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eyeD3 vs Kid3: catalog facts
eyeD3	Kid3
Free Free to use under the GPL-3.0 license.	Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.
Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
Reads and edits ID3v1 and ID3v2.3 and 2.4 tags Reports MP3 playback and encoding details	Supports multiple audio tag formats Can rename files using tag information
Works with MP3 files rather than a broad range of audio formats Requires Python 3.9 or later	Tagging changes metadata rather than repairing the audio itself.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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