libmusicbrainz ☆

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Description:
MusicBrainz Client Library

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: music metadata audio library api-client

Install: brew install libmusicbrainz

About:
Libmusicbrainz is a C library that provides an interface to the MusicBrainz database, a music metadata encyclopedia. It allows developers to submit and query information about music artists, albums, and tracks. This client library simplifies the integration of acoustic fingerprinting and metadata lookup into audio applications.

Key Features:

C-based client library for the MusicBrainz web service
Supports acoustic fingerprinting for track identification
Structured access to artist, album, and track metadata
Provides an XML-based query interface

Use Cases:

Identifying unknown tracks from audio fingerprints
Tagging and organizing local music libraries
Building music player applications with rich metadata

Alternatives:

libdiscid – Focuses specifically on identifying CDs via TOC, whereas libmusicbrainz handles broader audio metadata and web service queries.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 11, 2025 1:09pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	a62a3e85