EasyTAG
EasyTAG is a free and open source audio tagging utility that can create and manage tags for a number of different audio formats including mp3, mp4 and ogg files. It can add or edit ID3 tags with images, including common standards like album name, artist name, audio title, year of creation, and so on. Other main features of EasyTAG include automatic tagging of all audio files located in a directory, matching patterns from a text file, recursive editing, auto-completion, undo and redo support, uppercase and lowercase conversion, support for fetching data from online tagging services, a tree view file browser, playlist creator, and so on.
To install EasyTAG in Ubuntu, use the command specified below:
You can install EasyTAG in other Linux distributions from the package manager. A universal flatpak build is also available here.
Puddletag
Puddletag is a free and open source audio tag editor that shows tags in a spreadsheet-like tabular interface. You can sort audio files by tags and edit tags for multiple files without navigating away from the window as the tabular interface shows tags for multiple files at once. Other main features of Puddletag include pattern based tag editing, lower case and upper case conversion, support for fetching tags from online services, multiple audio file format support including mp3 files, preview mode, filename conversion, support for extended tags, and so on.
To install Puddletag in Ubuntu, use the command specified below:
You can install Puddletag in other Linux distributions from the package manager. More download options are available here.
Kid3
Kid3 is a free and open source audio file tag editor developed by the KDE team. It can edit tags in numerous supported audio file formats, including mp3, ogg, FLAC, mp4, and wav file formats. It can edit tags of multiple files at once and supports conversion of tags in different tagging standards. Other main features of Kid3 include automatic tagging using its scripting interface, support for importing tags from online databases, support for exporting tags, ability to view and edit lyrics, uppercase and lowercase conversion, filename generation, playlist creator and so on.
To install Kid3 in Ubuntu, use the command specified below:
You can install Kid3 in other Linux distributions from the package manager. A universal flatpak build is also available here.
Ex Falso
Ex Falso is a free and open source audio metadata editor that supports multiple audio file formats including mp3, FLAC and ogg vorbis files. It is a part of the Quod Libet music player suite. However, you can also install it as a standalone program without installing the music player. Main features of Ex Falso include support for editing ID3v2 tags, editing and renaming using patterns, multiple values for different fields, Python based plugins, support for editing tags of multiple files at once, ability to revert custom edits, and so on.
To install Ex Falso in Ubuntu, use the command specified below:
You can install Ex Falso in other Linux distributions from the package manager. You can also compile it from source code available here.
MusicBrainz Picard
MusicBrainz Picard is a free, open source and cross-platform audio file metadata editor written in Python. It focuses on an album based tagging style, instead on track based tag editing pattern commonly seen in other audio taggers. MusicBrainz Picard supports numerous audio file formats including mp3, WAV and OGG file formats. Other main features of MusicBrainz Picard include identification of files using crowd-sourced audio fingerprints database, plugins, automatic tagging of audio files using MusicBrainz database, ability to embed and fetch cover art images, custom naming templates and scripts, and so on.
To install MusicBrainz Picard in Ubuntu, use the command specified below:
You can install MusicBrainz Picard in other Linux distributions from the package manager. You can access more download options including flatpak and snap packages from here.
MP3 Diags
MP3 diags is a free and open source audio issue fixer. It automatically identifies numerous possible issues with an audio file, including incomplete or broken tags. MP3 Diags can edit tags using its built-in editor, though it can fix other issues with audio files too, making it a comprehensive suite for fixing audio related issues. It can also identify and fix wrong placement of tags and fetch tag information and cover images from online services.
To install MP3 Diags in Ubuntu, use the command specified below:
You can install MP3 Diags in other Linux distributions from the package manager. You can also compile it from source code available here.
Conclusion
These are some of the best mp3 file metadata and tag editors available for Linux. They are especially useful for users having a large collection of music files, as a well tagged library of audio files can make managing music considerably easier.
