainz editors, and ranking changes.	YoGo9	website
Xythium’s TIDAL	TIDAL	Quick and compact search for Tidal releases, compact display of artwork/barcodes/ISRC’s etc.	Xythium	website

Bookmarklets

Compressed code snippets/actions that can be added to your browser, as a bookmark (more info).

Name	Info	Author	Link/s
Add to merge queue	Add currently viewed entity to merge queue.	chaban	github
Annotation Converter	Allows entity annotations to be (partly) written in basic Markdown and converts them into valid annotation markup. Shortens absolute URLs to MusicBrainz entities to `[entity-type:mbid\|label]` links. Automatically fetches and uses the name of the linked entity as label if none was given. Also supports collection descriptions and user profile biographies.	kellnerd	github
Approve all edits	Approve all edits on current page (requires the power vote script).	chaban	github
Batch Add Parts Of Series	Batch-adds release groups as parts of the currently edited series. Automatically extracts numbers from titles and uses them as relationship attributes.	kellnerd	github
Change All Release Dates	Changes the date for all release events of a release according to the user’s input. Useful to correct the dates for digital media releases with lots of release events which are using the wrong first release date of the release group.	kellnerd	github
Clear Redundant Medium Titles	Clears medium titles if they are redundant and contain only the medium format and position. Adds a link to the relevant guideline to the edit note.	kellnerd	github
Convert to pseudo-release	From the release editor, sets release type to pseudo-release, removes format, barcode, format, track lengths, etc, and moves to the submit tab.	chaban	github
Convert URLs with “album/” or “release/” to Harmony links	Converts URLs with “album/” or “release/” to Harmony links (for example, to import releases from the Spotify Release List).	chaban	github
Convert URLs with “/album” to ISRC Hunt links	Converts URLs with “/album” to ISRC Hunt links.	chaban	github
Detect Cover Art Types	Detects and fills the image types and comment of all pending uploads using their filenames. Treats filename parts in parentheses as image comments.	kellnerd	github
Edit Join Phrases	Prompts for a regular expression to search for in each track join phrases and then for a replacement pattern.	derat	codeberg/forums
Enumerate Track Titles	Renames all tracks using their absolute track number and a customizable prefix (which can be empty). Useful to number the parts of an audiobook without chapters and other releases with untitled tracks. Asks the user to input a numbering prefix which can optionally be preceded by flags.	kellnerd	github
Enumerate Cover Art Comments	Prompts for a starting number and an optional text prefix. Fills the comment field for each ready-to-upload cover art image with the prefix and a sequential number (e.g., “CD41”, “CD42”, etc.).	InvisibleMan78	forums
Expand Collapsed Mediums	Expands all collapsed mediums in the release editor, useful for large releases.	kellnerd	github
Guess Series Relationship	Guesses the series name from the name of the currently edited entity and adds a relationship. Tries to extract the series number from the entity name to use it as relationship attribute. Currently limited to release groups, both via their edit pages and via the release relationship editor.	kellnerd	github
Load Release With Magic ISRC	Opens kepstin’s MagicISRC and loads the currently visited MusicBrainz release.	kellnerd	github
Lookup URL in MusicBrainz	Search MusicBrainz URL relationships for the current page URL, for instance to check if a relationship already exists for a Spotify album page.	chaban	github
Lookup With Harmony	Opens Harmony and performs a release lookup for the currently visited URL.	kellnerd	github
Mark Release As Worldwide	Removes all release events except for the first one and changes its country to [Worldwide]. Allows to replace an exhaustive list of release countries/events with a single release event.	kellnerd	github
Multi-tool	Performs different actions depending on the page that you are on: Go to next release editor tab (from release editor), apply guess case, submit edit, confirm seeding form and OAuth, reload on error, update release from Harmony or seed it (from release page), go to ISRC submitter.	chaban	github
Open current page in MET	Open the current page/URL in MET (MusicBrainz Metadata Seeder).	chaban	github
Open Harmony Release Actions	Opens Harmony’s Release Actions page for the currently visited MusicBrainz release.	kellnerd	github
Open in Harmony	Loads the current MusicBrainz release page into Harmony.	chaban	github
Open in Harmony (new tab)	Loads the current MusicBrainz release page into Harmony, in a new tab.	chaban	github
Open Spotify/Deezer page in ISRC Hunt (new tab)	Open the current Spotify or Deezer page in ISRC Hunt, in a new tab.	chaban	github
Open YouTube page in MW Metadata	Open the current YouTube video/page in MW Metadata (displays various YouTube video details, metadata, statistics, etc).	chaban	github
Relate This Entity To Multiple MBID	Relates the currently edited entity to multiple entities given by their MBIDs. Uses the selected relationship type of the currently active relationship dialog.	kellnerd	github
Rename Tracks	Prompts for a regular expression to search for in each track title and then for a replacement pattern.	derat	codeberg/forums
YouTube archive search	Search for the current YouTube video/page in archives (checks if the video is in various archive sites).	chaban	github
Search for recordings of current release or release group	Runs a search for recordings of the current release (from a MusicBrainz release or release group page)	chaban	github
Search for releases of current artist	Runs a search for releases of the current artist (from a MusicBrainz artist page)	chaban	github
Set Cover Art Types	Sets cover art types for ready-to-upload images in bulk.	InvisibleMan78	forums
Set Language	Sets the language of the current release to whatever you want.	Dr.Blank	Github
Submit edit votable	Submit the current edit, with the “Make all edits votable” box checked.	chaban	github
Show Deezer API data	Show API data when on a Deezer album page.	chaban	github
Show Qobuz API data	Show API data when on a Qobuz album page.	chaban	github
Show Qobuz Release Availability	Shows all countries in which the currently visited Qobuz release is available.	kellnerd	github
Toggle relationships for removal	Toggles all release relationships to be removed when in the editor.	chaban	github
Toggle links for removal	Toggles all links, for instance on an artist page, for removal when in the editor.	chaban	github
View Discogs Entity Via API	Views the API response for the currently visited Discogs entity (in a new tab).	kellnerd	github
Wikipedia link check	Runs on Wikipedia category pages, and displays which artists are/are not linked to MusicBrainz via Wikidata.	yomo12	forums

