MusicBrainz
@musicbrainz.org
#MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public. A open source, ethical and open data project by @metabrainz.
Another very cool third-party project using MB data: A self-hosted MusicBrainz collection and series browser with advanced filtering, streaming integration, and modern design.
And open source!
github: github.com/tmdecker/col...
forum thread: community.metabrainz.org/t/collection... -a
And open source!
github: github.com/tmdecker/col...
forum thread: community.metabrainz.org/t/collection... -a
Building a Better MusicBrainz Browser (Next.js + TypeScript)
YouTube video by Klanq Labs
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February 7, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Another very cool third-party project using MB data: A self-hosted MusicBrainz collection and series browser with advanced filtering, streaming integration, and modern design.
And open source!
github: github.com/tmdecker/col...
forum thread: community.metabrainz.org/t/collection... -a
And open source!
github: github.com/tmdecker/col...
forum thread: community.metabrainz.org/t/collection... -a
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Alright it's Look At My Bandcamp Feed And Try Not To Spend Way Too Much Money On Bandcamp Friday Time
February 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Alright it's Look At My Bandcamp Feed And Try Not To Spend Way Too Much Money On Bandcamp Friday Time
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#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2026-02-02
MusicBrainz Picard 3 alpha got released! And other goodies -a
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
MusicBrainz Picard 3 alpha got released! And other goodies -a
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Notes from #MetaBrainz Meeting 2026-02-02
Meeting start: IRC Logs for #metabrainz | MetaBrainz Chatlogs Meeting wiki page: MetaBrainz Meeting - MusicBrainz Wiki Agenda Reviews Last meeting: 2025-01-26 Next meeting: 2026-02-09 @reosarevo...
community.metabrainz.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2026-02-02
MusicBrainz Picard 3 alpha got released! And other goodies -a
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
MusicBrainz Picard 3 alpha got released! And other goodies -a
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
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🆕 blog! “Are there any open APIs left?”
One of the dreams of Web 2.0 was that website would speak unto website. An "Application Programming Interface" (API) would give programmatic access to structured data, allowing services to seamlessly integrate content from each other. Users would be able […]
One of the dreams of Web 2.0 was that website would speak unto website. An "Application Programming Interface" (API) would give programmatic access to structured data, allowing services to seamlessly integrate content from each other. Users would be able […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 28, 2026 at 12:34 PM
🆕 blog! “Are there any open APIs left?”
One of the dreams of Web 2.0 was that website would speak unto website. An "Application Programming Interface" (API) would give programmatic access to structured data, allowing services to seamlessly integrate content from each other. Users would be able […]
One of the dreams of Web 2.0 was that website would speak unto website. An "Application Programming Interface" (API) would give programmatic access to structured data, allowing services to seamlessly integrate content from each other. Users would be able […]
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Musicbrainz is a powerful addition to the procrastinator's toolbox.
January 26, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Musicbrainz is a powerful addition to the procrastinator's toolbox.
#MusicBrainzPicard 3 ALPHA is now available for download.
Use with care - backup your files and please report any issues.
Updates: Qt6, plugin system, configure columns and filters, cover art processing, OS support, save session, new tags and variables and MORE: blog.metabrainz.org/2026/01/27/p...
Use with care - backup your files and please report any issues.
Updates: Qt6, plugin system, configure columns and filters, cover art processing, OS support, save session, new tags and variables and MORE: blog.metabrainz.org/2026/01/27/p...
January 28, 2026 at 12:55 AM
#MusicBrainzPicard 3 ALPHA is now available for download.
Use with care - backup your files and please report any issues.
Updates: Qt6, plugin system, configure columns and filters, cover art processing, OS support, save session, new tags and variables and MORE: blog.metabrainz.org/2026/01/27/p...
Use with care - backup your files and please report any issues.
Updates: Qt6, plugin system, configure columns and filters, cover art processing, OS support, save session, new tags and variables and MORE: blog.metabrainz.org/2026/01/27/p...
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i definitely have stuff i have to do but what i want to do is self-soothe by importing a lot of metadata from my bandcamp purchases to musicbrainz
January 25, 2026 at 6:29 PM
i definitely have stuff i have to do but what i want to do is self-soothe by importing a lot of metadata from my bandcamp purchases to musicbrainz
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Been editing a lot of jazz albums on Musicbrainz, and this might be the most stacked artist credits on one release I'll ever see. Check out those cameos lol
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Been editing a lot of jazz albums on Musicbrainz, and this might be the most stacked artist credits on one release I'll ever see. Check out those cameos lol
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#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2026-01-26
Wherein GSoC students really starting to get stuck in. Kellnerd releases Harmony updates. Picard 3.0 alpha tomorrow! And more. -a
Agenda: Reviews, GSoC Ideas Page
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Wherein GSoC students really starting to get stuck in. Kellnerd releases Harmony updates. Picard 3.0 alpha tomorrow! And more. -a
Agenda: Reviews, GSoC Ideas Page
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
community.metabrainz.org
January 26, 2026 at 8:13 PM
#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2026-01-26
Wherein GSoC students really starting to get stuck in. Kellnerd releases Harmony updates. Picard 3.0 alpha tomorrow! And more. -a
Agenda: Reviews, GSoC Ideas Page
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Wherein GSoC students really starting to get stuck in. Kellnerd releases Harmony updates. Picard 3.0 alpha tomorrow! And more. -a
Agenda: Reviews, GSoC Ideas Page
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
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New qplanner blog post:
qplanner.co.uk/blog/Musicbr...
