ymp

YouTube Media Player. Browse and play YouTube music/audio from the terminal.

Important!

This is not like a normal music player. Searching and Playing are not instant as it needs to fetch results for search and then use mpv to stream directly with the video's link. This doesn't store anything locally, so far. I needed this tool personally so I published it, in case someone else needs it as well <3

Installation (Linux)

Run this command:

curl -fL "https://github.com/trap251/ymp/releases/latest/download/ymp" -o /tmp/ymp \
  && sudo install -m 755 /tmp/ymp /usr/local/bin/ymp

Or manually:

1. Download the latest ymp binary from releases
2. Place it in the binaries folder i.e. ~/.local/bin/ or /usr/local/bin/
3. Run 'ymp' in the terminal to use the application

Make sure to have the following dependencies installed:

1. yt-dlp (For YouTube search)
2. mpv (For media playback)

I use arch (btw), but this should work on any linux distro.

Controls

Playback (common mpv controls)

9/0     |   Decrease/Increase Volume
Space   |   Play/Pause
<-/->   |   Seek Backward/Forward
Escape  |   Stop

Screenshots