Free · Open source · MIT

Your music, your way.

A modern desktop music player built on yt-dlp. Stream by default, download for offline. 22 themes, 3-band EQ, crossfade, drag-and-drop everything, bilingual UI, full backup/restore. macOS · Windows · Linux.

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Quick install · macOS / Linux 
brew install yt-dlp ffmpeg
git clone https://github.com/dgadacha/wax.git
cd wax
npm install
npm run dev

The app launches automatically. To relaunch later: cd wax && npm run dev

Wax — Discover view in the Midnight theme

Everything a music player should be.

No subscription, no ads, no telemetry. Just your library, your playlists, and the songs you actually want to listen to.

Search YouTube in-app

Type a track or paste a URL. Results are full-fledged tracks — heart, mix, drag, prefetch — not throwaway tiles.

Stream-first, offline on demand

Every favorite plays instantly via streaming. One click downloads it as a 320 kbps MP3 for offline listening.

Mix radio

Click ✨ on any track and Wax builds a 50-track stream queue inspired by it — like Spotify's track radio, on YouTube's catalog.

3-band equalizer

Bass / mid / treble (±12 dB) via Web Audio BiquadFilters. Persisted in prefs and applied live.

22 themes

14 dark + 8 light, including Dracula, Nord, Tokyo Night, Rose Pine, Gruvbox. Each one comes with its own modal palette so the whole app stays cohesive.

Backup & restore

One-click export of library + playlists + preferences into a single JSON file. Move installs, roll back, or just sleep easier.

Drag-and-drop everything

Drag any track — a search hit, a Discover card, a library row — onto a sidebar playlist. Works for stream tracks too; they're silently added to your library.

Polish that respects you

Crossfade with ramping volumes, lyrics via lyrics.ovh, OS-level media controls, audio-reactive visualizer, full-HD covers, MediaSession integration.

Bilingual UI

English / Français picker, switches on the fly without a reload. Every label, toast, modal, hero, and theme name follows the active locale.

A look inside.

Real screenshots — no stock photos, no mockups.

Search YouTube in-app

Type a track or paste a URL. Results render as full track rows — heart, mix, drag, hover-prefetch — same shell as the rest of the app, not throwaway tiles.

Search results for Chase Atlantic

Build playlists, drag tracks around

Create, rename, reorder. Bulk-add a track to multiple playlists at once. "Download all" cascades MP3 downloads of every track that isn't already offline. Drag any row in the app onto a sidebar playlist to add it.

Late Night Drives playlist with 6 tracks

Generate a mix from any track

Click ✨ on a track and Wax builds a 50-track inspired queue from YouTube's RD-mix — Spotify Radio, but on YouTube's catalog. "Save" turns the temporary mix into a permanent playlist; tracks stay streamable references, no bulk download.

Mix inspired by The Weeknd — Call Out My Name

Make it yours

Tabbed settings: General · Theme · Equalizer. 22 theme presets covering dark + light, classics like Dracula and Tokyo Night included. Crossfade with adjustable duration, 3-band EQ, bilingual UI, full backup/restore with a real progress bar.

Theme picker with 22 presets

22 themes.

Pick one. Each theme drives its own modal and pill backgrounds so the app stays cohesive end-to-end.

Dark
Slate
Midnight
Vinyl
Mocha
Bordeaux
Forest
Studio
Dracula
Nord
Tokyo Night
Rose Pine
Gruvbox
Neon
Paper
Linen
Cream
Sand
Peach
Mint
Glacier
Lavender

Built on familiar bricks.

No installer yet — the install block at the top of the page is the whole story. You'll need node 18+, yt-dlp, ffmpeg on your PATH. On Windows, install yt-dlp / ffmpeg via your favorite package manager and skip the brew line.

Stack

Vue 3 Pinia Vite Electron 33 Express 4 yt-dlp ffmpeg Web Audio API MediaSession

Free. Forever.

No paywall. No ads. No telemetry. MIT-licensed.
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