YouTube Music

![Screenshot](screenshot.png "Screenshot)

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

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

Dev

git clone https://github.com/th-ch/youtube-music
cd youtube-music
npm install
npm 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:

// 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-packager.

License

MIT © th-ch