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- gRPC service with MusicBrainz provider - PostgreSQL schema with migrations - Service layer with database-first caching - Repository pattern for data access - YAML configuration support - Research documentation for 17 music metadata projects
MusicBrainz Server
Overview
MusicBrainz is the canonical open-source music encyclopedia. It's a community-maintained database that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public via a REST API.
Key Features
- Coverage: 100M+ tracks, comprehensive artist/release/recording/work metadata
- Data: Relationships, genres, tags, ratings, ISRCs, barcodes
- API: REST (XML/JSON)
- License: GPL-2.0 (code), CC0/CC BY-NC-SA (data)
Source
| Resource | URL |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/metabrainz/musicbrainz-server |
| Docker Setup | https://github.com/metabrainz/musicbrainz-docker |
| API Documentation | https://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_API |
| Website | https://musicbrainz.org |
API Examples
# Lookup artist by MBID
GET /ws/2/artist/{mbid}?fmt=json
# Search releases
GET /ws/2/release?query=artist:nirvana&fmt=json
# Lookup by ISRC
GET /ws/2/recording?isrc=USEE10001993
Self-Hosting
Requires PostgreSQL + Solr. Use the official Docker setup:
git clone https://github.com/metabrainz/musicbrainz-docker.git
cd musicbrainz-docker
docker-compose up
Notes
- Foundation for most other music metadata projects
- Replication support to keep local mirror up-to-date
- MetaBrainz Foundation (non-profit) maintains it