MatchMonkey is a versatile and powerful MediaMonkey 5 add-on designed to enhance your music discovery and playlist creation experience. It integrates multiple discovery modes—including artist, track, genre, mood, and activity-based searches—leveraging the last.fm API and ReccoBeats.com to find music similar to your library or tailored to your mood and activities.
With intelligent multi-pass fuzzy matching, MatchMonkey accurately identifies tracks in your local library, ensuring high-quality matches. Advanced filtering, ranking by popularity, and randomization options allow you to customize playlists to your preferences. The add-on supports flexible playlist management, including creating new playlists, overwriting existing ones, or directly queuing tracks to Now Playing.
MatchMonkey also features an auto-queue mode for seamless, endless playback by automatically adding similar tracks as your playlist nears its end. Performance optimizations and caching ensure smooth operation without interrupting your listening.
Ideal for users seeking dynamic, personalized music exploration and continuous playback within MediaMonkey 5, MatchMonkey combines powerful APIs and smart algorithms to deliver an effortless and engaging listening experience.
For support and updates, visit the GitHub repository and consider supporting the project on Ko-fi.
Key Features
- Smart Discovery: Query Last.fm or ReccoBeats for similar artists, tracks, genre, or acoustics based on selected tracks or currently playing music
- Playlist Creation: Advanced options for creating playlists or enques to Now Playing
- Intelligent Matching: Advanced multi-pass fuzzy matching finds tracks in your local library with high accuracy
- Flexible Output: Create new playlists, overwrite existing ones, or queue tracks directly to Now Playing
- Auto-Queue Mode: Endless music by automatically queueing similar tracks when approaching the end of your playlist
- Ranking System: Prioritize popular tracks using Last.fm's popularity rankings
- Randomization: Optionally shuffle results for varied listening experiences
Updates: https://github.com/remo-imparato/SimilarArtistsMM5/releases
By
rimparato
Submitted by rimparato
Updated 02/02/2026
Version History / Details
- Version:
- 2.1.1
- Updated:
- 02/02/2026
- Size:
- 194.5 KB
- License:
- Dual MIT/Commercial
- Works with:
- Media Monkey 5.0.0
- Changes:
- Added ReccoBeats integration (new API module, mood/activity presets, blending logic).
- Core discovery and orchestration updates, including improved error handling and progress feedback.
- Auto‑Queue improvements (configurable thresholds, seed logic, duplicate handling).
- UI and options panel refinements (MatchMonkey settings).
- Documentation overhaul and new end‑user guides.
- Version:
- 2.0.14
- Updated:
- 26/01/2026
- Size:
- 1.45 MB
- License:
- Dual MIT/Commercial
- Works with:
- Media Monkey 5.0.0
- Changes:
• Smarter Auto Mode: higher default tracks-per-artist, tightened default limits, and improved discovery logic so automatic playlists are more reliable.
• Resilient auto-queue: multi-mode fallback keeps the queue populated when the primary discovery mode returns few results.
• Last.fm integration improved: API calls now use the correct seed/track limits for artists and genres; API key handling and the settings UI made more robust and user-friendly.
• Better track handling: more accurate track additions and automatic playback restart when the queue changes.
• Revised filters and minor UI/config tweaks for a cleaner configuration experience.
- Version:
- 2.0.3
- Updated:
- 24/01/2026
- Size:
- 1.44 MB
- License:
- Dual MIT/Commercial
- Works with:
- Media Monkey 5.0.0
- Changes:
Port from SimilarArtists with UI and feature updates. If you have SimilarArtists, remove it and add MatchMonkey to avoid menu confusion