# z-huang/InnerTune

A Material 3 YouTube Music client for Android

Repository: https://github.com/z-huang/InnerTune
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/innertune
Language: Kotlin
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: music, music-player, youtube, android, youtube-music, material-design, materialyou, innertube
Last push: 2025-11-13T03:16:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 46/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 52, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2395, "days_push": 293, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6052, forks 431 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:34.632917+00:00)

## What it is
InnerTune is a Material 3 YouTube Music client for Android that streams songs from YouTube and YouTube Music without ads. It supports background playback, offline caching/downloads, synchronized lyrics, and account login.

## Use cases
- play youtube music without ads on android
- download songs for offline listening
- background music playback app
- view synchronized lyrics while listening
- use youtube music with android auto
- stream music with a material you themed player

## When to choose
- you want an ad-free YouTube Music experience on Android
- you need offline downloads and caching of songs
- you want Material 3 theming, Android Auto, and Discord Rich Presence support

## When to avoid
- you are in a region where YouTube Music is unavailable and cannot use a proxy/VPN
- you need an iOS or desktop music client
- you want built-in scrobbling to Last.fm or ListenBrainz

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, search-engine, gui
- domain: media, android-tools, entertainment
- platform: -
- tags: youtube-music, material-design-3, music-streaming, offline-playback, ad-free, discord-rich-presence, android-auto, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- z-huang/InnerTune (main) score 46

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.632917+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:48:55.671216+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/z-huang/InnerTune (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.632917+00:00, sha 187adb22010c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.