# SimpMusic (open-source YouTube and video client)

> SimpMusic is a free, open-source YouTube and video client for Android. A simple music app using YouTube Music for backend. It has 11,781 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-only license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

Not a simple music player, it's SimpMusic Features: - Play music from YouTube Music or YouTube for free, without ads and in the background - Browsing Home, Charts, Podcast, Moods & Genre with YouTube Music data at high speed - Search everything on YouTube - Analyze your playing data, create custom playlists, and sync with YouTube Music... - Spotify Canvas supported - Play 1080p video option with subtitle - AI song suggestions - Notifications from followed artists - Caching and offline playback support - Synced lyrics from SimpMusic Lyrics, LRCLIB, Spotify (require login) and YouTube Transcript - AI lyrics translation (BETA) (\) - Personalize data (\) and multi-YouTube-account support -…

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/maxrave-dev/SimpMusic |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Kotlin |
| GitHub stars | 11,781 |
| License | GPL-3.0-only (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/com.maxrave.simpmusic/ (package com.maxrave.simpmusic) |
| F-Droid anti-features | Relies on a non-free network service |
| Google Play | not linked |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://simpmusic.org/ |
| Official | no |
| Category | YouTube & video clients |
| Latest release | v2.2.0 (Sep 26, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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