Picard
Picard is a free, open-source audio and music app for Windows and macOS. Picard is a cross-platform music tagger powered by the MusicBrainz database. It has 5,337 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-2.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at metabrainz/picard.
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About Picard
MusicBrainz Picard is a cross-platform (Linux, macOS, Windows) audio tagging application. It is the official MusicBrainz tagger.
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Is Picard free and open source?
Yes. Picard's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-2.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Picard?
Download the installer for Windows and macOS from its GitHub Releases page (latest: release-3.0.2) or the project website.
Is Picard still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 28, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.