Audio and podcasting
YouTube Music Premium alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
dattran97/MusicAppFull native iPhone app that lets you listen to music via streaming or download them onto your device to play offline.Open on GitHub ↗AkshayShineKrishna/Steamy-YT-Music-PlayerStream ad-free music from YouTube, download favorites for offline listening, and manage playlists; built with Flutter.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- Licensed, commercial music catalog and licensing/royalties
- YouTube-integrated features (video + music cross-links, official charts)
- Large-scale content delivery and stream reliability/scale
- Family plans, regional pricing and subscription management
- Recommendation engine and personalized discovery at scale
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches YouTube Music Premium, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.