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#ListenBrainz keeps tracks of what music you listen to and provides you with insights into your listening habits. A open source, ethical and open data project by @metabrainz.

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ListenBrainz @listenbrainz.org · Dec 2

Share your ListenBrainz listens on your Bluesky profile 🥳 -a

Willman Duffy @willmanduffy.bsky.social · Dec 1

Now with support for ListenBrainz for your alternative scrobble needs 💃

Willman Duffy @willmanduffy.bsky.social · Nov 30

My little worker to automatically update my @bsky.app profile with my last played song in Last.FM is now open source and online.

A thread on my couple hours to make it 👇

github.com/willmanduffy...

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ListenBrainz @listenbrainz.org · 5h

Friends don't let friends not track and backup their Spotify listening history with listenbrainz.org!

Owning your own data is not just for nerds. It's only a few clicks and means having control of your past history, future playlist generation, and the ability to change platforms if you need to. -a

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 2d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 2d

#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2025-10-06

Welcome to another MetaBrainz Monday Meeting!

Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...

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ListenBrainz @listenbrainz.org · 2d

Hello! Don't know about Lidarr, but you might want to check out re-command and Explo. Or maybe lb-lidarr-plex and listenarr. Links here: wiki.musicbrainz.org/External_Res... -a

External Resources - MusicBrainz Wiki

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ListenBrainz @listenbrainz.org · 2d

#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-10-06.0

After implementing Funkwhale, GSoC student mAmanullah7 has now added #Navidrome BrainzPlayer support! Open source self-hosters rejoice!
There's also a bunch more great lil user-facing tweaks and updates, check 'em at the link -a

github.com/metabrainz/l...

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chloe 🐇 @sapphic.moe · 4d

hacked together my own ListenBrainz scrobbler for macOS since literally nobody else made one.

it works okay but i think i might make this a Swift app or something instead lol

A Bash script I made that scrobbles tracks to ListenBrainz.

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ListenBrainz @listenbrainz.org · 6d

Ugh yeah iPhones are tricky... there was a ListenBrainz iOS app in production we didn't manage to find a dev to give it proper attention, so I believe it's dropped off. I'm out of my depth in terms of Tidal + iOS scrobbles :( -a

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ListenBrainz @listenbrainz.org · 7d

Hmm, looks like there are a couple of ways to send Tidal listens - listenbrainz.org/add-data/
Requires using a different client or a client mod so maybe not for everyone -a

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Mat @okwithmydecay.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · 26d

Listeners should definitely have control of their own listening data. If you're looking for data portability, I highly recommend @ListenBrainz, which makes it to export your Spotify listening history. https://mastodon.social/@eff/115181522954088733 #listenbrainz

Electronic Frontier Foundation (@[email protected])

"Listeners should have control of their own data, which includes exporting it for their own use," EFF’s Jacob Hoffman-Andrews told @arstechnica. "An individual's musical history is of use not just to Spotify but also to the individual who created it." https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/spotify-peeved-after-10000-users-sold-data-to-build-ai-tools/

mastodon.social

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rini @handle.invalid · 16d

why did no one tell me listenbrainz is so good i can finally stop having broken metadata on my scrobbles

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ListenBrainz @listenbrainz.org · 9d

Kia ora (hello), it's a bit hidden - if you click on Willman's post that we quoted it will expand.

Here is the link with instructions: github.com/willmanduffy...

GitHub - willmanduffy/scrobble-blue: Automatically update your Bluesky profile with your latest scrobbles on Last.fm or ListenBrainz

Automatically update your Bluesky profile with your latest scrobbles on Last.fm or ListenBrainz - willmanduffy/scrobble-blue

github.com

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 9d

#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2025-09-29

Back after a break for the summit!
Of particular note, we are looking for book/data nerds to test and feed back on new beta #BookBrainz API: api.bookbrainz.org 👀

Agenda: Reviews
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 15d

blog.metabrainz.org/2025/09/23/e...

Europe welcomes mayhem: Robert Kaye inducted into the EU Open Source Academy! – MetaBrainz Blog

blog.metabrainz.org

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Kevin Everets @keverets.bsky.social · 20d

Just updated @f-droid.org.web.brid.gy and saw that #Spotube (cross platform music player) has support for @listenbrainz.org ... Connected that to my @musicbrainz.org account, and am in the process of importing the @last.fm history.

Happy to move away from Spotify as a metadata source.

