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mps-youtube

Terminal-based YouTube music player and search tool

Media linuxmacoswindows Python GPL-3.0

Description

mps-youtube (now yewtube) is a curses player for music tracks from YouTube. It allows searching for songs and playlists, downloads the video, extracts the audio track, and plays it. It handles local playlists and many configuration parameters.

AI Summary

Terminal YouTube music player that searches, downloads, and plays audio from YouTube

Capabilities

  • + Search YouTube for music tracks
  • + Download and play audio from YouTube videos
  • + Manage local playlists
  • + Browse YouTube playlists and channels

Use When

  • You want to listen to YouTube music from the terminal
  • You need a command-line YouTube audio player

Avoid When

  • x YouTube API changes may break functionality

Related Tools

View AGENTS.md for mps-youtube