YTMDesktop2

YouTube Music, on your desktop

A beautiful YouTube Music desktop app with Last.fm, Discord RPC, tray view, themes, DPI-aware scaling, OBS overlays, and Stream Deck.

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YouTube Music Desktop playing a track in the main window

Built for desktop listening

Native window chrome, tray controls, themes, and lyrics that stay out of the way while YouTube Music plays.

  1. Player

    YouTube Music in a native window, with its own title bar, media keys, and the app settings one click away.

    YouTube Music Desktop playing a track in the main window

  2. Themes

    Bundled or custom styles, the current thumbnail as a background, and glass blur behind the player.

    YouTube Music Desktop with a custom theme and thumbnail background

  3. Synced lyrics

    Timed lyrics from Better Lyrics, Unison, and LRCLib, scrolling along with the track.

    YouTube Music Desktop showing timed lyrics for the playing track

  4. Tray view

    A now-playing popup anchored to the system tray: controls, progress, and the queue without opening the window.

    YouTube Music Desktop tray popup with now playing and queue

What it does

Tray view, theming, DPI-aware scaling, overlays, and hardware controls in one desktop client.

Tray viewQuick now-playing popup anchored to the system tray.DiscordShow friends what you are listening to.Stream DeckPlayback controls on Elgato hardware.ThemesBundled or custom styles, thumbnail background, and glass blur.Display zoomScale YouTube Music from 80% to 150%.DPI & scalingHigh-DPI chrome with OS display scale.Synced lyricsTimed lyrics via Better Lyrics, Unison, and LRCLib.OBS overlaysBrowser sources from the local API.Local APIHTTP endpoints for automation.Last.fmScrobble tracks and sync Now Playing.ChangelogPublished GitHub releases and notes.

Free, on every desktop

Windows, macOS, and Linux builds for every release channel, straight from GitHub.

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