CLUSTER MUSIC-YOUTUBE-COMMAND · 6 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2021-07-01

YouTube Music CLI tools

This cluster consists of six utilities that interact with YouTube Music, primarily from the command line, covering downloading, streaming, playlist conversion, and integration with local media servers like Jellyfin. The dated history is sparse: one entry in July 2021, one in October 2024, and then four entries between January and July 2026, suggesting a long dormant period followed by a cluster of recent releases. The traction leaders are goyt-bin, ytm, and Playlifin, each with 0 stars, indicating negligible community engagement so far.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JUL 2021: 1SEP 2025: 1JAN 2026: 1MAR 2026: 1JUN 2026: 1JUL 2026: 1
JUL 2021JUL 2026

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 hand-coded · 5 unlabelled

Operator · 6 open source

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 6 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01sync-yt0★1 moliveopen sourceCommand-line tool that downloads YouTube music playlists and mirrors them into local directories.
  2. 02goyt-bin0★3 moliveopen sourceCommand-line player that streams songs from the YouTube Music catalog.
  3. 03ytm0★4 moliveopen sourceCommand-line client that searches and plays songs from YouTube Music.
  4. 04jakym0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceCommand-line music player that streams YouTube Music and imports playlists from Spotify and YouTube for lightweight listening.
  5. 05music-cli0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceCommand-line tool that downloads audio from YouTube music for offline listening.
  6. 06gomusic0★9 mostaleliveopen sourceCommand-line utility that downloads music from YouTube and converts it to MP3 for offline listening.