YouTube Music Desktop App

This is a fork of ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop which includes unofficial programs and modified components. I do not handle any responsibility if user has done any further actions that violates the license which stands by the owner of the repository

A cross-platform desktop application for YouTube Music, providing a native experience with enhanced features.

Features

• Native Experience: Integrated media keys, taskbar controls, and desktop notifications.
• Customization: Support for custom CSS themes, including a built-in Liquid Glass aesthetic.
• Integrated Adblocker: Built-in protection against advertisements and tracking.
• Cross-Platform: Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
• Integrations: Support for Last.fm scrobbling, Discord Rich Presence, and more.

Download

All available download mirrors for your OS is included below (currently on v3.0.0-hotfix as latest on v3.0.0 tag)

OS	Architecture	GitHub Actions	GitHub Releases
Windows	x86_64 (amd64)	YTMDesktop-Astear17_3.0.0_windows-x64	YTMDesktop-Astear17_3.0.0_win-x64.exe
Windows	ARM64 (aarch64)	YTMDesktop-Astear17_3.0.0_windows-arm64	YTMDesktop-Astear17_3.0.0_win-arm64.exe
macOS	x86_64 (Intel)	YTMDesktop-Astear17_3.0.0_macos-x64	YTMDesktop-Astear17_3.0.0_darwin-x64.zip
macOS	ARM64	YTMDesktop-Astear17_3.0.0_macos-arm64	YTMDesktop-Astear17_3.0.0_darwin-arm64.zip
Linux	x86_64 (amd64)	YTMDesktop-Astear17_3.0.0_linux-x64	YTMDesktop-Astear17_3.0.0_linux-amd64.deb YTMDesktop-Astear17_3.0.0_linux-x86_64.rpm
Linux	ARM64 (aarch64)	YTMDesktop-Astear17_3.0.0_linux-arm64	YTMDesktop-Astear17_3.0.0_linux-arm64.deb YTMDesktop-Astear17_3.0.0_linux-arm64.rpm

SHA-256 - Verify before you download
windows-x64 — c05b0940da58ac0914ce27cf0d3b81a1e36055d5337b925a2949d17b498006c6
windows-arm64 — 0498ae5f4dd01dc66f1ddf4fc995f407b69c6118ed9a9443cde9274171a717e9
macos-x64 — 16c1e9e62753fd78057a5692c2b1d18d1047e2cb85170ba69a07bb396382b122
macos-arm64 — 58ed808f61658b296085fb80c5c2f5f38b10613ab581bf2b548df6e555e8caa6
linux-x64 — bf4720ee5336eeb3b876fa8927398fd4b79270e58a86dd15e8ff92cd17a2bf4f
linux-arm64 — 4065218151beda7234ebf368186af6eb9e4782cb4f520145055647ad08134397

For the next manual build, open the Actions tab and use the newest Manual Build & Release run; artifact names will include the current package.json version.

Development

Prerequisites

• Git
• Node.js (v20 or higher)
• Yarn

Build & Run in Development Mode

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Astear17/ytmdesktop.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd ytmdesktop

3. Enable Corepack to use the included Yarn version:

   corepack enable

4. Install dependencies:

   yarn install

5. Start the application in development mode:

   yarn start

Building

To package the application for your current platform, run:

yarn make

Build Requirements

• Windows: Requires Electron Build Tools or Visual Studio with C++ build tools.
• Linux: Requires fakeroot and dpkg (for Debian/Ubuntu) or rpm (for RedHat/Fedora).

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License. See the LICENSE file for details.