Limusic
Limusic is a free, open-source media player for Windows, macOS and Linux. Feature rich, native desktop, YouTube Music client. It has 1,387 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at SimoHypers/limusic.
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About Limusic
A native desktop YouTube Music client. Rust + Tauri, ad-free, no Electron. Limusic talks directly to YouTube's internal API and plays audio through libmpv: no bundled browser runtime, no backend server, no ads in the audio. It started as a desktop rebuild of the playback engine behind Metrolist, an Android YouTube Music client, and grew from there.
Install Limusic
Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.
AUR (Arch Linux)
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Is Limusic free and open source?
Yes. Limusic's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Limusic?
the AUR package limusic-bin. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v1.3.0).
Is Limusic still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 27, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.