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https://github.com/ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop
A Desktop App for YouTube Music
https://github.com/ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop
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A Desktop App for YouTube Music
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop
- Owner: ytmdesktop
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2018-10-19T16:20:49.000Z (about 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: development
- Last Pushed: 2024-10-27T20:24:35.000Z (about 2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-29T14:53:17.028Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: app, desktop, discord, electron, electron-application, hacktoberfest, javascript, linux, mac, music, music-player, node, scrobbler, windows, youtube, youtube-music, youtube-music-player, youtube-player
- Language: TypeScript
- Homepage: https://ytmdesktop.app
- Size: 11.2 MB
- Stars: 3,936
- Watchers: 49
- Forks: 448
- Open Issues: 201
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# YouTube Music Desktop App
### Now with a Fresh new Codebase 😉
[![Discord][discord-img]][discord-url]
[![Gitmoji][gitmoji-img]][gitmoji-url]
[![GitHub license][license-img]][license-url]
[![GitHub release][release-img]][release-url]
[![Download][download-img]][download-url]
# ⬇️ Download at
#### Windows
- Winget: ```winget install "YouTube Music Desktop App"``` or ```winget install Ytmdesktop.Ytmdesktop```
- Scoop: ```scoop bucket add extras``` then ```scoop install ytmdesktop``` (Community Maintained)
- Binaries:
#### Linux
- Arch Linux (AUR): (Community Maintained)
- Binaries:
#### Mac
- Brew: ```brew install --cask ytmdesktop-youtube-music``` (Community Maintained)
- Binaries:
# Developing
To clone and run this repository you'll need [Git](https://git-scm.com) and [Node.js (v20)](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) (which comes with [npm](http://npmjs.com)) installed on your computer. From your command line:
```sh
# Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop.git
# Go into the directory
cd ytmdesktop
```
##### And:
```sh
# If you do not have Yarn Installed / New to Node as a whole you can enable Yarn with:
corepack enable
# Install dependencies
yarn install
# Run the app
yarn start
```
# Building the Project
To build for your platform you need to run `yarn make`, however please see the information below regarding the required additionally Software, Tools and Packages which are needed to successfully package into a nice installer file.
## Windows
To download the full suite of Tools/Software needed to build the app it is recommended to install the suite of build tools that electron provide which includes Visual Studio, Python and other tools.
`npm i -g @electron/build-tools`
This will start downloading and installing, and may require a few prompts here and there to finalise everything.
## Linux
Building the project on Linux only requires you to install:
- For building on Debian based Linux Distros like Ubuntu, you will need to install `fakeroot` and `dpkg`
- For building on RedHat based Linux Distros like Fedora, you will need to install `rpm` or `rpm-build`
*please note that by default both packages are built if you try building this application on a linux distro*
## Contributors
A Thank you to all the contributors throughout the project, without their work this project would have just been a small project and never expanded to where it is now.
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[discord-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/Discord-JOIN-GREEN.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=discord
[discord-url]: https://discord.gg/88P2n2a
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[gitmoji-url]: https://gitmoji.carloscuesta.me
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[license-url]: https://github.com/ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop/blob/master/LICENSE
[release-img]: https://img.shields.io/github/release/ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=flattr
[release-url]: https://GitHub.com/ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop/releases/
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[download-url]: https://github.com/ytmdesktop/ytmdesktop/releases/
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