MusicBrainz ISRC submission

There are many ISRC submit websites in ISRC#Resources

MusicBrainz external APIs

See MusicBrainz API libraries.

graphbrainz: query the web service with graphql

MusicBrainz miscellaneous tools

Title	Type	Info	Author	Link/s
chapterz.nu		Print out M4B file or Audible ASIN chapters in the MusicBrainz tracklist format.	jwillikers	github
Cueshit	Cuesheets	Convert between different cue sheet/chapter/tracklist formats (including MusicBrainz tracklists).	kellnerd	github
enum lists		Extracted MusicBrainz enums/IDs that are useful for seeding.	derat	forums
Goldmaster Hugo Theme	Hugo	A Hugo theme with support for a filterable music/release showcase, using data pulled from Musicbrainz.	Goldmaster	gitlab
Harmony Assistant	Harmony	Import albums by leveraging Harmony’s web interface and Selenium for browser automation.		github
hearring-aid	Lidarr	Scripts for deploying and self-hosting a MusicBrainz instance in conjunction with Lidarr’s metadata API.	blampe	github
lyriks	Genie	A command line tool that fetches lyrics from Genie, based on MusicBrainz tags/relationships.	Maxr1998	github
mb_MusicBrainzSync	MusicBee	A MusicBee plugin to sync your tags/ratings to your account on MusicBrainz.	FlakyBlueJay	github
mbstats		Command-line tools for generating statistics about the MusicBrainz online music database.	derat	codeberg
MusicBrainz2Notion	Notion	A tool for syncing artist and music data from MusicBrainz to Notion databases.	Kajiih	github
musicbrainz-video-tracklist	Video	Tools and a script to generate a tracklist of video recordings for MusicBrainz from the chapters of a video file.	arifer612	github
MusicBrainz Genres	beets	This plugin fetches community voted genres from MusicBrainz and applies them to the albums and items in your beets library.	lazybookwyrm	github/forums
MusicBrainz Helper	beets	This beets plugin generates an HTML report of your beets library that can be helpful for MusicBrainz editing, using AcoustID/fingerprints.	lazybookwyrm	github/forums
MusicBrainz-rss-generator	RSS	Generates an RSS feed for new releases by selected artists.	provokateurin	github
MusicBrainz Rust	Rust	MusicBrainz rust is a utility crate for the the MusicBrainz API. musicbrainz_rs_nova by RustyNova is the current maintained fork.		github
MusicSearch		An Android app for browsing songs, artists, and anything related to them using MusicBrainz’s API.	David Ly Apps	github
outsidecontext’s Projects	Various	git repositories/code for various MB and LB projects.	outsidecontext	sourcehut
PlexRatingToMB	Plex	Export ratings from your Plex server library into a CSV file and/or directly to MusicBrainz.	defvs	github
qobuz_identifier	Qobuz	A small command-line tool that takes a qobuz ID and matches it to MusicBrainz releases by barcode.	Sciencentistguy	github
ReleaseFeed	Bandcamp/Spotify	Generates Atom (RSS) feeds for new releases by specified artists on Bandcamp and/or Spotify.	elomatreb	website/codeberg
SonEx MusicBrainz Client	Elixir	A lightweight, Elixir client for the MusicBrainz API v2.	fullstack-ing	github
Songs Search		A site to instantly search 32M songs from the MusicBrainz songs database, using Typesense Search.	jasonbosco	website/github
spotify-library-to-musicbrainz	Spotify	A CLI tool to map albums/EPs/singles from your Spotify library to their respective Musicbrainz IDs.	provokateurin	codeberg
MusicBrainz server		Set up your own MusicBrainz server, using Docker or the source code.		wiki

