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24 alternatives to YouTube Music Desktop Player

Turns the YouTube Music site into a desktop application.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   YTMDesktop App▲6

   Free cross platform Desktop Player for YouTube Music

   2020 · ytmdesktop.app · its alternatives →

2. 2
   YTMP▲104

   Play YouTube videos as audio in background without ads

   2021 · ytmp.itsvg.in · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Rey▲23

   Re-imagined Youtube Music Player For Desktop (WebApp)

   2018 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   SoundNode▲315

   SoundCloud desktop app (OS X, Windows, Linux)

   2016 · soundnodeapp.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   YT Music▲119

   An unofficial Mac app for YouTube Music

   2018 · ytmusic.app · its alternatives →

6. 6
   YouTube Music▲254

   Google's YouTube app built just for music

   2015 · music.youtube.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   CloudTunes▲307

   Web-based music player for the cloud :cloud: :notes: Play music from YouTube, Dropbox, etc. - GitHub - jkbrzt/cloudtunes: Web-based music player for the cloud :notes: Play music from YouTube, Dropbox, etc.

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Youtube Music for Desktop▲6

   Youtube Music but on your Desktop

   2021 · youtube-music.app · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Streamus (new version)▲140

   Turns YouTube into the music player

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Youify▲113

    Convert YouTube playlists to Spotify in seconds

    2023 · anon-youify.netlify.app · its alternatives →

11. 11
    PlayTube▲69

    Makes YouTube into great music streaming service (chrome)

    2014 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Tubenab▲108

    Discover and convert YouTube videos to MP3 & MP4

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13MP
    Music Player for YouTube▲12

    2016 · zinamen.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Headset – Desktop YouTube Music Player▲9

    Desktop music player built on YouTube and Reddit

    2017 · headsetapp.co · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Vidlis▲72

    Create music playlists from YouTube videos.

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Projectify▲72

    Turns your music play list into a music video playlist

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    YouTube Musical Spectrum – visualizer for YouTube with musical notes▲72

    Dear, This is an update from first submission [1]. New features: - add Hz scale - add YT Music support - add microphone recording - add scale (x and y) options to reduce CPU usage [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28135562

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    YTMP : YouTube Music Player▲3

    Play YouTube videos as Music with tons of Features.

    2021 · ytmp.vercel.app · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Backtube▲53

    Playlist sharing, music streaming aggregator

    2021 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    TunesFun YouTube Music Converter▲7

    Download & Convert YouTube Music to MP3

    2024 · tunesfun.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Mp, a hybrid isomorphic web/desktop music player▲23

    Hybrid music player. Contribute to ondras/mp development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Turn YouTube playlists into video podcasts▲8

    Turn YouTube playlists into video podcasts. Contribute to cprecioso/tubecaster development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    TrackMeld▲6

    Youtube to spotify playlist converter

    2025 · trackmeld.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    YouTube Music for Mac▲10

    A Mac app wrapper for YouTube Music

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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