YTubic v0.1.0

The first public release of YTubic — a fast, responsive YouTube Music desktop client for Windows.

Highlights

• ⚡ Fast, responsive UI — instant navigation with prefetch and aggressive caching
• 🎛️ Flexible player layouts — dock the player at the bottom or as a right-side panel
• 🪟 Floating player widget — compact always-on-top mini-player
• 🎤 Synced lyrics — line-by-line lyrics from LRCLIB, Musixmatch and Genius
• 🖼️ Hi-res cover art — upgrades album covers to high-resolution studio art when available
• 📚 Full library — your playlists, likes, albums, artists; search with filters; radio/autoplay
• 🎹 Windows integration — media keys, System Media Transport Controls, tray icon
• 🔄 Auto-updates — the app keeps itself (and its yt-dlp copy) up to date automatically

Install

Download YTubic_0.1.0_x64-setup.exe below and run it.

• Windows 10/11, 64-bit.
• SmartScreen may warn that the app is unrecognized — the installer is not code-signed yet (certificates are expensive for a free project). Click More info → Run anyway, or build from source.
• On first launch the app downloads its own copy of yt-dlp (~12 MB) and keeps it updated.
• Signing in is optional: browsing and playback work anonymously; sign in to get your library, likes and playlists.

Notes

YTubic is an unofficial client — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google or YouTube. See the README for the full disclaimer and FAQ.

Found a bug? Open an issue. Enjoying the app? Buy me a coffee ☕