MusicBrainz Picard is a free tagger for music files on Windows 10 or later. It looks up album and track details in the MusicBrainz database and writes them into the tags of your files, such as artist, album name, record label and year. Version 3.0.4 came out on November 1, 2026, and the file is fetched from the official server data.musicbrainz.org.
MusicBrainz runs both the database and the tool
Picard is published by MusicBrainz, whose website is musicbrainz.org. The same project maintains the shared database that the tagger reads from. That link explains the design: one contributor enters the data for an album once, and everyone else can use it.
The app is released under the GPL-2.0 licence and is free. Its category is utilities, with tags for audio, music and tagging.
How tagging by database lookup works
Music files carry metadata made of tags, each with a name and a value. Examples include album name, track name, artist, record label and year of issue. Many files already hold basic tags, but hundreds of tags can be applied.
Instead of typing all of this by hand, Picard matches your files to entries in the MusicBrainz database and writes the data into them. It is a cross-platform tool, so the same approach applies outside Windows.
Windows 10 and a 61.8 MB installer
The Windows build needs Windows 10 or later. The package ID is MusicBrainz.Picard and the download size is 61.8 MB.
What's new in 3.0.4
Version 3.0.4 lists four bugfixes. They include a crash when closing options during a plugin refresh, .webp files wrongly treated as WAV, and a track match indicator showing a bad match on newly ripped files.
MusicBrainz Picard pros and cons
Pros
- Free to use under the GPL-2.0 licence
- Reads tags from the MusicBrainz database instead of requiring manual entry
- Published by the MusicBrainz project itself
- Version 3.0.4 fixes the .webp and WAV misdetection
- Cross-platform, so the same tool works on other systems
Cons
- Requires Windows 10 or later
- The installer is 61.8 MB
- The interface can be unfamiliar at first, since there is no preview to look at beforehand
Is MusicBrainz Picard safe?
The installer is served from data.musicbrainz.org, the project's own server, and the app is published by MusicBrainz under the GPL-2.0 license. We have no scan report for this build, so check the file with your own antivirus before running it.
How to install MusicBrainz Picard
- Press the download button to get the official file.
- Run the installer you saved and confirm the Windows security prompt if the publisher matches.
- Follow the setup steps, then start MusicBrainz Picard from the Start menu.
