beets

Beets is a media library management system aimed at music enthusiasts. It scans your music collection, identifies tracks, and automatically improves metadata by querying services such as MusicBrainz, Discogs, and Beatport. Through its extensible plugin architecture, Beets can fetch album art, lyrics, genre information, acoustic fingerprints, tempo data, and ReplayGain levels. It can also transcode files to any desired format, detect duplicate tracks or missing album entries, clean up stray tags, and embed or extract cover art. A built‑in web interface lets you browse and play your library in any HTML5‑compatible browser, while the MPD protocol support enables use with a wide range of music players. The command‑line tools provide quick analysis and manipulation of your files, and writing custom plugins in Python is straightforward. Installation is simple via pip (`pip install beets`) or from source on GitHub, and the project is packaged in many Linux distributions. Comprehensive documentation, contribution guidelines, and an active community are available through the project's website, issue tracker, and GitHub Discussions. Beets is suitable for anyone who wants a single, automated solution to organize, tag, and enjoy a large music collection.