ytmusic-desktop

UNOFFICIAL: YouTube Music as a desktop application which you can control with your media keys.

Binaries

Find the latest binaries (mac, win, linux 64) in https://github.com/mayrd/ytmusic-desktop/releases

Usage

When you start the app, it opens https://music.youtube.com. In order to use it properly, login with your Google account. After you started you can simply use your Media Keys on your Keyboard or use the alternative key mapping.

Function	Key	Alternative Key
Play or Pause Playback	⏯	Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Next Song	⏭	Ctrl+Shift+→
Previous Song	⏮	Ctrl+Shift+←
Thumbs Up	-	Ctrl+Shift+↑
Thumbs Down	-	Ctrl+Shift+↓

Build yourself

The application is built with electron (http://electronjs.org). Install nodejs, download the package, install packages with npm install and run npm start.

Looking for an Installer?

Build the packages with npm run build-mac64 or npm run build-linux64 or npm run build-win32.

If you need .dmg, .deb or anything related, use the specific installer, i.e. (install with npm electron-installer-debian -g):

electron-installer-debian --src release-builds/ytmusic-linux-x64/ --dest release-builds/ --arch amd64 --icon media/logo.png