TunesBack

The replay statistics for the rest of us.

The "Year-In-Review" experience for iTunes and iPod users.

Welcome Screen

Main Dashboard

Spotify has Wrapped. Apple Music has Replay. But what about iTunes and iPod users?

TunesBack fills that gap. Streaming services provide year-end analytics, but local music libraries don't... until now. TunesBack brings that experience to your local library: track listening habits, discover top artists, albums and songs, and see how your taste evolves over time.

Works with both iTunes and Apple Music libraries. Cross-platform support for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Powered by libpytunes for robust iTunes XML parsing.

• Compare periods or analyze single snapshots (XML files be properly named. See guide below)
• Top Artists, Albums & Songs with customizable rankings (5-100 items)
• Flexible display: Hours/minutes, sort by time/plays
• Beautiful dashboard with dark/light mode
• 100% private: All processing happens locally on your machine

Download from Releases

Note: On first launch, macOS may show a security warning. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click "Open Anyway"

From source:

git clone https://github.com/mooseses/TunesBack.git

cd TunesBack

pip install -r requirements.txt

python main.py

1. Open iTunes/Music → File → Library → Export Library
2. Save as .xml with a date in filename (e.g., 2025-12-01.xml)
3. Export again later to compare!

1. Click Select Folder and choose your XML files location
2. Pick date range or single snapshot
3. Click Generate Recap

How TunesBack Parses Dates

TunesBack uses fuzzy date parsing to automatically extract dates from your XML filenames and displays them as YYYY-MM-DD in the app.

2025-12-01.xml
2025_12_01.xml
December-01-2025.xml
Dec-01-2025.xml
01 December 2025.xml
2025-12-01 iTunes Library.xml
Library_2025_12_01_backup.xml

Best Practice: Use ISO format YYYY-MM-DD.xml or include month names to avoid confusion.

• library.xml (no date)
• v2.1.3-export.xml (version numbers confused with dates)
• backup.xml (no date information)
• 01-12-2025.xml → Could be Jan 12 or Dec 1
• 12-01-2025.xml → Could be Dec 1 or Jan 12

Set up a scheduled task (cron/Task Scheduler) to automatically copy and rename your iTunes Library XML to a snapshots folder weekly/monthly:

macOS/Linux:

# Add to crontab: Run monthly on the 1st at midnight
0 0 1 * * cp ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes\ Library.xml ~/Music/Snapshots/$(date +\%Y-\%m-\%d).xml

Windows PowerShell (Task Scheduler):

$date = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd"
Copy-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\Music\iTunes\iTunes Library.xml" "$env:USERPROFILE\Music\Snapshots\$date.xml"

You can also integrate this with cloud-based iTunes Library XML parsers like this one to sync playlists to Plex while backing up snapshots.

• Flet - Modern Python UI framework
• libpytunes - iTunes XML parser
• pandas - Data analysis and aggregation
• python-dateutil - Fuzzy date parsing

Distributed under the GPL-3.0 License. See LICENSE for details.