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ytm-rs

Fast, lightweight native YouTube Music desktop client for Windows built in Rust.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: lyrics display and playlists.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “A 9 MB download with word-by-word synced lyrics, romanization, 26 themes and no Electron.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Listening • Your music feed: Listen again, Quick picks, your mixes (My Supermix, Discover Mix and more) and mood filters, refreshed each time you open a page. • Explore and search: new releases, charts, and search…” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of ytm-rs is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

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  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 8 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub grapedjuice/ytm-rs (GPL-3.0-only)

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