ccMixter

varies per-file review Credit: Required verified 37d ago Go to source

Remix community and CC music archive (stems, a cappellas, finished tracks). There is no site-wide commercial grant. The attribution page splits CC BY ("used free commercially") and CC BY-NC (personal use only) and lists YouTube, remixes, mobile apps, and games as example contexts. The homepage lead is still "Free Music for YouTube." Treat it like Freesound: open the track, reject NC, credit BY, watch for ND if any remain. Prefer Incompetech (Kevin MacLeod) or Kenney Music Jingles when you want one license for the whole library.

At a glance

Licence: varies what it means
Commercial use: per-file review
Credit: Required
Status: needs-review: Useful, but a real question is open. Verify before you ship.
Open question: Confirm whether any ccMixter tracks carry ND terms, since each track's licence must be read on its own page.
Verified: 2026-10-04 (37d ago)
Formats: MP3, WAV

Credit line

Music "{title}" by {artist} Available at ccMixter.org {url} Under {CC license} {license-url}

Fill in {title}, {artist}, {url}, {CC license} and {license-url} before you ship. The line is a template.

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Link to this entry

Markdown:

[![Licence read by Free Game Dev Assets](https://tmhsdigital.github.io/Free-Game-Dev-Assets/badge/ccmixter.svg)](https://tmhsdigital.github.io/Free-Game-Dev-Assets/entry/ccmixter/)

HTML:

<a href="https://tmhsdigital.github.io/Free-Game-Dev-Assets/entry/ccmixter/"><img src="https://tmhsdigital.github.io/Free-Game-Dev-Assets/badge/ccmixter.svg" alt="Licence read by Free Game Dev Assets" /></a>

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Notes

Attribution how-to: ccmixter.org/how-to-attribute-ccmixter-tracks
dig.ccmixter.org/free is their CC BY search. dig.ccmixter.org/ccplus is the NC side. Filters are not a legal guarantee
MixterPlus (mixter.plus) is a separate invite product. This entry is ccMixter.org
Interactive sync of an ND track is still the usual trap. On 2026-08-24's attribution page only pictured BY and BY-NC. That is not proof ND never appears
Checklist: CC flavors named, commercial per track, attribution required, not a Unity/Fab EULA, named community, not blocklisted, catalog claims no rights
commercial: varies (set 2026-10-04): the attribution page names CC BY as commercial-ok and CC BY NC as personal use only, so this is the per-file case. Still open: whether any tracks carry ND (the page shows only BY and BY-NC), and each track's licence must be read on its own page, so the entry stays needs-review
Review: confirm whether any ccMixter tracks carry ND terms, since each track's licence must be read on its own page.

Evidence

Live attribution page (2026-08-24): "CC BY used free commercially"
Live attribution page (2026-08-24): "CC BY NC may be used freely for personal use"
Live attribution page (2026-08-24): usable in "YouTube videos, remixes, mobile apps, games, and more"
Live homepage (2026-08-24): "Free Music for YouTube" / "social media videos"
Live attribution page (2026-10-04): "Depending on which Creative Commons license the artist has designated: CC BY used free commercially ; tracks licensed CC BY NC may be used freely for personal use."; "Be sure to give credit in the video or app or game itself."
Live homepage (2026-10-04): "Looking for music for a video, app, game, podcast"; "It's free to use if you give us credit"

ccMixter

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