🎵 anysong

Download any song as a properly named MP3. One command. Single binary.

anysong download "Lil Wayne Lollipop"
# → ~/music/lollipop_by_lil_wayne.mp3

How It Works

1. Search Deezer (free API) for clean metadata — title, artist, album
2. Download from YouTube using yt-dlp (falls back to SoundCloud if YouTube blocks)
3. Clean filename — title_by_artist.mp3, no garbage characters

Install

From Source (requires Go 1.22+)

git clone https://github.com/damoahdominic/anysong.git
cd anysong
go build -o anysong .
sudo mv anysong /usr/local/bin/

Prerequisites

• yt-dlp — pip install yt-dlp or brew install yt-dlp
• ffmpeg — apt install ffmpeg or brew install ffmpeg

Docker

docker build -t anysong .
docker run --rm -v ~/music:/music anysong download "Lil Wayne Lollipop" --dir /music

Usage

# Download a song
anysong download "Lil Wayne Lollipop"

# Download to specific directory
anysong download "Wild Thoughts Rihanna" --dir ~/Music

# Browse results before downloading
anysong download "Bohemian Rhapsody" --pick

# Search without downloading
anysong search "Drake" --limit 10

# Batch download from a text file
anysong batch playlist.txt --dir ~/Music

Batch File Format

# playlist.txt — one song per line
Lil Wayne Lollipop
Rihanna Wild Thoughts
Drake Hotline Bling
Queen Bohemian Rhapsody

YouTube Cookies (Optional)

If YouTube blocks downloads, export your browser cookies once:

mkdir -p ~/.anysong
yt-dlp --cookies-from-browser chrome --cookies ~/.anysong/cookies.txt "https://youtube.com"

anysong will pick them up automatically and also checks ytc.mba.sh for shared cookies. Without cookies, it falls back to SoundCloud.

Output

Songs are saved to ~/music/ by default with clean filenames:

~/music/
├── lollipop_by_lil_wayne.mp3
├── wild_thoughts_by_rihanna.mp3
├── hotline_bling_by_drake.mp3
└── bohemian_rhapsody_by_queen.mp3

Tech

• Go — Single static binary, ~8MB, runs everywhere
• Deezer API — Free, no auth. Provides accurate metadata (title, artist, album, duration)
• yt-dlp — Downloads audio from YouTube and SoundCloud
• Cobra — CLI framework

License

MIT