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24 alternatives to Streamus – A Chrome extension for listening to YouTube music

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Streamus – A Chrome extension for listening to YouTube music launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Streamus - An open-source Chrome extension for managing YouTube music▲9

   Hey everyone, I'm a young developer with a penchant for music and quality software. I have spent the last 16 months developing an open-source Google Chrome extension which attempts to simplify the experience of using YouTube to play music. Streamus: http://streamus.com/ Streamus currently has 14,000 users and is the #1 trending / #4 ranked 'fun' extension in the web store. I've built it entirely from scratch while teaching myself the basics of BackboneJS (and Backbone.Marionette), RequireJS, GruntJS and many other, smaller libraries. It has been a great learning…

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Streamus (new version)▲140

   Turns YouTube into the music player

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Huzza▲101

   A live-streaming platform for musicians

   2015 · huzza.io · its alternatives →

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   Musikcube▲107

   A fully functional terminal-based music player

   2017 · musikcube.com · its alternatives →

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   Streamus▲85

   Simple, Streaming Music

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Music Max▲62

   A minimalistic music player for YouTube

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   BeatWhale – an open source YouTube streaming application▲5

   2015 · beatwhale.com · its alternatives →

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   Facile.Audio – A library for live audio streaming from the browser▲7

   2016 · facile.audio · its alternatives →

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   Songlink – Link generator for sharing songs across streaming platforms▲9

   2015 · songl.ink · its alternatives →

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    MeTube▲5

    Easily manage and listen to YouTube music.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11MM
    Minimal music player, uses YouTube as source▲9

    2020 · music.reaper.im · its alternatives →

12. 12UM
    Ultimate mashup Web-based music player (Last.FM API)▲9

    2014 · thepara.de · its alternatives →

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    a simple music listening app backed by node.js and redis▲5

    2013 · binb.jit.su · its alternatives →

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    Flow, a WebRTC/Web Audio HTML5 experiment.▲6

    2012 · trypwire.flow.jit.su · its alternatives →

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    Text-To-Speech Chrome Extensions for HN▲6

    2018 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Web Audio Pitch Shifter for Videos – Chrome Extension▲5

    2015 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-Source Music Streams Made with Loops and Randomness▲9

    2020 · celody.com · its alternatives →

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    Chrome extension to show beautiful transcripts on YouTube▲5

    2024 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

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    Songturtle, a web app to help you learn music by ear▲7

    2019 · jakewilson.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Tone.js▲7

    A framework for creating interactive music in the browser

    2017 · tonejs.github.io · its alternatives →

21. 21CM
    Customizable music loops for videos, games, podcasts▲8

    2019 · studio.awsm.st · its alternatives →

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    Jazzari▲7

    A programmable band in your browser

    2017 · jackschaedler.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Mixcloud▲2

    Audio streaming platform for music and podcasts

    2015 · mixcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    Mootu.be - a cleaner way to view YouTube videos▲5

    2012 · mootu.be · its alternatives →

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