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 ☕