MusicBrainz
by MusicBrainz · Open, community-maintained music metadata encyclopedia
10.1 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public. A global community of users contributes and edits the data, which is released under open licences, with the majority of the database in the public domain. Applications can consume it through an XML web service, development libraries, or database downloads.
- Best for
- Developers and music cataloguers who need open, machine-readable music metadata
- Pricing
- No prices are shown; the majority of the database can be downloaded and used for free, and the site links to donations.
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Data released under open licences; most of it is public domain
- XML web service and development libraries for building apps
- Anyone can contribute and edit, Wikipedia-style
- Run by MetaBrainz, a non-profit 501(c)(3) foundation
Trade-offs
- Only the majority of the database is public domain, not all of it
- Accuracy rests on volunteer editors, as with Wikipedia
- No pricing or terms shown for the Live Data Feed or commercial use
- Tagging files needs separate apps such as Picard or Mp3tag
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 0 out of 100
- API quality
- 0 out of 100
- Documentation
- 0 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 47 out of 100
- Changelog
- 0 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 25 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 15 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 0 out of 100
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