v0.5.1

What's new

• 10 s back / forward buttons in the player bar (next to play/pause).

Under the hood

• Built-in benchmarks (scripts/bench.ps1): rendering, memory, startup and click-to-sound latency. Numbers in BENCHMARK_BASELINE.md and BENCHMARK_LATENCY.md.

Install / update

Already on 0.5.0? Click the red UpDate button in the app. Otherwise download YoutubeInRustWeb-Setup.exe below (SmartScreen: More info → Run anyway).

YoutubeInRustWeb 0.5.0

YoutubeInRustWeb 0.5.0

New

• UpDate button (top right): it turns red when there is a new version. One click
  downloads it, installs it and reopens the app. No more downloading every version by hand.
• Jam over the internet: listen together from different places. The host picks a
  Jam name and a password; the others type the same two. No IP addresses, no router ports.
• Faster songs: playback starts while the song is still downloading; songs you already
  played start instantly; skipping many songs quickly no longer runs into YouTube's limits as easily.
• Queue: + now plays the song next (after the ones you added before), and you can
  press and drag songs to reorder the queue.
• Search as you type (no need to press Enter).
• Back / forward arrows between screens.
• Equalizer is back in Settings, with presets.
• Wider scrollbars, separated from the list.

Fixes

• Liked songs and the "Liked Music" card load again (requests are now signed in).
• User playlists load again (YouTube changed their format).
• "Sign in to confirm you're not a bot": the app retries with your session instead of
  skipping song after song.
• Turning off "similar songs" is now respected when you play a single song or clear the queue.
• Drawing glitches (after Tab, other windows, or an old song title staying on screen) are gone.
• The song title, Windows media panel and tray update immediately when you skip.

Download

YoutubeInRustWeb-Setup.exe below (Windows 10/11 x64). It updates an existing installation.
The installer is not code-signed: on "Windows protected your PC" click More info → Run anyway.
From this version on, future updates are one click on UpDate.

YoutubeInRustWeb 0.4.0

YoutubeInRustWeb 0.4.0

New

• Jam (listen together): listen in sync with up to 8 people. The host creates a Jam and shares
  the address; guests can add songs, play/pause, skip and seek. See the
  README.
• Closing the window (X) now quits the app.
• Faster song start (yt-dlp).

Changes

• Spotify removed: the app is now YouTube Music only (smaller and lighter).
• Simpler Settings page: each change is saved immediately. Advanced options (equalizer, hotkeys,
  local API, Jam port...) are still available in %APPDATA%\YoutubeInRustWeb\config.json.

Download

YoutubeInRustWeb-Setup.exe below (Windows 10/11 x64). It updates an existing installation.
The installer is not code-signed: on "Windows protected your PC" click More info → Run anyway.

YoutubeInRustWeb 0.3.0

YoutubeInRustWeb 0.3.0

Fixes

• YouTube and Spotify no longer mix: each source has its own queue, library and home.
  Switching sources parks the other queue and restores it when you come back.
• Spotify "HTTP 429 Too Many Requests": requests are now sent one at a time, cached for
  10 minutes and retried automatically after Spotify's Retry-After. If it still happens, you can
  set your own Client ID (see the README).
• Free Spotify accounts no longer close the app: a clear notice explains that playback
  requires Premium (search and playlists still work).
• The Google sign-in window opens centered over the app.
• Saving settings no longer switches the source back to YouTube.

New

• Accent color follows the source: red for YouTube Music, green for Spotify.

Spotify playback requires a Premium account.

Download

YoutubeInRustWeb-Setup.exe below (Windows 10/11 x64). It updates an existing installation.
The installer is not code-signed: on "Windows protected your PC" click More info → Run anyway.

YoutubeInRustWeb 0.2.0

YoutubeInRustWeb 0.2.0

Native YouTube Music + Spotify player written in Rust — ~25 MB of RAM while playing
(the official Electron-based apps use 300–700 MB).

Download

YoutubeInRustWeb-Setup.exe below. Windows 10/11 x64, per-user install (no admin rights).

The installer is not code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen will show "Windows protected your PC".
Click More info → Run anyway.

Highlights

• YouTube Music: home charts, search, artists, albums, playlists, automatic radio, synced lyrics.
• Spotify (Premium required): switch source in the sidebar and sign in from Settings.
• 10-band equalizer, media keys + Windows media overlay, tray, global hotkeys.
• Discord Rich Presence, Last.fm / ListenBrainz scrobbling, SponsorBlock, local HTTP API.
• On first launch it downloads yt-dlp automatically (and deno if Node.js is not installed).

Notes

• The user interface is in Spanish.
• Spotify playback could not be tested by the author yet (no Premium account); please report issues
  with %APPDATA%\YoutubeInRustWeb\app.log attached.