Freesound vs Phishin

Freesound's APIv2 lets apps browse, search, and retrieve Freesound's library of user-uploaded sound clips — with content-based similarity search and audio-analysis features on top of plain metadata search — plus upload, comment, rate, and bookmark actions for authenticated users. It supports both token-based key auth and full OAuth2, defaults to JSON responses (XML and YAML are available but untested by the maintainers), and access is free for registered developers. The older APIv1 has reached end-of-life and is no longer available.

Phish.in is a free, listener-run archive of legal live Phish recordings, covering shows, tracks, songs, venues, and tours through its v2 REST API. Read endpoints (shows, tracks, search) are fully public and keyless — a plain GET against /api/v2/shows returns real data with no credentials at all — while account-scoped features like playlists and likes require a logged-in user. The project is open source and privately funded, with an MCP endpoint also available for AI-assistant clients.