# pear-devs/pear-desktop

Pear 🍐 is extension for music player

Repository: https://github.com/pear-devs/pear-desktop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pear-desktop
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: music, desktop-app, electron, node, music-player, music-player-application, windows, mac, macosx, linux, music-player-extension
Last push: 2026-08-26T20:36:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 90, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2693, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 66, "gap_med": 23.5, "n_releases_24m": 17}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 33189, forks 1959 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:58.154299+00:00)

## What it is
Pear Desktop is an unofficial Electron-based desktop application that wraps YouTube Music in a native-feeling desktop experience with plugin support. It is a volunteer-maintained, MIT-licensed music player client for Windows, macOS, and Linux with no affiliation to Google or YouTube.

## Use cases
- play youtube music in a desktop app
- youtube music desktop client with plugins
- native-feeling music player for windows mac linux
- control youtube music with media keys
- customize youtube music with extensions
- listen to youtube music without a browser tab

## When to choose
- you want a dedicated desktop app for YouTube Music instead of a browser tab
- you need cross-platform music player with plugin support
- you want native media key and desktop integration for YouTube Music

## When to avoid
- you need an officially supported Google client
- you want offline playback or local music file management
- you rely on features Google may change and break in an unofficial wrapper

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, audio-processing, plugin-system
- domain: media, desktop-applications, entertainment, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: music-player, youtube-music, electron-app, desktop-music, media-player, unofficial-client, electron, macos, linux, desktop, nodejs

## Member repositories
- pear-devs/pear-desktop (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:58.154299+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 2026-08-29T16:28:30.457443+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pear-devs/pear-desktop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:58.154299+00:00, sha bdb31496f72e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.