Who is beets-bcgenre for?

beets-bcgenre is an open-source project built for music collectors.

Is beets-bcgenre free?

Yes — beets-bcgenre is open source under the MIT license and free to use.

What platforms does beets-bcgenre run on?

beets-bcgenre runs on the command line.

Is beets-bcgenre still maintained?

The GitHub repository shows 3 commits in the last 90 days.

Is beets-bcgenre open source?

Yes — beets-bcgenre is open source under the MIT license, developed on GitHub.

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beets-bcgenre

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beets-bcgenre is a plugin for the beets music library management system. It automatically fetches genre tags by scraping Bandcamp release pages and applies them to your local music collection. Useful for audiophiles and digital music librarians who want richer, more accurate genre metadata.

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Overview

3 features

In the Other dev tools space, beets-bcgenre takes a focused approach. Automatically retrieving accurate genre metadata for music releases from Bandcamp within the beets library manager. It is built as an open-source project for music collectors. The project is open source (MIT). It runs on the command line.

beets-bcgenre first shipped in 2026. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 3 commits in the last 90 days. Among its 3 catalogued features are Genre Tagging, Bandcamp Integration, and Metadata Fetching.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Genre Tagging
Bandcamp Integration
Metadata Fetching

Built with & integrations

Runs on

CLI

Trust & compliance

License

MIT

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Frequently asked questions about beets-bcgenre

What does beets-bcgenre do?: Automatically retrieving accurate genre metadata for music releases from Bandcamp within the beets library manager. It is catalogued under Other dev tools on PulseGate.
Who is beets-bcgenre for?: beets-bcgenre is an open-source project built for music collectors.
Is beets-bcgenre free?: Yes — beets-bcgenre is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
What platforms does beets-bcgenre run on?: beets-bcgenre runs on the command line.
Is beets-bcgenre still maintained?: The GitHub repository shows 3 commits in the last 90 days.
How long has beets-bcgenre been around?: beets-bcgenre first shipped in 2026.
Is beets-bcgenre open source?: Yes — beets-bcgenre is open source under the MIT license, developed on GitHub.

At a glance

Platforms: Cli
Languages: English
Open source: Yes (GitHub)
License: MIT
First seen: 4 Aug 2026
Built for: music collectors
Model: Open source
Solves: Automatically retrieving accurate genre metadata for music releases from Bandcamp within the beets library manager.

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GitHub: JayDawgThaGOAT/bcgenre
PyPI: beets-bcgenre

Developer

Jaydawgthagoat

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Stars: 0
Forks: 0
Open issues: 0
Last commit: 4 Aug 2026
Commits 90d: 3
Contributors: 1
Authorship: Solo
Default branch: main

Live coverage

Identity confidence: Low · 64
Indexed: 4 Aug 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Aug 2026
Last seen: 4 Aug 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: beets-bcgenre-pypi-org
Lifecycle state recorded: 4 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 4 Aug 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 4 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://pypi.org/project/beets-bcgenre

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