ListenBrainz listen submission

A list of ListenBrainz submission tools is maintained in ListenBrainz > About > Submitting data

Submission sites that are ‘early days’ or untested

Website	Type	Info	Author	Link/s
am-osx-status	macOS	Horribly unstable macOS Apple Music state observer and recorder.		github
Beetbrainz	beets	Submits listens from Emby, Jellyfin, Plex, Tautulli, MPRIS-compatible Linux media players or MPD servers to ListenBrainz. Integrates with beets to ensure accuracy of scrobble metadata.	Gerald B Cox	wiki/codeberg
Beetpost		Generates webhooks from local media players. It was specifically designed with the Beetbrainz application in mind, allowing you to send beetbrainz enhanced scrobbles to Listenbrainz.	Gerald B Cox	wiki/codeberg
Listening Post	macOS	A macOS app that identifies music playing around you, constantly. Supports submitting listens to ListenBrainz.		website
osx-scrobbler		A lightweight macOS menu bar application that scrobbles your music to Last.fm and ListenBrainz.		github
YTMusic2listenbrainz	YouTube	Python script to submit your YouTube Music watch history to Listenbrainz.	fuddl	github gist

ListenBrainz tools

External sites

Website	Type	Info	Author	Link/s
ListenBrainz Playlist Tool		Select recent listens from a ListenBrainz account and add them to a playlist.	YoGo9	website/github
semaninha.		Generates user listen ‘album art grids’ using ListenBrainz data.		website
TuneMyMusic		Export your ListenBrainz “Weekly Exploration” playlist to any music service, using TuneMyMusic.	Drizzle3122	forums (tutorial)
Unmapped Spotify Listens	Spotify	Fetches unmapped listens from ListenBrainz that were submitted via Spotify and provides MusicBrainz search and Harmony submit links for the release.	YoGo9	website/github
VinylScrobbler		Scrobble vinyl, based on your collection, with a click on the A or B side (WIP).	aereaux	website/codeberg

Miscellaneous

Title	Type	Info	Author	Link/s
Alistral		A collection of CLI based tools for Listenbrainz.	RustyNova	github
elbisaur		Deno command line app to access the ListenBrainz API. ListenBrainz submission and other tools, e.g. listen deletion.	kellnerd	wiki/github
lastfm-listenbrainz-sync	Last.fm	Scripts to sync Last.fm scrobbles to ListenBrainz, allowing for local cleanup and backup of listen history.	mwiencek	github
lb-lidarr-plex	Plex/Lidarr	Bridging artist discovery and playlist curation between ListenBrainz, Lidarr, and Plex.	DeviantEng	github
ListenBrainz cmus submitter	cmus	Logs offline listens in cmus (a console music player for Linux-like systems) to a TSV file.	rnkn	forums
listenbrainz-discord-presence	Discourse	Display a Listenbrainz user’s now playing song as a rich presence status in Disord.	qouesm	github
ListenBrainz Ruby wrapper	Ruby	A Ruby wrapper to the ListenBrainz API.	Richard Degenne	gitlab
ListenBrainz_File_Parser		Parses database files from different music listen tracker applications, and imports them into ListenBrainz.	Coloradohusky	github
listenbrainz-normalizer		Makes a list of your top artists based on actual time played.	rustynail	gitlab
Listenbrainz-Playlist-Sync	Plex	A Python project that imports the ‘Weekly Jams’ playlist from ListenBrainz into Plex.	Mjsciarabba	github
listenbrainz-rs	Rust	ListenBrainz API bindings for Rust.	InputUsername	github
Listenbrainz Playlist Uploader	Playlists	Rust tool to upload M3U playlists to Listenbrainz.	Serene-Arc	github
listenarr	Lidarr	A script to add your most played artists from ListenBrainz to your Lidarr.	Guillaume	gitlab
ListenBrainzKit	Swift	Swift wrapper for the ListenBrainz API.	samglt	github
Navidrome_love_to_ListenBrainz	Navidrome	Python script to synchronize your play history (scrobbles) from Navidrome to your ListenBrainz profile.	TheMemoman	github
Navidrome_scrobbles_to_ListenBrainz	Navidrome	Python script to synchronize your loved songs from Navidrome to your ListenBrainz profile.	TheMemoman	github
Navidrome ListenBrainz Daily Playlist Importer	Navidrome	A Navidrome plugin to fetch daily/weekly playlists from ListenBrainz.	kgarner7	github
outsidecontext’s Projects		git repositories/code for various MB and LB projects.	outsidecontext	sourcehut
ratingrelay	Plex	Relay ratings from Plex to ListenBrainz or Last.fm based on a defined Plex rating threshold.	hnolan	codeberg
re-command	Navidrome	Integrates ListenBrainz recommendations into Navidrome, including auto-downloading and tagging.	Snapyou2	github
Scotty		Transfers your listens/scrobbles and favorite tracks between various music listen tracking [e.g. ListenBrainz] and streaming services.	outsidecontext	sourcehut
Sonobarr	Lidarr	Music discovery for Lidarr power users, blending Last.fm insights, ListenBrainz playlists, and a modern web UI.		github
Spotify to ListenBrainz History Import	Spotify	A small script that can import your old Spotify history to ListenBrainz.	Stefan Gehr	gitlab
Submit TSV from Rockbox lastfm_scrobbler	Rockbox	Takes a TSV file as generated by the Rockbox lastfm_scrobbler as its only argument, and submits the listening data to ListenBrainz.	rnkn	forums/gotweb
Troi Recommendation Playground	Subsonic	The Troi Playlisting Engine combines all of ListenBrainz’ playlist efforts: Playlist generation APIs, Local content database (resolve playlists to local files or via a Subsonic API, e.g. Navidrome, Funkwhale, Gonic), Playlist exchange (WIP)		github

