kikusan 0.4.1

Search and download music from YouTube Music with lyrics

Kikusan

Search and download music from YouTube Music with lyrics.

Features

• Search YouTube Music
• Download audio in OPUS/MP3/FLAC format
• Playlist support (download entire playlists)
• Quick download (search and download first match)
• Automatic lyrics fetching from lrclib.net (LRC format)
• CLI and web interface
• Docker support
• Plugin system for custom music sources (RSS feeds, listenbrainz, etc.)
• Scheduled sync with cron support

Plugin System

Kikusan supports plugins for syncing music from various sources beyond standard playlists:

Built-in Plugins:

• listenbrainz - Weekly recommendations from listenbrainz.org
• rss - Generic RSS/Atom feed parser for music podcasts, blogs, etc.

Usage:

# List available plugins
kikusan plugins list

# Run a plugin once
kikusan plugins run listenbrainz --config '{"user": "myuser"}'

# Schedule in cron.yaml
# See cron.example.yaml for configuration examples

Creating Third-Party Plugins:

See examples/third-party-plugin/ for a complete example of creating your own plugin. Plugins are distributed as Python packages and automatically discovered via entry points.

Installation

uv sync

Usage

CLI

# Search for music
kikusan search "Bohemian Rhapsody"

# Download by video ID
kikusan download bSnlKl_PoQU

# Download by URL
kikusan download --url "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=bSnlKl_PoQU"

# Search and download first match
kikusan download --query "Bohemian Rhapsody Queen"

# Download entire playlist
kikusan download --url "https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=..."

# Custom filename format
kikusan download bSnlKl_PoQU --filename "%(title)s"

# Options
kikusan download bSnlKl_PoQU --output ~/Music --format mp3

Web Interface

kikusan web
# Open http://localhost:8000

Docker

docker compose up -d
# Open http://localhost:8000

Configuration

Environment variables:

Variable	Default	Description
KIKUSAN_DOWNLOAD_DIR	./downloads	Download directory
KIKUSAN_AUDIO_FORMAT	opus	Audio format (opus, mp3, flac)
KIKUSAN_FILENAME_TEMPLATE	%(artist,uploader)s - %(title)s	Filename template (yt-dlp format)
KIKUSAN_WEB_PORT	8000	Web server port
KIKUSAN_WEB_PLAYLIST	None	M3U playlist name for web downloads (optional)

Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• ffmpeg (for audio processing)