# Limusic (open-source media player)

> 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.

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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/SimoHypers/limusic |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 1,387 |
| License | GPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | Rust |
| Website | https://simohypers.github.io/limusic |
| Official | no |
| Category | Media players |
| Latest release | v1.3.0 (Oct 19, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 27, 2026 |

## Install

### AUR (Arch Linux)

Package page: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/limusic-bin

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