Drift

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<h1>Drift</h1>

### A music streaming client using Vim keybinds built in Rust.

Stream your favourite music from YouTube Music — all in one client, in your terminal.

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  <img src="https://github.com/socatlolmeow/drift/blob/main/examples/showcase.gif" alt="Drift showcase" />
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## Features

- **YouTube Music streaming** — search and stream tracks directly from YouTube Music via `yt-dlp` and `mpv`
- **Vim-style keybinds** — navigate with `j`/`k`, enter commands with `:`, quit with `q`
- **Queue management** — add, remove, reorder, and clear tracks in your queue
- **Playlists** — save, load, append, and delete named playlists; import from YouTube/YouTube Music URLs
- **Shuffle & repeat** — toggle shuffle and cycle through off / repeat-all / repeat-one modes
- **Volume & seek control** — adjust volume and seek with configurable step sizes
- **Session restore** — automatically restores your queue and playback position on next launch
- **Artist search** — drill into an artist's discography from the results view
- **Command palette** — full `:command` interface (`:search`, `:play`, `:volume`, `:seek`, `:save`, `:load`, `:import`, and more)
- **Autoplay** — optionally keep playing through results when the queue ends
- **TOML config** — persistent config at `~/.local/share/drift/config.toml`; comments are preserved across restarts

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## Installation

### Dependencies

- [mpv](https://mpv.io/) — audio playback
- [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) — YouTube stream extraction
- [Rust](https://rustup.rs/) (build only)

Install them with your package manager, e.g. on Arch:
```
sudo pacman -S mpv yt-dlp
```

### Build & install

```bash
git clone https://github.com/socatlolmeow/drift.git
cd drift
sudo make install
```

This installs `drift` to `/usr/local/bin`. To install to `/usr/bin` instead:
```bash
sudo make install PREFIX=/usr
```

### Other make targets

| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| `make` | Build (debug skipped, release only) |
| `make build` | Same as above |
| `sudo make install` | Build and install to `$PREFIX/bin` |
| `sudo make uninstall` | Remove the installed binary |
| `make clean` | Remove build artifacts |

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## License

[Drift](https://github.com/socatlolmeow/drift) is FOSS, released under the [GNU General Public License version 3 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html).