Is Musicbrainz safe and trustworthy?

tashan scores Musicbrainz on public evidence — tashan score 58.0/100, it is currently active, note: a single primary maintainer (bus-factor risk), no known advisories against the current release, its declared dependencies reach: credentials. Audit scope: OSV advisories, install-time scripts, build provenance and declared permission surface. We do not review source code or execute the capability.

How do I install Musicbrainz?

In Claude Code: run `claude mcp add musicbrainz -- npx -y musicbrainz-mcp`. In Cursor / Claude Desktop, add it to mcp.json / claude_desktop_config.json.

Who maintains Musicbrainz?

source: chrischall/musicbrainz-mcp.

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Musicbrainz

npm

MusicBrainz MCP — search/browse music metadata, cover art, and submit tags/ratings/collections

Works with: Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Cline, Windsurf, VS Code (installable)
installable: each client documents how to load an MCP server of this type — that is the client's promise, not a claim verified against this capability

Category: Design — see all ranked ›

Work: Audio production

Who it is for: Creator / video

Install (Claude Code):

claude mcp add musicbrainz -- npx -y musicbrainz-mcp

tashan score: 58.0
Adoption: 249/wk
Upkeep: 63.0
Freshness: 95.0
Evidence coverage: 100% of the inputs this score can use
Health: active
License: MIT

Security audit

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No known advisoriesclearchecked against OSV for 0.3.2 — this package, not its dependency tree

Handles credentials or secretsfrom declared dependencies

Signed build provenancepublished from public CI with an attestation

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