Highlights include:
* Musicbrainz ID assigned per artist/collaborator
* Reworked Stage times importer, using canvas, with several nice improvements
* Miscellaneous vagueness
qplanner.co.uk/blog/Musicbr...
Highlights include:
* Musicbrainz ID assigned per artist/collaborator
* Reworked Stage times importer, using canvas, with several nice improvements
* Miscellaneous vagueness
January 21, 2026 at 5:08 PM
New qplanner blog post:
qplanner.co.uk/blog/Musicbr...
Highlights include:
* Musicbrainz ID assigned per artist/collaborator
* Reworked Stage times importer, using canvas, with several nice improvements
* Miscellaneous vagueness
qplanner.co.uk/blog/Musicbr...
Highlights include:
* Musicbrainz ID assigned per artist/collaborator
* Reworked Stage times importer, using canvas, with several nice improvements
* Miscellaneous vagueness
January 24, 2026 at 6:27 AM
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Musikscenen är ju semst på metadata. MusicBrainz or BUST
January 17, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Musikscenen är ju semst på metadata. MusicBrainz or BUST
A new website that uses MB data was shared by a community member today!
Sample-heads, check out samplebrainz.com
Source code: github.com/AndrewBelt/S... -a
#samplebrainz #musicbrainz
Sample-heads, check out samplebrainz.com
Source code: github.com/AndrewBelt/S... -a
#samplebrainz #musicbrainz
SampleBrainz
Explore music sampling relationships. Discover which songs sample others and get sampled, powered by MusicBrainz data.
samplebrainz.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:21 AM
A new website that uses MB data was shared by a community member today!
Sample-heads, check out samplebrainz.com
Source code: github.com/AndrewBelt/S... -a
#samplebrainz #musicbrainz
Sample-heads, check out samplebrainz.com
Source code: github.com/AndrewBelt/S... -a
#samplebrainz #musicbrainz
20 years ago... we announced the first commercial project built with MusicBrainz data!
Sadly Música Linkara has been taken by time, but since 2006 we have had countless commercial supporters - allowing our servers to keep serving open data to the world.
blog.metabrainz.org/2006/01/20/i...
Sadly Música Linkara has been taken by time, but since 2006 we have had countless commercial supporters - allowing our servers to keep serving open data to the world.
blog.metabrainz.org/2006/01/20/i...
Making sure you're not a bot!
blog.metabrainz.org
January 21, 2026 at 6:23 AM
20 years ago... we announced the first commercial project built with MusicBrainz data!
Sadly Música Linkara has been taken by time, but since 2006 we have had countless commercial supporters - allowing our servers to keep serving open data to the world.
blog.metabrainz.org/2006/01/20/i...
Sadly Música Linkara has been taken by time, but since 2006 we have had countless commercial supporters - allowing our servers to keep serving open data to the world.
blog.metabrainz.org/2006/01/20/i...
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Searching @musicbrainz.org and doing some half-baked deduplication, there are at least 599 different groups/artists with a song just named "Heartbreaker"
January 20, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Searching @musicbrainz.org and doing some half-baked deduplication, there are at least 599 different groups/artists with a song just named "Heartbreaker"
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#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2026-01-19
Welcome to another Monday MetaBrainz Meeting!
Wherein a Picard 3.0 alpha release is teased... HYPE -a
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Welcome to another Monday MetaBrainz Meeting!
Wherein a Picard 3.0 alpha release is teased... HYPE -a
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
community.metabrainz.org
January 19, 2026 at 10:38 PM
#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2026-01-19
Welcome to another Monday MetaBrainz Meeting!
Wherein a Picard 3.0 alpha release is teased... HYPE -a
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Welcome to another Monday MetaBrainz Meeting!
Wherein a Picard 3.0 alpha release is teased... HYPE -a
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
#MusicBrainzServerUpdate, 2026-01-19
Small improvements, fixes and URL handling improvements! And we found the tables of contents for our docs which played hide and seek over the holidays. We also blocked submitting tags that include commas via the API.
blog.metabrainz.org/2026/01/19/m...
