# Venipa/ytmdesktop2

Unofficial Youtube Music Desktop App, with Discord RPC & LastFM support.

Repository: https://github.com/Venipa/ytmdesktop2
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ytmdesktop2
Homepage: https://youtube-music.app
Language: TypeScript
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: discord, youtube, youtube-music, ytm, ytmusic, youtube-player, music, music-player, electron, app, node, youtube-music-player, typescript, javascript, last-fm, lastfm, react, trpc
Last push: 2026-08-23T16:50:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1997, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 16, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 69}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1038, forks 55 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:19.603769+00:00)

## What it is
YTMDesktop2 is an unofficial Electron desktop client for YouTube Music with Last.fm scrobbling, Discord Rich Presence, tray view, synced lyrics, themes, and OBS overlays. It exposes a local HTTP API and Stream Deck plugin for playback control and automation.

## Use cases
- listen to youtube music in a native desktop app
- scrobble tracks to last.fm
- show currently playing song in discord status
- display now-playing overlay in obs
- control music playback from stream deck
- view synced lyrics while listening
- customize youtube music appearance with themes

## When to choose
- you want a dedicated desktop client for YouTube Music instead of a browser tab
- you need Discord Rich Presence or Last.fm scrobbling for your listening
- you stream and want now-playing browser sources in OBS
- you want tray-based playback controls and synced lyrics

## When to avoid
- you need an official, Google-supported YouTube Music client
- you want offline playback or local music file management
- you rely on the removed mini player feature
- upstream YouTube Music DOM changes breaking custom themes is unacceptable

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, audio-processing, http-server, middleware
- domain: media, desktop-applications, entertainment, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: youtube-music, discord-rich-presence, lastfm-scrobbling, obs-overlays, stream-deck, synced-lyrics, tray-view, themes, local-api, macos, linux, electron, desktop

## Member repositories
- Venipa/ytmdesktop2 (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.603769+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 2026-08-30T07:04:13.761878+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Venipa/ytmdesktop2 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.603769+00:00, sha 24b95259fee3)
  - homepage: https://youtube-music.app (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:04.286915+00:00, sha 25e531e3f79c)
  - site_page: https://youtube-music.app/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:04.295846+00:00, sha 6f1dbae95ab4)
  - site_page: https://youtube-music.app/docs/features/tray-view (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:04.300891+00:00, sha 6e2bc27dcf20)
  - site_page: https://youtube-music.app/docs/features/discord (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:04.302496+00:00, sha d685a9a44c52)
  - site_page: https://youtube-music.app/docs/integrations/streamdeck (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:04.304457+00:00, sha 56a3fb53e8db)
  - site_page: https://youtube-music.app/docs/features/themes (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:04.306845+00:00, sha 3b677f4e73c2)
  - site_page: https://youtube-music.app/docs/features/display (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:04.308885+00:00, sha 3fca58fbdedb)
  - site_page: https://youtube-music.app/docs/features/dpi (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:04.310652+00:00, sha 8898af5b5799)
  - site_page: https://youtube-music.app/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T13:05:04.297795+00:00, sha a84ee0d1edfb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.