MusicBrainz Server

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The MusicBrainz Server is an open source GPL licensed software application that is written in Perl. The MusicBrainz Server provides the primary interface to the MusicBrainz Database by providing a website for users to browse and edit the data on, and a web service to power client applications like MusicBrainz Picard. The server can be accessed at http://musicbrainz.org/ or alternatively you may setup and run your own server.

If you are looking for help in understanding how MusicBrainz works the beginners guide and FAQs will provide a more thorough overview.

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Download and setup the server.

Required Software

The MusicBrainz server is built on top of the following components:

• The data is stored in a PostgreSQL relational database.
• Virtually all of the server code is written for Perl 5.8+.
• The web server is built using Apache and mod_perl.
• A selection of Perl modules from CPAN are used; in particular the web pages are constructed using Catalyst and Template Toolkit.

Learn More

• Setup your own server
• XML web service
• Server Internationalisation