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Ed @boysmithers.bsky.social · 20d

My top 10 albums last week on @listenbrainz.org !
#Nightbearer #Sepultura #Zatokrev #TheProdigy #Smohalla #KaijaSaariaho #Imperialist #Listenbrainz #Musicbrainz #MetalSky

Top 10 Releases last week for boysmithers
1. Defiance - Nightbearer
2. Beneath the Remains - Sepultura
3. Arise - Sepultura
4. ... Bring Mirrors to the Surface - Zatokrev
5. Music for the Jilted Generation - The Prodigy
6. Nova Persei - Smohalla
7. Experience: Expanded: Remixes & B-Sides - The Prodigy
8. What Evil Lurks - The Prodigy
9. Helsinki Recital - Duparc, Saariaho, Rachmaninov, Dvořák; Karita Mattila, Martin Katz
10. Prime - Imperialist

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · 23d

MetaBrainz Summit 25 starts... right now! Sep 15-19 in Barcelona & online.

We would love for you to join us remotely. If you are reading this, you are qualified to attend. Congratulations! Read on for more information.

blog.metabrainz.org/2025/09/15/y...
#MetaBrainzSummit25

You are invited to MetaBrainz Summit 25 – MetaBrainz Blog

blog.metabrainz.org

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Kürbisschnitzungsfachangestellter @alex.antilogik.de · 28d

Bulk importing my youtube music data into listenbrainz is wild because (after a bit of processing for a week or so) the stats are ready and you can tell exactly in what year a ~decade old relationship died and optimistic K.Flay pop was largely replaced by Architects screaming about despair

Listenbrainz artist evolution with top 10 artists, showing Enter Shikari, K.Flay (why yes, I like my angsty pop music, thank you very much) Poppy, grandson, Pendulum, Architects, Ghost Data, Wargasm, Don Broco and Blue Stahli

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ListenBrainz @listenbrainz.org · 29d

#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-09-09.0

Backend fixes, and that Stats > Artist Evolution graph should be a little less crazy now -a

github.com/metabrainz/l...

A mockup of a ListenBrainz ‘box’ with the text: “New Release, v-2025-09-09.0”

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · Sep 8

#metabrainzmeetingnotes, 2025-09-08

Welcome to another MetaBrainz Monday Meeting!
Skipping the next two meetings because it's MetaBrainz summit 2025 time

Agenda: Reviews, Next meeting date
community.metabrainz.org/t/notes-from...

Notes from #MetaBrainz Meeting 2025-09-08

Meeting start: IRC Logs for #metabrainz | MetaBrainz Chatlogs Meeting wiki page: MetaBrainz Meeting - MusicBrainz Wiki Agenda Reviews Next meeting date Last meeting: 2025-09-01 Next meeting: 2025...

community.metabrainz.org

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ListenBrainz @listenbrainz.org · Sep 5

#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-09-06.0

Fixes and refactors, with a couple of more interesting looking PR's nestled in there. libre.fm archive importer and a daily activity heatmap fix for those in tricky time zones (raises hand). Hit the link for the changelog -a

github.com/metabrainz/l...

A mockup of a ListenBrainz ‘box’ with the text: “New Release, v-2025-09-06.0”

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ListenBrainz @listenbrainz.org · Sep 4

#ListenBrainzServerUpdate, v-2025-09-03.0

HOLY UPDATE #3!
More GSoC magic. Check out your stats page for a new Music by Decade graph, and a wild Artist Evolution graph! The Internet Archive/@archive.org has also been added as a default playback source. -a

github.com/metabrainz/l...

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · Sep 2

#GSOC2025 🎉

Jade Ellis built a replacement for BrainzBot’s archival function – a chat archiver that natively understands and preserves Matrix’s rich features:
blog.metabrainz.org/2025/09/01/g...

GSoC 2025: Building Libretto, a Matrix Archiver – MetaBrainz Blog

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ListenBrainz @listenbrainz.org · Sep 2

#GSOC2025 🎉

Hemang Mishra revamping the onboarding experience for the ListenBrainz app:
blog.metabrainz.org/2025/08/31/g...

GSoC 2025: Onboarding Revamp in ListenBrainz Android – MetaBrainz Blog

blog.metabrainz.org

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MetaBrainz @metabrainz.org · Sep 2

#GSOC2025 🎉

Shaik Junaid developed the basis for a centralized notification management system for all MetaBrainz services, implementing REST APIs hosted on MetaBrainz:
blog.metabrainz.org/2025/08/30/g...

GSoC 2025: MetaBrainz Notification System – MetaBrainz Blog

blog.metabrainz.org

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ListenBrainz @listenbrainz.org · Sep 2

#GSOC2025 🎉

Granth Bagadia designed and implement new advanced statistic visualisers for ListenBrainz:
blog.metabrainz.org/2025/08/30/g...

GSoC 2025: Advanced User Statistics Visualizations – MetaBrainz Blog

blog.metabrainz.org

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ListenBrainz @listenbrainz.org · Sep 2

#GSOC2025 🎉

Suvid Singhal developed a file-based listening history importer for ListenBrainz, allowing users to import Spotify extended histories and ListenBrainz backups/exports:
blog.metabrainz.org/2025/08/30/g...

GSoC 2025: Importing Listening History Files in Listenbrainz – MetaBrainz Blog

blog.metabrainz.org

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