SimpMusic
SimpMusic is a free, open-source YouTube and video client for Android. A simple music app using YouTube Music for backend. It has 11,781 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
- Android
- Kotlin
- YouTube & video clients
- Actively maintained
About SimpMusic
Not a simple music player, it's SimpMusic Features: - Play music from YouTube Music or YouTube for free, without ads and in the background - Browsing Home, Charts, Podcast, Moods & Genre with YouTube Music data at high speed - Search everything on YouTube - Analyze your playing data, create custom playlists, and sync with YouTube Music... - Spotify Canvas supported - Play 1080p video option with subtitle - AI song suggestions - Notifications from followed artists - Caching and offline playback support - Synced lyrics from SimpMusic Lyrics, LRCLIB, Spotify (require login) and YouTube Transcript - AI lyrics translation (BETA) (\) - Personalize data (\) and multi-YouTube-account support -…
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds SimpMusic from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
- Relies on a non-free network service
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is SimpMusic?
SimpMusic is a free, open-source YouTube and video client for Android. A simple music app using YouTube Music for backend. It has 11,781 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
Is SimpMusic free and open source?
Yes. SimpMusic's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-only license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid flags these anti-features on its latest build: relies on a non-free network service.
How do I install SimpMusic?
You can install SimpMusic from F-Droid (package com.maxrave.simpmusic); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v2.2.0).
Is SimpMusic still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Oct 1, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.