BitChord

Aesthetic YouTube Music Client

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[!IMPORTANT] BitChord is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to YouTube or Google in any way. Use it at your own discretion.

Features

Playback

Search, browse and play anything available on YouTube Music.
Hi-Res lossless audio — FLAC/ALAC from a configured module source, with YouTube Music as fallback.
Gapless playback with true crossfade, adjustable 0–12s.
Automix [Beta] — DJ-style transitions with beat-matching and tempo-stretching.
Offline downloads — save tracks with embedded metadata.
Local music library integration.
Background playback via a proper foreground media session.
Apple-like lyrics animation — credit to binimum.

Connectivity & Accounts

Sign in with your Google account for personalized content.
Spotify integration — connect your account to play your playlists and Liked Songs.
Discord Rich Presence — in-app login, live track/artist/album and progress.
Scrobbling to Last.fm and ListenBrainz.
Pluggable sources — add, edit, test and health-check module sources.

Experience

Animated album canvas — motion artwork on the now-playing screen.
Word-synced lyrics — word/syllable-level highlighting from multiple sources.
Lyrics providers — credit to lrc.red, BiniLyrics, BetterLyrics, PaxSenix, LyricsPlus, SimpMusic, Unison, Megalobiz, KuGou, LRCLIB, Musixmatch and Genius.
Dynamic, artwork-driven theming — Material palette extracted from album art.
Frosted-glass UI — Telegram-style translucent bars via Haze, Material 3 theming.

Controls & Tweaks

Per-network audio quality — separate quality ceilings for Wi-Fi and mobile data.
Playback speed control (0.5×–2.0×) and skip silence.
Sleep timer — fixed presets or "stop after this track".
System equalizer integration.
Stats for nerds — codec, bit depth, sample rate, and more on the now-playing screen.

Download

Grab the latest signed APK from the Releases page. Sideloading requires enabling "Install unknown apps" for whichever app you download it with.

For the Windows and Linux desktop app, see DESKTOP.md.

Contributing

We welcome contributions to BitChord! Please review our Contributing Guide and Code of Conduct before submitting a Pull Request.

Contributing Guide · Code of Conduct · Maintainers · Additional Docs

Thanks to all contributors ❤

Support

BitChord is free and always will be — if it's earned a spot in your rotation, you can chip in here:

Disclaimer & Legal Notice

BitChord is an independent, community-driven third-party audio player and client. It is not associated with Google LLC, YouTube Music, Deezer, Telegram, or any of their parent companies.

No Media Hosting: BitChord does not host, upload, or store copyrighted music files. It operates strictly as an interface to scan local device storage or stream media directly from public, public-facing, or user-authenticated APIs.
Fair Use & API Usage: This software is created solely for personal research, educational, and fair-use purposes. The user is entirely responsible for ensuring their usage aligns with their local copyright laws and YouTube Terms of Service.
No Ad-Blocking Guarantee: While BitChord focuses on providing a clean listening environment, it does not guarantee permanent bypasses or modifications to commercial third-party platform conditions.
Copyleft: BitChord is free software under the GPLv3. The license does not let anyone forbid others from selling or redistributing copies, but any distribution must come with the Corresponding Source under the same license.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPLv3). See the LICENSE file for details.