It’s finally easy to search for free music for your creations
One search across all free eligible libraries of free music. Every track shows its license, the exact credit line, and a download straight from the library that made it free.
Genres
Moods
The libraries
All libraries →- Audiotool
Tracks made in the free browser studio Audiotool; many artists publish under CC BY so you can reuse and remix them.
178,490 tracks
- Internet Archive
The non-profit library’s netlabel collection: tens of thousands of Creative Commons releases.
53,037 tracks
- ccMixter
A remix community since 2004: tracks, stems and a cappellas under Creative Commons.
48,939 tracks
- Wikimedia Commons
Music files on Wikimedia Commons: public-domain classical, historic recordings and CC-licensed originals. Free licenses only.
36,457 tracks
- IMSLP Recordings
Recordings of classical works uploaded by performers to the Petrucci Music Library, next to the free scores.
26,114 tracks
- UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive
Over 10,000 digitized wax-cylinder recordings from the 1890s to 1920s: popular song, band music, vaudeville and opera.
8,511 tracks
- OpenGameArt.org
Community library of game music: 10,000+ loops, themes and ambiences uploaded by their composers under open licenses.
6,355 tracks
- Free Stock Music
A promotion hub for 150+ independent composers, with thousands of tracks under Creative Commons licenses.
4,674 tracks
- HURT RECORD
Japanese BGM library with 2,700+ tracks from 150+ sound creators, sorted into themes like battle, café, horror and kawaii.
2,739 tracks
Free music licenses, compared
Every free track carries a license. These are the ones you will meet here, and how many tracks in the index use each.
| License | Monetized videos | Client work & ads | Credit | Edit & loop | Tracks here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CC0 / Public domain No conditions. Use it anywhere and credit is optional. | Yes | Yes | Optional | Yes | 45,171 |
CC BY Anything goes as long as you credit the artist, the source and the license. | Yes | Yes | Required | Yes | 212,794 |
CC BY-SA Like CC BY, but a remix or edit of the music must be shared under the same license. | Yes | Yes | Required | Yes | 23,581 |
CC BY-ND You can use the track as it is, but not cut, loop or remix it. | Yes | Yes | Required | No | 3,108 |
CC BY-NC (incl. NC-SA, NC-ND) Non-commercial only. Monetized channels, ads and client work are generally treated as commercial use. | No | No | Required | Yes | 88,404 |
Library licenses Libraries like NCS, Free To Use or Fesliyan write their own terms. Each track page shows what they allow. | Varies | Varies | Varies | Varies | 11,111 |
Questions creators ask
How to credit a track →- What is free music?
- Music you can put in your videos, streams or games without paying. It is either in the public domain, released under a Creative Commons license, or offered by a library under its own free license. What you may do with it depends on that license, which is why every track here shows it.
- Is royalty-free the same as free?
- No. Royalty-free means you pay once, or nothing, instead of per play or per view. Many royalty-free libraries charge for the license. Everything in the Free tab costs nothing; tracks marked Paid need a subscription.
- Is copyright-free the same as royalty-free?
- Copyright-free usually means the work is in the public domain, so nobody owns it. Most free music is still copyrighted: the artist keeps the copyright and grants you a license with conditions, such as crediting them.
- Can I use free music on a monetized YouTube channel?
- Yes, if the license allows commercial use. CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA and CC BY-ND do; anything marked NC (non-commercial) does not. Use the “OK in monetized videos” filter to see only tracks that qualify.
- Why did I get a Content ID claim on a free track?
- Some artists register their free music with YouTube’s Content ID so they can spot uses without credit. The claim usually clears once the credit line is in your description; several libraries have a form to release it. Each library page here explains how theirs works.
- Where does the credit go?
- In the video description on YouTube, the caption on TikTok and Instagram, the show notes of a podcast, and the credits screen of a game. Copy the credit line from the track page; if the library wants its own wording, that is the wording we show.