built for a small group of us

Play it your way

Soundwave is a music player I built for me and my friends. It streams from YouTube, so you can play pretty much any song that's out there. No ads, no subscription.

Get Soundwave
what it does

Soundwave comes with

01
No ads
Just the music, nothing in between.
02
100% uptime
The backend stays up, so the app just works.
03
Sleep timer
Set it and fall asleep to your playlist, not a random autoplay video.
04
Play pretty much any song
If it's on YouTube, Soundwave can play it.
05
Synced playlists and liked songs
Log in and your library follows you across your Android devices.
06
Bring your own YouTube API key
Totally optional, it's there if you want it.

Things I still haven't made

  • Background playback
  • Downloading music

Both of these are mostly blocked by YouTube's restrictions for indie developers. I'm still poking at them whenever I have free time.

pick a format

Download Soundwave

Side A

Windows

The full desktop app, built with Electron.

Download for PC
Side B

Android

The Soundwave APK. Install it directly, no Play Store needed.

Download APK

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Your PIN is hashed before it's saved, I don't store it in plain text. That also means if you forget it, I can't recover it for you. Make sure you remember it.