If we’re talking about music, then, obviously, the main focus of the discussion should be just how awesome today’s audio streaming services are, with Spotify, Tidal, Amazon Music Unlimited, YouTube Music being just a some of the big names of the industry.
Be that as it may, there’s something so personal, and so *insert wholesome feelings here* about manually creating playlists for you and your friends. One, very important, but often overlook aspect of creating such playlists is editing the song’s metadata.
This is where Tagger comes into “the mix,” with its simple yet efficient GUI, and GTK4/libadwaita underpinnings, ready to empor any music loving Linux users as much as possible.
What makes Tagger so special?
We already mentioned that its GUI is crisp, beginner-friendly, and quite modern (also respects your system’s dakr/light mode). Simply fire up the app, point it towards your music folder with the files you wish to edit, and once the edits are in place, simply click the “Apply” button, it’s as easy as that.
Another aspect that makes Tagger so good is, of course, its feature set which is by no means the most advanced, but it doesn’t lack anything of worth either.
The app allows you to edit tags and album art for individual files, edit tags and album art for multiple files, convert filenames to tags, and vice-versa, as well as download metadata with a single click from the Internet (from music MusicBrainz to be more precise, as it uses the libmusicbrainz5 library).
Needless to say, the app also comes with support for some of the most popular audio file formats out there such as MP4, OGG, WMA, and WAV.
Verdict
Tagger is a well-rounded music metadata editor for Linux. Since it’s not the most advanced music metadata editor out there, and the supported formats are not exactly extensive, it’s mostly suited to users who don’t have particularly high audio tag editing needs. Still, a very nice little app.
