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youtube-music-remover

Strip background music from YouTube videos with AI audio separation

💎 Hidden gem★ 73 stars⑂ 2 forksMITupdated 2026-04
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// project facts

Project facts

youtube-music-remover is an open-source image project by Ignema (Ignema/youtube-music-remover on GitHub). It has 73 GitHub stars and 2 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 15 April 2026.

GitHub stars
73
Forks
2
License
MIT
Last updated on GitHub
15 April 2026
Category
Image
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Hidden gem — a shorter page for a lesser-known project
Official site
GitHub
// how it works

How it works

  1. Set up the project

    Follow the README and notebook instructions.

  2. Provide a video

    Point it at a YouTube video or local file.

  3. Separate the audio

    AI splits music from vocals and dialogue.

  4. Export the result

    Save the music-free track.

// features

Why people love it

AI separation

Machine-learning vocal/music splitting.

YouTube input

Works from video links.

Vocal isolation

Keep dialogue, drop the music.

Notebooks included

Jupyter notebooks for tweaking.

Open pipeline

Inspectable, hackable code.

MIT licensed

Free for commercial use with attribution.

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// run it

Run it yourself

  1. Step 1 — Clone the repo

    Download the source and move into the project folder.

    git clone https://github.com/Ignema/youtube-music-remover.git
    cd youtube-music-remover
  2. Step 2 — Check the README

    Every project documents its own setup; start with install requirements.

    cat README.md | head -60
  3. Step 3 — Run it

    Follow the project's launch command — Docker, pip, npm, or a binary release.

    # see README for the exact launch command
// use cases

What you can build

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// faq

Questions, answered

Who maintains youtube-music-remover?

It is an open-source project at Ignema/youtube-music-remover with 162 forks. Check the repo's contributors and recent commits to see how active maintenance is.

Is it free for commercial use?

MIT licensed — commercial use allowed with attribution.

How good is the separation?

AI separation is strong on clear mixes — dense audio is harder.

Do I need a GPU?

Separation models run much faster with one.

Is downloading YouTube videos allowed?

Only for content you own or have rights to — respect copyright.

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