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MusicBrainz - The Open Music Encyclopedia. Developer Resources. See also Development.

Developer Resources

Client libraries libcoverart A C/C++ development library geared towards developers who wish to add cover art capabilities to their applications. libmusicbrainz. Database. Products > MusicBrainz Database The MusicBrainz Database is built on the PostgreSQL relational database engine and contains all of MusicBrainz' music metadata.

Database

This data includes information about artists, release groups, releases, recordings, works, and labels, as well as the many relationships between them. The database also contains a full history of all the changes that the MusicBrainz community has made to the data. Data overview. Live Data Feed. Products > Live Data Feed The Live Data Feed enables a server running a PostgreSQL database in conjunction with the MusicBrainz Server software to automatically stay in sync with the main server.

Live Data Feed

This is accomplished by downloading replication packets from the main MusicBrainz FTP site at hourly intervals and applying them to the local database. This enables a local mirror server to never be more than about an hour off sync with the main server. Please note that we do not offer hosting services.