MusicBrainz Picard

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MusicBrainz Picard is a cross-platform (Linux/Mac OS X/Windows) application written in Python and is the official MusicBrainz tagger.

Picard supports the majority of audio file formats, is capable of using audio fingerprints (PUIDs, AcoustIDs), performing CD lookups and disc ID submissions, and it has excellent Unicode support. Additionally, there are several plugins available that extend Picard's features.

When tagging files, Picard uses an album-oriented approach. This approach allows it to utilize the MusicBrainz data as effectively as possible and correctly tag your music. For more information, see the illustrated quick start guide to tagging.

Picard is named after Captain Jean-Luc Picard from the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Download

MusicBrainz Picard for Windows
Download: picard-setup-0.16.exe
Size: 8.9M installer
Version: 0.16
MD5: 1063b59d5e7d3c948b2282ce9f56d61a

MusicBrainz Picard for Mac OS X 10.4+
Download: MusicBrainz-Picard-0.16.dmg
Size: 15.0MB intel only binary
Version: 0.16
MD5: a124c99f71d38db162da6c4f30a505a3

MusicBrainz Picard for Mac OS X 10.4+
Download: MusicBrainz-Picard-0.16-ppc.dmg
Size: 13MB PPC only binary
Version: 0.16
MD5: a0ec1604fd4cee36fa2fa7fcf23ce973

MusicBrainz Picard source code
Download: picard-0.16.tar.gz
Size: 1.8M tarball
Version: 0.16
MD5: 5791a5ae1ce92ac1ffb1cc8f15917ad7

For Windows users: If you get an error about being unable to run the program, install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86).

For earlier releases of Picard, browse the FTP server.

Linux Distributions

Picard is also available in many distributions' software repositories. (Using Fedora? See the FAQ.)

Documentation

Customization:

Need further help?

If you need help or have any questions about using Picard, you can turn to the users mailing list or the forum. If you think you have found a bug, please report it on the bug tracker. In other cases you can contact us.

Development

Picard development has been led by Lukáš Lalinský and Philipp Wolfer with efforts put in by several other developers. See the change log for details.

The source code of Picard is maintained in Git and you can get it with all its history using:

git clone git://github.com/musicbrainz/picard.git

If you are interested in providing development assistance, contact us by either posting on the developers mailing list or joining the #musicbrainz IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.

License

Picard is licensed under the GPL 2.0 or later.