Alternatives to puddletag
An audio tag editor for Linux with a spreadsheet-style layout, modelled on Mp3tag. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
puddletag
An audio tag editor for Linux with a spreadsheet-style layout, modelled on Mp3tag.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as puddletag.
Mp3tag
A tag editor that fixes the metadata of a whole music folder at once, with online database lookups.
Mp3tag is the closed-source tool puddletag is modelled on, with more features, free on Windows and paid on macOS after a trial, and no Linux build.
Kid3
Edit audio-file tags individually or in batches.
Kid3 is an open-source tag editor for Windows, macOS and Linux that edits tags individually or in batches and renames files from tag information.
MusicBrainz Picard
The official MusicBrainz tagger, which identifies music by its audio fingerprint and fills in the tags.
MusicBrainz Picard is open source and cross-platform, identifying files by AcoustID audio fingerprint and tagging whole albums consistently, but it needs an internet connection.
TagScanner
Rename music files and edit their tags in batches.
TagScanner is a free, closed-source Windows tool for batch tag editing and renaming files from metadata, with online tag retrieval.
Metatogger
Clean up music tags and filenames with a Windows library utility.
Metatogger is a free, closed-source Windows utility for batch tag and filename cleanup with tools for identifying recordings, requiring review of proposed changes.
beets
Organize a music library from the command line.
beets is an open-source command-line organiser that matches and improves metadata during imports, replacing puddletag's spreadsheet view with terminal commands.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
JuK
A KDE jukebox-style music player focused on managing a collection, playlists and tags.
MusicBee
A Windows music manager for people with a large local library and opinions about tags.
Swinsian
A macOS music player and library manager with wide format support and advanced tag editing.
Strawberry Music Player
A Clementine fork aimed at collectors, with proper support for high-resolution files and CD ripping.
