Orchard

A YouTube Music client for Windows, Linux, and Android, with smart crossfade, synced lyrics, offline playback, and more.

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Windows · Linux · Android · macOS coming soon

Orchard desktop home with music recommendations, library, and playback controls

01Features

More than just music playback.

Manage your library, listen offline, play local files, and switch between devices.

Smart crossfade

Automatically fade between songs, with transitions that adjust to the music.

Offline playback

Keep listening to your saved music, even without an internet connection.

Queue and library

Manage your playlists, listening history, and upcoming songs in one place.

Local files

Play music from your own folders alongside your YouTube Music library.

Orchard Connect

Switch playback between your devices running Orchard.

Integrations

Show what you're listening to on Discord, use media keys, and control playback from your system.

Adaptive mix in action.

Hear the handoff as Orchard blends one song into the next.

How it works

Play with sound to hear the transition.

Artist page in Orchard desktop — **Artist pages.**Browse songs and albums from your favorite artists.

Full-screen synced lyrics in Orchard desktop — **Synced lyrics.**View lyrics in sync with the music.

02Android

Orchard Mobile.

Listen to YouTube Music on Android with synced lyrics, queue controls, and more.

Synced lyrics screen in Orchard Mobile — **Synced lyrics.** Follow along with lyrics synced to the song.

Queue screen in Orchard Mobile — **Queue.** Reorder songs, remove tracks, and manage what's playing next.

03Get it running

Download Orchard 1.0.0-canary.1.

Use the Canary channel on desktop and the latest Beta prerelease on Android. Free software under AGPL-3.0-or-later.

Windows

Version 1.0.0-canary.1 · x86_64 · Canary

Choose the installer, or extract the .7z archive to use Orchard as a portable app.

Portable .7z

Windows installer

Orchard Setup update channel page with red arrows pointing at the Canary option — Keep **Canary** selected in the installer.

Linux

Version 1.0.0-canary.1 · x86_64 · Canary

Run the portable AppImage, or use the installer to set up Orchard. Both downloads need executable permission.

AppImage

Linux installer

Run on Linux

In your file manager, allow the downloaded file to run as a program. Or open a terminal in your download folder and run the commands for your chosen download.

Portable AppImage

chmod +x Orchard-Linux-x86_64.AppImage
./Orchard-Linux-x86_64.AppImage

Installer

chmod +x orchard
./orchard --channel canary
./orchard

Android

Version 2.0.0-beta.9 · Beta · Signed APK

A standalone Android music client with its own library, playback engine, synced lyrics, offline cache, and smart crossfade.

Download APK

All Android prereleases on GitHub →

macOS

Coming soon

Orchard for macOS is coming soon.