YTFastYTFastYouTube Music, native and fast
A desktop app for YouTube Music on Windows and Mac. It idles at 0% CPU, uses less than 200 MB of memory, and starts songs in about a second.
For YouTube Music Premium accounts, on Windows and on Macs with Apple Silicon.
0%
CPU when idle or paused
<200MB
Memory in use
~1second
For a song to start
Our own figures. Yours will vary with your computer and your connection.
What you get
All of YouTube Music, minus video
Your library, your mixes and your lyrics, on screens drawn by the app itself instead of a web page.
Fast
Songs start in about a second. The song under your pointer and the top search result are made ready ahead of time, so they start at once.
Light
YTFast idles at 0% CPU and uses less than 200 MB of memory. While paused, it uses no CPU at all.
Every screen you know
Home, Explore, Library, search, albums, artists, playlists and moods, each on its own screen.
Lyrics that follow the song
The line being sung is lit. Click any line to jump there. The player page takes its colours from the song's cover.
Your library
Like songs, save albums and playlists, subscribe to artists, and make, rename and edit your own playlists.
Keyboard and media keys
Shortcuts for play, seek, volume and search. Your keyboard's media keys and your computer's own media controls work too.
Your own sign-in
YTFast uses the YouTube Music sign-in already in your browser. It stays on your computer and is only ever sent to YouTube.
Your mixes keep learning
Plays are reported to YouTube as they are on the website, so History, Home and your mixes stay up to date.
Source on GitHub
Written in Rust on fastframe, the foundation Spotifast is built on. The code is public for anyone to read.
Why a separate app
A music player should not need a browser
YouTube Music on a computer is a web page, and a web page uses the CPU and memory of a browser even when all it does is play a song.
YTFast draws its own screens and plays the audio itself. It aims to open in under a second and to cost your computer almost nothing while it runs.
Read the guideYouTube Music in a browser
- A web page running in a browser
- Uses a browser's CPU and memory, even when all it does is play a song
YTFast
- Draws its own screens and plays the audio itself
- 0% CPU when idle or paused
- Less than 200 MB of memory
- Songs start in about a second
Pricing
Free to build, $4 ready-made
The full app is free. Pro adds installers, automatic updates and support for a single payment.
Custom apps
Need an app like this?
YTFast is also our showcase. We build desktop apps in Rust that open at once, idle at 0% CPU, and stay small in memory, and we can build one around what your team needs.
Where things stand
YTFast is at its third version, with builds for Windows and Mac on GitHub. The newest build renews its sign-in by itself and has a new look.