YouTube Music

Electron wrapper around YouTube Music featuring:

• Native look & feel, aims at keeping the original interface
• Framework for custom plugins: change YouTube Music to your needs (style, content, features), enable/disable plugins in one click

Download

You can check out the latest release to quickly find the latest version.

Available plugins:

• Ad Blocker: block all ads and tracking out of the box
• No Google Login: remove Google login buttons and links from the interface
• Shortcuts: use your usual shortcuts (media keys, Ctrl/CMD + F…) to control YouTube Music
• Navigation: next/back navigation arrows directly integrated in the interface, like in your favorite browser
• Auto confirm when paused: when the "Continue Watching?" modal appears, automatically click "Yes"

Dev

git clone https://github.com/th-ch/youtube-music
cd youtube-music
yarn
yarn start

Build your own plugins

Using plugins, you can:

• manipulate the app - the BrowserWindow from electron is passed to the plugin handler
• change the front by manipulating the HTML/CSS

Creating a plugin

Create a folder in plugins/YOUR-PLUGIN-NAME:

• if you need to manipulate the BrowserWindow, create a file back.js with the following template:

module.exports = win => {
	// win is the BrowserWindow object
};

• if you need to change the front, create a file front.js with the following template:

module.exports = () => {
	// This function will be called as a preload script
	// So you can use front features like `document.querySelector`
};

Common use cases

• injecting custom CSS: create a style.css file in the same folder then:

const path = require("path");
const { injectCSS } = require("../utils");

// back.js
module.exports = win => {
	injectCSS(win.webContents, path.join(__dirname, "style.css"));
};

• changing the HTML:

// front.js
module.exports = () => {
	// Remove the login button
	document.querySelector(".sign-in-link.ytmusic-nav-bar").remove();
};

• communicating between the front and back: can be done using the ipcMain module from electron. See utils.js file and example in navigation plugin.

Build

npm run build

Builds the app for macOS, Linux, and Windows, using electron-builder.

License

MIT © th-ch