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The best YesPlayMusic alternatives

8 tools that do a similar job to YesPlayMusic, 8 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.

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YesPlayMusic

A third-party desktop and web player for NetEase Cloud Music with a clean interface.

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    Alger Music Player

    Open source · MIT · ★ 17.2k

    A third-party desktop music player with desktop lyrics, music download, and remote control.

    Best for: Chinese-speaking users who want a desktop music player with a separate desktop lyrics window; People who want to try an open-source player with EQ, speed control, and timed playback

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    Vuestic Admin

    Open source · MIT · ★ 11k

    A free, ready-made admin dashboard template built with Vue 3, Vite, Pinia and Tailwind CSS.

    Best for: Developers starting a new internal admin or dashboard in Vue; Teams that want a ready-made layout instead of building one from scratch

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    Koel

    Open source · MIT · ★ 17.3k

    Self-hosted web music streaming server for your own music library, built on Laravel and Vue.

    Best for: People who want to listen to their own music library from a browser; Users who want playlists, scrobbling, and radio in one self-hosted place

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    iView Admin

    Open source · MIT · ★ 16.3k

    A Vue 2 admin dashboard template built on the iView UI library.

    Best for: Developers building an internal admin panel on Vue 2; Teams already using the iView component library

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    Pear Desktop

    Open source · MIT · ★ 34k

    Unofficial desktop app for YouTube Music, with a plugin system, for Windows, macOS and Linux.

    Best for: People who want YouTube Music in a standalone desktop window; Users who want to customize the look of YouTube Music with CSS themes

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    Vben Admin

    Open source · MIT · ★ 33.7k

    A free Vue 3 admin dashboard template built with Vite, TypeScript, and a monorepo layout.

    Best for: Developers starting a new Vue 3 admin or back-office project; Teams that want TypeScript and Vite already set up

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    ZY Player

    Open source · MIT · ★ 14.5k

    Desktop video player for online video sources, with no ads, for Windows, Mac and Linux.

    Best for: People who want a desktop player for online video sources without ads; Users on Windows, Mac or Linux who want a single app for browsing and playing

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    Hoppscotch

    Open source · MIT · ★ 80.7k

    Open-source app for building, sending, and testing API requests in the browser, desktop, or CLI.

    Best for: Developers who want to test REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, or other APIs without a heavy desktop client; Teams that want to share collections and environments across members

How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to YesPlayMusic. We don't take payment for placement.