/* DESKTOP MUSIC CLIENT */
Orchard
A custom YouTube Music client for the desktop: native shell, direct playback plumbing, queue control, lyrics, SponsorBlock, and crossfade.
/* APP SURFACE */
Not a wrapper. A desktop client with its own playback path.
Orchard keeps the YouTube Music account and catalog, but owns the surrounding desktop experience: authentication, browse normalization, stream resolution, queue state, lyrics, and presence updates.
I am moving the backend to Tauri. The Electron version will keep getting updates until that migration is finished.
Orchard is made possible with these projects
/* PLAYBACK WORK */
The parts Orchard owns
Built around the things the normal web player does not expose cleanly.
Sign in
Browser-based YouTube Music login with cookie-backed fallback paths.
Browse
Home, library, playlists, search, artist, album, and track views.
Playback
Audio-first stream resolution, queue state, playback history, and media keys.
Lyrics
Synced and unsynced lines with provider-by-provider loading states.
Skipping
SponsorBlock intro segments are loaded and applied during playback.
Finish
Track-end analysis drives automatic crossfade into the next queued item.
/* CURRENT SCREEN */
Playback, queue, lyrics.
The main shell keeps the active track visible while the side panels handle queue context and lyric timing.
/* DOWNLOADS */
Packaged builds are coming.
Orchard will be downloadable once I am ready to ship builds. This page is the public home for the app, release status, and future download links.