YTStream

Tired of ads on YouTube while listening to music? Look no further. YTStream is a music streaming application that enables ad-free music streaming from YouTube.

Why use YTStream

While yt-dlp and other similar applications enable downloading from YouTube, streaming is an entriely different issue. With YTStream, it is now possible to stream audio ad-free from YouTube.

What's more: you can queue audio tracks to play or even jump to any track in the queue, making YTStream your DIY audio streaming app.

Features

• Ad-free audio streaming from YouTube at the highest quality supported (stereo OPUS or AAC)
• Autoplay
• Audio queueing
• Navigation/jump-to-track support in queues
• Audio seek, speed and volume control
• Audio download support
• Theme switching (light/dark/system)

Using the App

YTStream has a TypeScript, React + Vite frontend and a Python + FastAPI backend.

To run the app:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone

2. Navigate to the backend directory:

   cd backend

3. Activate the virtual environment (optional):

   Unix-based systems

   source venv/bin/activate

   Windows

   venv\Scripts\activate

4. Install backend dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Start the backend server:

   uvicorn main:app --reload

6. Install frontend dependencies:

   cd frontend
   npm install

7. Start the frontend development server:

   npm run dev

8. Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:5173 to access the app.

Releases

Find the latest release here.