Command-line tool

beets

brew/beets

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Music library manager and tagger

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

pipx install beets

macOS

brew install beets
pipx install beets

Linux

brew install beets
pipx install beets

Add music from a specific directory to the library, attempting to get correct tags for it from MusicBrainz

beet import path/to/directory

Add a single song to the library, attempting to get correct tags for it from MusicBrainz

beet import -s path/to/file

Query library

beet list query

Browse

• Music and audio

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