# knighthat/Kreate

A multilingual YouTube Music frontend for Android, prioritize performance

Repository: https://github.com/knighthat/Kreate
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kreate
Homepage: https://kreate.knighthat.me
Language: Kotlin
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: android, kotlin-android, music-player, youtube-music, multilingual
Last push: 2026-09-02T17:43:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 91, longevity 50
- inputs: {"age_days": 709, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 63, "gap_med": 6.5, "n_releases_24m": 55}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1151, forks 66 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:14.098001+00:00)

## What it is
Kreate is an open-source Android music player that serves as a multilingual frontend for YouTube Music, forked from RiMusic with a strong emphasis on performance. It is written in Kotlin, distributed via F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid, and lets users stream music from YouTube's catalog in a native mobile app.

## Use cases
- play youtube music on android with a native app
- open source alternative to the official youtube music app
- stream music from youtube without using the full youtube app
- lightweight fast music player for my android phone
- music streaming app i can install from f-droid
- android music app that works in my language

## When to choose
- You use YouTube Music as your music source but want a faster, open-source Android client
- You prefer installing apps from F-Droid or IzzyOnDroid rather than proprietary app stores
- You need a music app localized in many languages

## When to avoid
- You need an iOS, desktop, or web client - Kreate targets Android only
- You want to manage a local music library or a self-hosted streaming server instead of streaming from YouTube
- You cannot rely on unofficial third-party access to YouTube's catalog, which can break when YouTube changes

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: streaming
- domain: media, entertainment, android-tools
- platform: -
- tags: music-player, youtube-music, kotlin, multilingual, audio-streaming, f-droid, rimusic-fork, performance-focused, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- knighthat/Kreate (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:14.098001+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 2026-08-30T06:34:39.726767+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/knighthat/Kreate (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:14.098001+00:00, sha 9afcb18636f8)
  - homepage: https://kreate.knighthat.me (fetched 2026-08-29T12:39:36.914277+00:00, sha 8c838b3b8a06)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.