YouTube Music Desktop App

The team is working on a V2 version of YTM Desktop which is a complete re-write of the project. Please see this issue for more details

Guide:

Available for

Windows

Winget: winget install "YouTube Music Desktop App" or winget install Ytmdesktop.Ytmdesktop
Chocolatey: choco install ytmdesktop
Binaries: https://github.com/ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop/releases

Linux

Arch Linux (AUR): https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ytmdesktop-git
Snap: https://snapcraft.io/youtube-music-desktop-app
Binaries: https://github.com/ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop/releases

Mac

Brew: brew install --cask ytmdesktop-youtube-music
Binaries: https://github.com/ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop/releases

Installing ytmdesktop

To clone and run this repository you'll need Git and Node.js (which comes with npm) installed on your computer. From your command line:

# Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop.git
# Go into the directory
cd ytmdesktop

And:

# Install dependencies
yarn install
# Run the app
yarn start

Note: If you're using Linux Bash for Windows, see this guide or use node from the command prompt.

To contribute for your own language

Navigate to ytmdesktop-locales and follow the instructions there.

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