Small improvements, fixes and URL handling improvements! And we found the tables of contents for our docs which played hide and seek over the holidays. We also blocked submitting tags that include commas via the API.
blog.metabrainz.org/2026/01/19/m...
January 19, 2026 at 9:11 PM
#MusicBrainzServerUpdate, 2026-01-19
Small improvements, fixes and URL handling improvements! And we found the tables of contents for our docs which played hide and seek over the holidays. We also blocked submitting tags that include commas via the API.
blog.metabrainz.org/2026/01/19/m...
Small improvements, fixes and URL handling improvements! And we found the tables of contents for our docs which played hide and seek over the holidays. We also blocked submitting tags that include commas via the API.
blog.metabrainz.org/2026/01/19/m...
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制作したMusicRelsGraphのデータを更新しました。ホロライブ・にじさんじ・アイドルマスター楽曲のアーティストと制作者のつながりをネットワークグラフで表示します。データはMusicBrainzから。
I've updated the data on MusicRelsGraph! It’s a visual map of artists and creators behind Hololive, Nijisanji, and iDOLM@STER songs — based on MusicBrainz DB.
graph.aoicat.net?dataset=imas...
I've updated the data on MusicRelsGraph! It’s a visual map of artists and creators behind Hololive, Nijisanji, and iDOLM@STER songs — based on MusicBrainz DB.
graph.aoicat.net?dataset=imas...
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 AM
制作したMusicRelsGraphのデータを更新しました。ホロライブ・にじさんじ・アイドルマスター楽曲のアーティストと制作者のつながりをネットワークグラフで表示します。データはMusicBrainzから。
I've updated the data on MusicRelsGraph! It’s a visual map of artists and creators behind Hololive, Nijisanji, and iDOLM@STER songs — based on MusicBrainz DB.
graph.aoicat.net?dataset=imas...
I've updated the data on MusicRelsGraph! It’s a visual map of artists and creators behind Hololive, Nijisanji, and iDOLM@STER songs — based on MusicBrainz DB.
graph.aoicat.net?dataset=imas...
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#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2026-01-12
Welcome to another Monday MetaBrainz Meeting!
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Welcome to another Monday MetaBrainz Meeting!
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Notes from #MetaBrainz Meeting 2026-01-12
Meeting start: IRC Logs for #metabrainz | MetaBrainz Chatlogs Meeting wiki page: MetaBrainz Meeting - MusicBrainz Wiki Agenda Reviews Last meeting: 2025-01-05 Next meeting: 2026-01-19 @reosarevo...
community.metabrainz.org
January 12, 2026 at 8:37 PM
#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2026-01-12
Welcome to another Monday MetaBrainz Meeting!
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
Welcome to another Monday MetaBrainz Meeting!
Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...
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Ok so Unstream now has
1) shareable URLs for artist results (example in the next post)
2) better scraping of social/patron links from artist websites it finds
3) support for jam dot coop
music friends: update your artist record on the musicbrainz database! it'll make it so more of your links […]
1) shareable URLs for artist results (example in the next post)
2) better scraping of social/patron links from artist websites it finds
3) support for jam dot coop
music friends: update your artist record on the musicbrainz database! it'll make it so more of your links […]
Original post on threads.com
www.threads.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Ok so Unstream now has
1) shareable URLs for artist results (example in the next post)
2) better scraping of social/patron links from artist websites it finds
3) support for jam dot coop
music friends: update your artist record on the musicbrainz database! it'll make it so more of your links […]
1) shareable URLs for artist results (example in the next post)
2) better scraping of social/patron links from artist websites it finds
3) support for jam dot coop
music friends: update your artist record on the musicbrainz database! it'll make it so more of your links […]
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Pleased to say that the @musicbrainz #picard issue of not checking of existing named files at the destination when moving or copying additional files, has been resolved and merged. First time ever I've worked on such a thing after the issue happened to me […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Pleased to say that the @musicbrainz #picard issue of not checking of existing named files at the destination when moving or copying additional files, has been resolved and merged. First time ever I've worked on such a thing after the issue happened to me […]
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I've resumed my "preserving old early-2000s indie music" project and I keep on running into an issue where a lot of these albums were released on low-quality blue CD-Rs and aren't available anywhere online. Does anyone have any tricks for trying to extract data from a CD-R that's degraded?
I […]
I […]
Original post on plush.city
plush.city
January 2, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I've resumed my "preserving old early-2000s indie music" project and I keep on running into an issue where a lot of these albums were released on low-quality blue CD-Rs and aren't available anywhere online. Does anyone have any tricks for trying to extract data from a CD-R that's degraded?
I […]
I […]
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labutei nas minas de metadados hoje. grande dia pra ouvintes de eliminadorzinho que usam musicbrainz picard.
January 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM
labutei nas minas de metadados hoje. grande dia pra ouvintes de eliminadorzinho que usam musicbrainz picard.