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Five Best Linux Tag Editors

We have looked at many different tag editors and taggers over the years, here we select the best ones and rank them as follows:

1. SongKong

Automated and batch-focused, great for cleaning large music libraries with online database matching and duplicate detection

  • Fully Automatic Combined Metadata and Acoustid Tagging with MusicBrainz, Discogs and Bandcamp
  • Designed for large Music Collection no limit on how many folders can be processed
  • Advanced Rename Files scripting
  • Advanced Delete Duplicates
  • Specialist handling for Classical Music
  • Undo with changes saved to Database and Safe Editing
  • Comprehensive reporting
  • Very configurable so can handle a wide variety of situations
  • Has both a Desktop UI and Web UI so can be used remotely

2. Jaikoz

Advanced tagging with spreadsheet-style editing, scripting, and deep integration with MusicBrainz and Discogs

  • Fully Automatic Combined Metadata and Acoustid Tagging with MusicBrainz, Discogs and Bandcamp
  • Metadata scripting
  • Powerful Manual Tagging with Spreadsheet view
  • Advanced Rename Files scripting
  • Wide range of options for different situations
  • Deep inegration with MusicBrainz includes support updating MusicBrainz from Jaikoz
  • Import/Export metadata from Spreadsheet

3. MusicBrainz Picard

MusicBrainz Picard known for its acoustic fingerprinting and use of the MusicBrainz database for accurate tagging

  • Semi Automated Metadata Tagging with MusicBrainz
  • Semi Automated Acoustid Tagging with MusicBrainz
  • Closely Tied to MusicBrainz database
  • Customize how tags are written using scripting
  • Plugin support, plugins can be written to add additional features

4. KID3

MusicBrainz Picard known for its acoustic fingerprinting and use of the MusicBrainz database for accurate tagging

  • Manual Lookup for Discogs, MusicBrainz, and Amazon
  • Filename <-> Tag conversion
  • Batch editing and scripting support
  • Lightweight, good for older lower powered computers

5. Puddletag

MusicBrainz Picard known for its acoustic fingerprinting and use of the MusicBrainz database for accurate tagging

  • Spreadsheet-style UI
  • Online tag lookup with AcoustID and MusicBrainz
  • Closely Tied to MusicBrainz database
  • Very scriptable with built-in actions
  • Batch editing with regex support