Beets
Music library manager and MusicBrainz tagger (command-line and Web interface).
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 437 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.14.1 (Sep 2026).
Also an alternative to Spotify.
At a glance
Beets quick facts
- Health score
- 87/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 15,870
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.14.1, Sep 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Beets
Full rankings: Spotify alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Beets is the media library management system for obsessive music geeks."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Beets scores 87/100, #6 of 28 in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming: 437 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.14.1, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 15,870 stars add 16.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
437 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.14.1 released 1 month ago
- Stars 16.8 / 20
16k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 437
- Last 90 days
- 2,367
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #6 of 28 tools in Media Streaming - Audio Streaming by health , between Pinepods (#5) and koel (#7) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Python, deb |
| Latest release | v2.14.1 · 1 month ago |
| Stars | 15,870 |
| Open issues | 605 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | beetbox/beets ↗ |
Beets vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Beets (Media Streaming - Audio Streaming), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMS | 93 | 1.7k | GPL-3.0 | 1 month ago |
| Beets (this tool) | 87 | 16k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| koel | 87 | 17k | MIT | today |
| Ampache | 84 | 3.8k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| gonic | 84 | 2.6k | GPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| Black Candy | 70 | 4.4k | MIT | 9 days ago |
Beets: common questions
What does Beets replace?
Repoly lists Beets as an open-source alternative to Spotify. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Beets stands against the others.
Is Beets still maintained?
Beets had 437 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v2.14.1, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.