GoMusic is a terminal application for streaming and downloading music from YouTube Music. Its interface centres on music search and album browsing, with separate controls for selecting content and managing playback.
The application uses FFmpeg for streaming and conversion, together with an integrated audio backend.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Search the YouTube Music catalogue and filter results to show songs, albums, or both.
- Preview individual songs directly from search results before deciding whether to download them.
- Open an album to inspect its tracks and choose individual songs.
- Download a complete album while retaining track numbering and album information.
- Convert downloaded audio to MP3 using FFmpeg.
- Embed ID3 metadata, including the track title, artist, album, track number, and cover artwork.
- Organise downloaded music into folders and clean generated names, including removing channel “Topic” suffixes.
- Stream audio through FFmpeg without requiring a completed local download first.
- Display synchronised lyrics during playback.
- Pause, resume, and stop playback using keyboard controls.
- Seek forwards or backwards in five-second increments.
- Provide a terminal interface with playback visualisation and keyboard navigation between search, album, and playback views.
Website: github.com/iiTzDante/gomusic
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Developer: iiTzDante
License: MIT License
GoMusic is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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