Widgets

Website	Type	Info	Author	Link/s
Now-Playing		The “official” now-playing ListenBrainz iframe widget.	monkey	github
Now-Playing		A minimal/simple HTML and Javascript now-playing ListenBrainz widget.	jasoncrevier	blog
Now-Playing	Hugo	A ready-to use module for Hugo, providing a layout and shortcode for adding a “Now Listening” ListenBrainz widget.	Alex Palaistras	git
Pinned track		The “official” last pinned track ListenBrainz iframe widget.	monkey	github

AcousticBrainz tools

Miscellaneous

Website	Type	Info	Author	Link/s
acousticbrainz-generator		AcousticBrainz feature extraction using Essentia.	ahmed	Gitea
Essentia		Windows Essentia binaries with Gaia and Tensorflow support.	regorxxx	essentia github/download github

Old/defunct

eMusic-to-Musicbrainz import tool
Advanced MusicBrainz interface
LinkedBrainz (RDF/SPARQL)
MySQL
Neo4j
DQSD (Dave’s Quick Search Taskbar Toolbar Deskbar): http://www.dqsd.net/

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Developer Resources

Client libraries

libcoverart

Our C/C++ development library geared towards developers who wish to add cover art capabilities to their applications.

libmusicbrainz

Our C/C++ development library geared towards developers who wish to add MusicBrainz lookup capabilities to their applications.

Bots

https://github.com/lalinsky/musicbrainz-bot
- https://github.com/murdos/musicbrainz-bot (a fork of lalinsky’s one)
https://github.com/Borewit/musicbrainz-augmentation
https://github.com/FelixRilling/musicbrainz-enricher

A full list of users with the bot flag can be found on http://musicbrainz.org/privileged

Developer documentation

MusicBrainz web API

The REST-based webservice API for direct access to MusicBrainz data with output in XML and JSON (Please review the libraries above before writing your own implementation).

See also: MusicBrainz API/Examples

Search requests and Indexed Search Syntax

XML RelaxNG schema

Release Editor Seeding: Providing programmatic information to the release editor (from another site or an application), the closest we have to an edit API as yet

(internal) JS autocomplete API

Server setup

The MusicBrainz Server is not available as an executable application. Setting up the server will require you to checkout the source code and follow the INSTALL file’s instructions.

The MusicBrainz Database contains all the metadata information available on musicbrainz.org and it’s free for anyone to download and make use of it (and we encourage this!). Setting it up will require access to a PostgreSQL database. See instructions from server setup or use third-party [1].

Server environment variables that may prove useful

Search Server Setup and Search Indexer Setup if you’re brave enough to want to try.

Embedded metadata

Picard Tag Mapping: The documentation for how Picard maps concepts to tags; useful if you want to use these tags elsewhere, or if you’d like to follow the same standard.

the commonplace notebook for eliana

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